Apparently Asus isn't planning on selling the STX II in North America as per the following link: http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?46619-ASUS-Essence-STX-II&s=ff2ae0d8bc47213f362a07de229c7dec Amazon in the UK has them for sale, the STX II 7.1 version is currently going for 189.99 GBP.

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