The Best 17-inch Office Laptops

The LG Gram 17 (2022), which is very light at 1.35 kg, takes first place in our top list. The 17 incher in 16:10 format finally gets a matt display, which is especially advantageous in outdoor use. Once you have the LG Gram with the dimensions of 380 x 262 millimeters in your hands, the low weight feels surreal. However, light plastic is not used here, but a light metal construction made of magnesium.

An office-multimedia hybrid in the 17-inch laptop class is the HP Envy 17, which is related to the HP 17 and HP 470. The chassis of the 17-incher, which is only 19.6 mm thin and weighs 2.55 kg, is made of sturdy aluminum, a full-size SD card reader, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, three USB-A ports, but no LAN port.

The HP Envy 17 is a classic office notebook in the 17-inch class and offers a good keyboard, low emissions, and a good 60 Hz display that is, however, highly reflective.

Our test model is equipped with a 4K display that gets sufficiently bright with 385 cd/m² and offers 98% DCI-P3. The basic configuration still includes an FHD IPS panel with 100% sRGB and a specified 300 cd/m². The Core i7-1255U offers very good office performance that is almost double that of the predecessor, while the HP Envy 17 remains quite quiet and cool. However, it can get loud up to 48 dB(A) when gaming on models with RTX 2050. However, the 56 Wh battery only lasts 4.5 hours (8 hours in the direct predecessor) and the working memory is soldered.

At the time of writing, various configurations of HP Envy 17 are available on HP's webstore, prices starting at $800.

Not a typical office workhorse that nevertheless meets the usage criteria of our 17-inch office top list. Not only the looks are a bit unusual for the office desk, but the inner values are also perfectly suited for gaming during lunch breaks, as an Nvidia Geforce RTX 4050 with DLSS3 support is installed.

While we took a closer look at the configuration with the Intel Core i5-12500H in our review, we unfortunately also found negative points, because the 3 kg 17-inch laptop gets tremendously loud with up to 67.5 dB(A) under load and does not remain silent even in pure office mode.

The matte FullHD IPS display of the Acer Nitro 5 offers 144 Hz, but it lacks brightness (257 cd/m²) and color fidelity. The RGB-illuminated keyboard is pleasant and the battery life of 9.5 hours is pretty good.

The price of €999 (~$1,053) for the Legion 5 17, with a strong AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 144 Hz screen and the quiet operation is decidedly good. It can be used for office, gaming and multimedia, not least thanks to the matte, calibrated screen.

Currently, the Legion 5 17 AMD (Ryzen 7 5600H, RTX 3060) is available on Amazon for $1,999.

The Schenker Work 17 does well in office use, thanks to a high-quality display and good input devices. Furthermore, it offers a long battery life, Thunderbolt 4 and can be upgraded easily.

Schenker's devices are not yet available in the North America.

The maintenance options of the Asus TUF Gaming F17 are just as decent as the performance, but the display is too dark and the build quality is poor.

The touchpad is a bit small, but has dedicated buttons. The color space coverage and color accuracy are also on a low level, while the response times of the matte Full HD IPS display are slow. WLAN speeds are also slow, and there is no card reader. The emissions are also quite high.

It costs around $1,579 for a variant of the ASUS TUF Gaming F17, which is equipped a Core i7-12700H and a RTX 3060, on Amazon US.

Gigabyte's heavy G7 KE laptop offers a very high performance, a very fast, pre-calibrated 300 Hz FHD display and solid input devices. However, the inexpensive gaming laptop gets very loud during tasks away from office.

The Gigabyte A7 X1 is bulky, but it offers an extraordinary performance, a high-quality 144 Hz display and good input devices for a relatively low price. In return, the 17-incher can get quite loud.

At the time of writing, it seems to be hard to find out the Gigabyte A7 X1 in the US market.

The 2.8 kg HP Pavilion Gaming 17 is already a good choice for the low list price of 980 euro. Many aspects are on an average level, but the matte FullHD display with just under 320 nits of brightness, a 144 Hz refresh rate and fast response times is well equipped for both office tasks and gaming.

The emissions are kept within limits and the keyboard is also good for everyday office use, only the arrow keys have been realized in a small version. Thunderbolt is not available, but USB-C with Power Delivery and DisplayPort, as well as an SD card reader and Gigabit Ethernet.

The performance of the Core i5-11300H is more than sufficient for office work, while the installed RTX 3050 Ti can also handle somewhat more graphics-heavy tasks. 

While the not-so-bright display is sharp, the letters and symbols are all the more difficult to read due to the grey lettering on the silver keys. This makes it difficult to work in the dark or outdoors. In addition, you should always stay close to a power socket, because the 32 Wh small battery in the 17-inch case only lasts a scant 4 hours in WLAN mode.

At the time of writing, our review configuration doesn't seem to be available in the United States.

The decisive factor for MSI Katana GF76 is the good price-performance ratio. Because you get a very high performance thanks to the latest Core i5-12500H from the Alder Lake generation and an RTX-3050 graphics unit for only 900 Euros (in our detailed review, it is equipped with an RTX 3070 Ti and a Core i7-12700H).

The MSI Katana GF76 offers high system performance at a small price, but you have to make concessions especially in the important points for an office notebook, the display, the keyboard and the noise development.

The 2022 MSI Katana GF76 is available for example from Amazon for $1599.https://www.notebookcheck.net/MSI-Katana-GF76-12UGS-review-Is-one-of-the-most-affordable-RTX-3070-Ti-gaming-laptops-worth-it.619922.0.html