ASUS - Zenbook A16 16" 3K OLED Touchscreen Laptop - Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme 2026 - 48GB RAM - 1TB SSD

ASUS ZenBook A16 (Open-Box) – 16" 3K OLED 120Hz Touch, Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme X2E-94-100, 48GB LPDDR5-9600, 1TB SSD – from $1,328.99 (21% off $1,699.99) · Best Buy Open-Box · YMMV

Three open-box condition tiers available at Best Buy:

• Fair: $1,328.99

• Good: $1,362.99

• Excellent: $1,401.99

This is the top-tier X2 Elite Extreme variant — the X2E-94-100, which is the highest-end Snapdragon X2 chip, paired with a massive 48GB LPDDR5-9600 RAM and 1TB SSD. 16" 3K OLED touchscreen at 120Hz, Copilot+ PC certified with 80 TOPS NPU performance. Zabriskie Beige colorway.

The community is pretty enthusiastic — "insane deal for anyone who can use the 48GB and 80 TOPS" is the top comment, and that's accurate. 48GB unified memory on a Snapdragon X machine is genuinely unusual and makes this viable for heavy multitasking, development workflows, or AI-related tasks where the NPU and memory bandwidth matter.

The main caveat the comments flag honestly: no dedicated GPU at this price. For $1,329 you're getting integrated Adreno graphics only — which handles light gaming and everyday tasks fine, but won't compete with RTX-equipped laptops for gaming or GPU-intensive workloads. One commenter pointed out that with NVIDIA entering the Windows-on-Arm space, this segment is getting competitive, and some feel this price point warrants a dedicated GPU for the money. Fair criticism, but for productivity/creative work where CPU and memory matter more than GPU horsepower, this chip-and-RAM combo is hard to beat at this price.

YMMV on open-box availability — these go fast.