ASUS - TUF TM700 Gaming Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 8400F (2024) - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Dual 8GB - 1TB Storage - Solar Eclipse Gray

I have owned a few ASUS desktops over the years, and the case on this TUF TM700 is one of the best I've seen come from ASUS. Solar Eclipse Gray, glass on the front, a full glass side, the ASUS mark on the front, and four fans lit in a warm yellow, with a light strip along the bottom and a little lighting around the cooler. It does not present like a stripped down configuration. In a dark room it looks like a much higher end build. I left the lighting on yellow. Aura Sync is available if you want to change the color or match other gear, but the stock look is already the reason I keep noticing the tower. The practical side of the case is just as good. The side glass comes off without tools, which makes dusting and upgrades straightforward. There is a magnetic filter on top and a slide out filter on the bottom, so keeping the intakes clear does not turn into a project. Noise is the other point worth mentioning. Compared with the ASUS desktops I have owned, this one is quieter, and the difference is not small and definitely noticeable. The fans do increase under load, which you can hear during gaming, and is expected, but even then, it remains quieter than some of the towers I have used. When browsing or working on projects outside of gaming, I can barely tell this PC is on. Most of my gaming time is spent in Arc Raiders and PUBG as of late, and both have run cleanly. No stutter, no odd hitches, and no sense that the system is struggling to keep up. Although, I did not want the review to rest on shooters alone, so I also used a few campaign games to see how the RTX 5060 handles something more demanding. Red Dead Redemption 2 is the clearest everyday test. It is a large open world and it is hard on scenery, without leaning on ray tracing. High settings at 1080p are comfortable, and it still looks the way the game should at 1440p if a few settings are left alone. Frame delivery stays steady. For a normal story campaign, the card does not need help. Cyberpunk 2077 is the better test of what this generation of card is built to do. Standard ultra settings are playable. Ray tracing is where DLSS 4 and frame generation matter. At 1080p, quality DLSS keeps the image sharp. At 1440p, balanced is the more sensible setting. I would not run path tracing on 8GB of video memory. That is the limit of this card, not a fault in the system. Set it for a 5060 and Night City runs well. Black Myth Wukong asks more of the card in dense scenes and heavy effects. With DLSS enabled, and frame generation where it helps, it is a campaign you can play through rather than a demo you close after the opening. The same 8GB note applies. It is enough if the texture settings are chosen with some judgment. It is not enough if every option is left at maximum. That is a fair picture of the RTX 5060 Dual in this system. For the shooters I play, it has been excellent. For story driven games, it is a strong 1080p card and a capable 1440p card once DLSS is in use. The 8GB of GDDR7 is the constraint in the heaviest campaigns, not the processor. The card has three DisplayPort outputs and one HDMI, so a second monitor is a simple connection. The processor is the one specification I would have liked to see upgraded. It is a 2024 Ryzen 5 8400F with six cores and twelve threads, boosting up to 4.7 GHz. In the games I have run it keeps pace with the graphics card and has not felt like a limitation. The same case i believe is also offered with an 8 core Ryzen 7, and that is the chip I would rather have had. The 6 core version is a reasonable way to keep the configuration in check, and for normal play I have not noticed it. It would be more apparent in a heavily modded simulation or any title that leans hard on the processor. Memory is the upgrade I plan to make first. The system ships with 16GB of DDR5. The board has four slots and supports up to 64GB, provided the modules are short enough to clear the cooler area. Sixteen is adequate to start. Thirty two is where I want it once Discord, a browser, and a launcher are open behind a game. A second module also enables dual channel, which improves responsiveness as well as capacity. I expect to add that in the coming weeks. Storage is a 1TB PCIe 4.0 drive, enough to install the games above with room left over. A second M.2 slot is open if the library grows, and SATA ports are available for a drive you already own. Windows 11 Home is installed, so the system is ready to use. The port layout is one of the stronger parts of this desktop, and the ports you use most sit on top of the case rather than on the front. USB C, USB A, a headphone jack, and a microphone jack are next to the power button. The rear panel adds a faster USB C, additional USB A ports, ethernet, and audio. Wired networking is gigabit. Wireless is Wi Fi 6, and Bluetooth is available for a controller or headset. Two way AI noise canceling is included for voice chat. I have not relied on it, but it is there. The included keyboard and mouse are the only weak point that I have noticed. They light up and they function, but I feel they are more in the basic category. I usually replace both on any system I use for longer sessions, so this was expected. Anyone particular about a keyboard or a mouse should plan on their own and should not judge the desktop by the accessories. My opinion only of course. Overall, I would recommend this desktop. It looks better than the specification suggests, it runs quieter than any of the ASUS systems I have owned, and the graphics card has been more than capable in the shooters I play and in the campaign games I used to test it. It is not a flagship, but to be honest, it does not need to be. It is a very well built gaming desktop with room to grow, and I would point someone toward it in a heartbeat.

Yes. Yes it is. This ASUS TUF TM700 gaming desktop is built solid - metal tower frame and top panel grating, with tempered-glass sides. An interesting tower design detail, is that there’s an approximate inch of open space between the front side metal grated panel where the set of three fans are located inside, and another glass front panel. Is this meant to give additional airflow, or is it merely a unique design choice? Either way, I’m very much a fan; pun intended. Out of the box, this computer was easy to get set up. Remember to do all available updates. There wasn’t any of the usual bloatware, not even a trial virus protection offer to remove. There’s plenty of ports on the back side of the tower, with key ones accessible on the top panel near the power button. Now while the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is two-years old (2024), it nonetheless performs beautifully. I’m consistently happy with the current lineup of Ryzen processors put out by AMD. They’ve come a long way since the dark days when AMD just couldn’t seem to compete with the quality of processors Intel was known for then. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card, so far, does all that I would require of it, able to handle the games I enjoy playing. I would prefer that there was more than 16gb of RAM, but there are 3 open slots available so you have the ability to install more RAM if need be. The 1TB SSD is the bare minimum for what I consider gaming computers should have, given the size of the operating system and routine updates, as well as, the huge GB requirements of most modern video games. This PC tower is big (and heavy, weighing in at about 35lbs), with lots of open space inside so the four fans can do their job, providing really decent airflow. Even during intensive gaming sessions, the heat being put out by the tower was negligible, with the four fans cooling quite adequately, with not much difference in how loud they sounded. Four large screws on the rear panel make it easy-to-access the inside of the tower, with both sides (the glass and metal side panels) sliding smoothly out, making it more simple to do any needed upgrades, etc. There are RGB lights on components inside the tower. The muted yellow/beige default color it came set at is rather pleasant, so I’m keeping that color for now, though the option to change the RGB color is available to you, via ASUS Aura Sync in the Armory Crate software. This ASUS TUF TM700 gaming desktop also came with a basic wired keyboard and mouse. Both of which have colorful RGB lights, which I personally always like to see. The idea of an external WiFi-6 antennae accessory you have to attach to the back plugins seems rather lame, however. My usual games - World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Dead by Daylight, and a variety of Steam client games - are able to be played just fine on low-to-mid range graphical settings, with no noticeable lag. WoW in particular, performed quite adequately with most base game quality graphics set to “Good.” In-game fps primarily stayed at 30 fps, averaging around 25 latency. I’m eagerly anticipating being able to play the upcoming Guild Wars 3 on this machine when it, hopefully, is released next year in 2027. What I can say is that this ASUS TUF TM700 gaming desktop is a well-made, solidly put together machine, able to handle basic gaming requirements. It more than suits my gaming needs as they are now, and is set up so that upgrades can be easily done in the future, as those needs change.

The Asus TUF TM700 has been an interesting experience. For the past two weeks, I have used it for everyday use, including casual browsing, digital art, multitasking, and gaming. While it has overall been a mostly smooth experience, there are some important caveats to note about this build. My first impression of the ASUS is that it is BIG! It is also fairly heavy. The case feels sturdy and has a tempered glass side panel with thumbscrews for easy access. Although the thumbscrews work just fine, I feel they are a bit fiddlier than the case on my previous (also pre-built, but from a different manufacturer) prebuilt. The chassis is advertised as “military grade,” which I have some qualms with due to the fairly nebulous nature of what this sort of testing entails in terms of testing and what it promises, but this hopefully speaks to its ability to tolerate the sorts of normal bumps and shocks a desktop tower might encounter. The size and heft do make it feel sturdy regardless of whether or not the “military grade” testing means anything, which is always welcome. It is relatively easy to remove the fan grills to clean as well. The TUF comes with RGB lighting, as is tradition, which is by default set to yellow. It wasn’t really to my taste, but it can be changed through ASUS Armoury Crate. Armoury Crate itself was a bit fiddly as well in my experience. One of the features includes “AI Aura Lighting,” an AI feature that generates lighting effects from text prompts. I found that to be completely unusable, unfortunately. One of the default suggested prompts, “soft ocean color gradient,” returned strobe lighting flashing white and teal, which, while technically the correct colors, is not at all what I would expect from “soft” or “gradient.” Trying other prompts didn’t yield better results, but luckily you can set your own lighting effects and customize it further if you would like to. Performance has been solid for the kinds of games I play. My library leans more towards indie and casual titles with a few newer games mixed in, so my experience is probably most relevant to someone with a similar catalogue versus someone looking to run every new AAA release at maximum settings. In Slime Rancher 2 on my 4K monitor, I generally stayed around 60 FPS on medium settings, although I did encounter occasional frame dips and stutters. Lowering the resolution did help somewhat, but looked softer on my display; based on my experience, I would think that this build is more suited to 1080p or possibly 1440p gaming than more demanding modern games at native 4K. In Cinebench 2026, I got a GPU score of 45,768 and a multi-thread CPU score of 2,702, which lined up with the performance I saw in normal use. On the upside, cooling has been excellent so far. I noticed no thermal throttling during stress testing; temperatures remained very reasonable even while gaming, and the fans are generally quiet. Of course, when pushed during gaming, they can become more noticeable, but the noise hasn’t been excessive thus far. The port selection is also more than adequate, with plenty of USB connections (including two USB-C ports, one front and one rear). One unusual aspect of the port selection is ASUS’s external Wi-Fi/Bluetooth “shark fin” antenna, which I found the design of to be quite clever! It can sit in a little stand independent of the case or attach magnetically. I do wish ASUS explained this better in the included documentation, because the design was initially confusing. Since my tower lives under my desk, the magnetic mounting option makes more sense, but I would personally have preferred a more traditional mounting method. My biggest complaint about the ASUS is easily the memory configuration. This system ships with a single 16GB DDR5 stick, which leaves the system with less memory bandwidth than a two-stick configuration and can limit performance in some workloads. While this likely won’t be an issue for lighter usage, such as very casual web browsing or light gaming, it was surprisingly easy to overwhelm that 16GB with my normal usage, which includes a browser, Discord, some creative programs, and other background applications (like Dropbox, Teams, etc.). I regularly see memory usage reach 80-90% or higher, which stands out compared to the rest of the hardware that comfortably accommodates my usage by comparison. Unfortunately, the memory configuration makes the TUF TM700 harder for me to recommend as-is. The RTX 5060 performs well, the cooling is good, and the chassis feels solid, but the single 16GB stick feels like an unnecessary limitation in an otherwise capable system. For my workload, 32GB (or at least a dual-stick configuration) would have made this a much more well-rounded desktop. Overall, I’ve enjoyed using the TUF TM700. It runs cool and quiet, has a capable GPU for my needs, plenty of connectivity, and a sturdy case. I’m not sure that the ‘military grade’ label is a particular selling point here, and the single 16GB RAM stick feels a bit mismatched with the rest of the system, making it harder to recommend when factoring in a future memory upgrade for usability.

The ASUS TUF TM700 Gaming Desktop with AMD Ryzen 5 8400F(2024) and 16GB of Memory and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Dual 8GB, and 1TB Storage is a rock-solid gaming PC. This is an excellent, reliable machine for smooth competitive gaming (Fortnite, Valorant, Apex Legends, Warzone, League, etc.), schoolwork, or streaming. It does excellent at 1440p with medium to high settings. The limiting factor with this PC is the AMD Ryzen 8400F(2024). This is essentially a laptop CPU in a desktop configuration. I've found it to be more than capable playing many games at 1440p. Games like The Crew Motorfest, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Monster Hunter Wilds all ran flawlessly with some minor tweaks on high settings. A quick note, turning on DLSS in Monster Hunter Wilds completely changes how well and smooth the game plays at high settings(1440p). The case is beautiful. I've owned quite a few pre-built gaming PC's, especially from ASUS, and this unit is by far my favorite. You get four RGB fans, and some cosmetic panels that also have RGB accents to them. Sadly the CPU cooler is just the basic black fan variety. The light show you get at night or in a dark room is fantastic. I have the fan settings set to silent, and it stays pretty quiet for the most part. Mostly I hear the GPU fans when it gets hot. I also appreciate the UBS-A, USB-C, and audio jacks located on the top of the case. There's still plenty of room to add an AIO or additional fans if you wanted to. The RTX 5060 Dual 8GB graphics card is a beast when playing games at 1080p. The 8GB VRAM being the limiting factor mainly when trying to play games at higher resolutions. It also does very well at 1440P too. I wouldn't recommend playing games in 4K with this PC. Sadly there is no RGB on the card. The included mouse and keyboard are pretty decent, and also have RGB. They will get you up and running and gaming in no time, but a downside to the keyboard is that it lacks any type of volume control. It might be just that I'm spoiled having used several gaming keyboards lately that include this feature, and just assumed it should be there. When I took a closer look at the internals, the motherboard threw me off for a minute. It's an ASUS Prime B650M-A AX6 II Version Rev 1.xx. I thought for sure it would be of the TUF variety, but I understand the reasoning behind it is to cut costs. Good news, the CPU isn't soldered to the board, and the bios isn't locked down. So there is some performance to be gained by tweaking the settings in the bios, or swapping out the CPU later on. The RAM is a single 16GB stick and operates at 5200MHz. Enabling the AEMP option in the bios allows it to go up to 5600MHz. Free performance. Overall I'm impressed with the TM700 in this configuration, but I would recommend replacing the keyboard and mouse.

Bottom Line: This is a well-designed mid-tier gaming desktop that can handle most games at a FHD resolution at a respectable refresh rate. The single stick of 16 gbs of DDR5 ram and the older Ryzen 5 8400 processor are limited but they are adequate enough to play most games. The case and RGB lighting are top notch and the fans stay quiet even when the system is running all out. The RGB keyboard and mouse are an improvement over what most companies include in their prebuilt systems. The only thing I miss is the handle that Asus used to have built into their desktop systems. Components and Upgradeability: Asus kept the cost down by using a single stick of 16 gb of DDR5 ram that is fast at 5600 MHz and it’s enough memory for most games and business apps. If memory prices ever drop it is possible to easily upgrade the memory to dual 16 gb of DDR5 for increased performance. The storage is a 1 Tb M2.280 NVMe Gen 4 card which is fast and has plenty of storage for most users. There is a second M2 slot available for adding additional storage but it requires you to remove the video card to access the port. There are also Sata ports available on the motherboard for anyone who would like to add a 2.5” SSD drive or an old fashion hard drive. The chassis is very open but it does not offer much in the way of hard drive mounts so you will need to be creative. The AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is an older mid-tier processor that is adequate for game playing and most home apps. The Nvidia RTX 5060 is the best part of this gaming desktop. While the AMD Ryzen 5 8400F is a tad underwhelming the RTX 5060 is a good performer for a gaming desktop at this level. The system has 3 Display Ports, 1 HDMI port and multiple USB-A and USB-C ports on the top as well as the back of the case. The Asus Armoury Crate and My Asus software included allow you to control and monitor the system including updates, fans speeds and RGB lighting. It allows you set up gaming profiles that are tuned to your specific gaming needs. After setting up the system and going through all the updates I put it through some benchmarks to see how it would perform. During the benchmarks the fans stayed relatively quiet even when pushing the RTX 5060 hard. I played several racing games with fast moving backgrounds at 1080p and didn’t experience any issues. The fans over time got slightly louder but not annoying. The multiple fans and the open top ventilation kept the system relatively cool as well. The benchmark results are below. Geekbench 7 Single Core score = 2216 Multi-Core score = 10513 Open CL = 101129