ASUS TUF Gaming GT501 E-ATX Gaming Chassis Review

Complete System

It’s a massive chassis, there’s no getting around that fact. Even that lovely ASUS RoG Ryzen ATX motherboard in there manages to look rather small. The Radeon RX Vega 56 takes up about half the length of the chassis. I mean, that’s not a bad thing, but it’s certainly a larger chassis that a lot of people may actually require. That being said though, the build does look drop dead gorgeous and super clean overall.

The RGB LED fans in the front are great too, bathing the interior of the chassis is rich and warm colours easily enough. They have a built-in controller if you don’t have Aura Sync too, so you can change effects and colours at the touch of a button.

I like the default orange colour, but again, it’s RGB, so set it however you like!

Cooling

When it comes to air cooling, the TUF has you covered. With four pre-installed fans, the stock airflow is superb for air cooled builds. however, there’s a huge amount of space on all mounts for thick radiators, and loads of custom loop hardware if that’s what you’re wanting.

The PSU shroud, as well as the cable routing holes, all work fantastic too. There’s barely any cable on show in this build, with minimal effort to get it this clean too. The vertical GPU cable pass-through is a welcome addition too.

Overall, this is one of the cleanest looking builds I’ve done for a while. Which is interesting, given the rest of the chassis looks so damn aggressive, it almost feels like it should have wires sticking out of it just to give it a more aggressive look.

Last Piece of the Puzzel

With all the panels back in place, the build is complete. The tint on the window hides the boring bits, showing off your LED lights and brighter sections of your hardware. Plus, the way the light shows through the front panel is really subtle, and not as disco-esque as some front panels tend to be. That’s right, in the end, the TUF did something subtle.