Asus Bringing NVIDIA 10-Series to ROG PCs

Asus has announced that its Republic of Gamers (ROG) PC range will offer NVIDIA’s Pascal-powered 10-Series graphics cards in its latest iterations. The ROG G20CB gaming system will soon include the GTX 1080 or GTX 1070 within its 9.5-litre chassis, coupled with either an Intel Core i7-6700 or i7-6400, up to 32GB of 2133Mhz DDR4 RAM, and up to 512GB SSD and/or 3TB HDD.

Asus says:

“ROG G20CB has a 9.5-liter chassis and is designed to dominate the small-form-factor gaming desktop segment. It sports a bold aggressive design, a matte-black finish, Mayan-inspired markings and customizable 8-million-color LED effects.

Inside, ROG G20CB has a thermal design that takes advantage of natural heat convection, and has a hidden airflow channel to ensure efficient heat management during marathon gaming sessions.

Overall, ROG G20CB has been well-received by the industry, winning international accolades including the Computex Best Choice, Good Design, iF Design and CES Innovation awards.”

The price and release date of the Asus ROG G20CB have yet to be announced, though the company has recently revealed that it is set to hike up its UK prices in October due to financial instability caused by the recent EU referendum.

Specifications:

Processor

• Intel® Core™ i7-6700 up to 4.0GHz
• Intel® Core™ i5-6400 up to 3.3GHz

Operating system

• Windows 10

Chipset

• Intel® H170

Memory

• 4GB, upgradable to 32GB dual channel DDR4 at 2133Mhz – 2 x SO-DIMM

Graphics card

• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX1080 8GB (1HDMI,1DVI,3DP)
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX1070 8GB (1HDMI,1DVI,3DP)
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX980 4GB (1HDMI,1DVI,3DP)
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX970 4GB (1HDMI,1DVI,3DP)
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX960 2GB (1HDMI,1DVI,3DP)
• NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX950 2GB (1HDMI,1DVI,3DP)
• AMD Radeon™ R9 380 2GB (1HDMI,2DVI,1DP)

Storage

• Up to 3TB SATA 6Gbps HDD 7200RPM
• Up to 512G SATA 6Gbps SSD drive

Drive bay

• 1 x 2.5in, 1 x 3.5in

Adapter

• 230W and 180W

Primary CD/DVD drive

• 0mm Slimtray Super Multi DVD burner
• 0mm Slimtray Blu-Ray combo drive
• 0mm Slimtray BD writer

Wireless

• Built-in Wi-Fi 802.11ac
• Bluetooth 4.0

Audio

• ASUS SonicMaster technology
• ROG AudioWizard
• 1-channel

Keyboard

• Wireless backlit gaming keyboard with multimedia keys

Chassis

• 5-litre chassis

I/O ports

Front-mounted:

• 2 x USB 3.0
• 1 x mic
• 1 x earphone

Rear panel:

• 1 x RJ45 LAN
• 1 x 7.1-channel audio
• 1 x HDMI-Out
• 2 x USB 3.1
• 2 x USB 3.0
• 2 x USB 2.0
• 2 x Power jack

Size

• 104 x 340 x 358mm

Weight

• 38kg