Asus' Small Form Factor ROG G20 Desktop Is Powerful, Quiet, Striking

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Asus' new gaming desktop packs a lot of power into a tiny package.

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[Amdlova]

lol 10,4cm x 34cm x 35,8cm Its not small.

 

[Gelid03]

Looks epic. I'd love to just have the case for my build

 

[christinebcw]

It's interesting to see the storage-drive limitations they're offering for specs - "up to 3Tb HDD" and "up to 256Gb SSD". I'm sure they can't afford to mass-assemble every other possibility.

 

[TheMentalist]

You have to agree that this looks very nice. Especially the front part

 

[whiteodian]

4.09 x 13.39 x 14.09 for the metrically challenged. 😛 That's pretty small in my opinion.

 

[Because0789]

The GR8 is even smaller but only comes with a GTX 750ti.

 

[dstarr3]

Looks like something out of Saints Row IV.

 

[soldier44]

Would go well with a Asus 4K display and add another 780 to run it.

 

[Because0789]

Would go well with a Asus 4K display and add another 780 to run it.

Hmm, I doubt they could fit that into a SFF case though.

 

[photonboy]

Might as well write "Steam box" on the side while they're at it.

 

[slyu9213]

Might as well write "Steam box" on the side while they're at it.

They already have a "Steam Box" though...

 

[DarkSable]

Nah. I'll take my custom-built rig over this one any day.

Sure, it's two separate towers that are ~8.5-9.5L each, compared to this thing's 12.5L, but I have significantly more power packed in, along with a full custom radbox running two 2x140mm radiators.

 

[icemunk]

lol 10,4cm x 34cm x 35,8cm Its not small.

No such thing as small when you pack a motherboard, power supply, hard drive, and discrete graphics into a system. If you want small, you need to go with an APU without discrete graphics.

 

[photonboy]

Might as well write "Steam box" on the side while they're at it.

They already have a "Steam Box" though...

There are MANY different variants coming from different venders at different price points, but the focus of many is on size and noise as it's going into the living room which is why I mention this (I guess "Steam Machine" is the official term?).

I'm suggesting that Asus should make a Steam Machine variant. The only difference would be to pre-install SteamOS instead of Windows and slap on the SteamOS logo, though the design may not be ideal for the living room...

I do like the CONCEPT of a small, powerful machine but for something that won't be moved often I'm not willing to pay much of a premium over something of the same specs in a slightly larger box.

 

[tunejunky]

yeah but....
this is a brilliant solution for the enthusiast who wouldn't settle for a normal "steam box".
granted, in this forum of custom builds and mods every component is judged individually and branded pre-builds are somewhat passe... but there are a lot of people who will just buy it because they have large hands and building a sff can be challenging.