ASUS - ROG Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-11700F - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD

This PC build is an amazing price for even better performance. I went from a 1050 Ti to the 30 series graphics card and the difference is other worldly I highly recommend.

First the price is good for this CPU+GPU combo. (I would love to build myself but GPU price is just...). However you need to be ready to spend another 70-150$~ for cooling so it won't sound like a jet in your room. I read about changing setting in Bios for fan... well it didn't work as I expected, the temperate still high (70-80 just from updating graphic card drivers), and it still so noisy. Trouble shoot. 1. Bought iCue H100i Elite Capellix SPU Cooler - $138.99+ taxes 2.XTM50 Consair- High performance thermal paste - $7.99+ taxes Temperature dropped right away (around 45-55) while playing diablo 2 and tab of YouTube/Facebook. Good process but the back fan still so noisy, that annoyed me. Next bought a Noctua NF-A9 PM , Premium Quiet Fan 4 pin 92mm. - $16.95 on Amazon. Result: 35- 40 C, and so quite while playing diablo 2 with few tabs on (same as above) I was thinking about transfer everything to bigger case, but for now it looks like problem was solved... well you know, with 2 sons (2,3 years old). I don't want to take this apart if I must not need to. Everything is toys to them -_- took me 3 hours just to replace the AIO cooling in with their "help"

Awesome pc i swapped the box & added fans but perfect

Parts and performance at this price are a good match, with one major drawback: The i7 11700F and its proximity on the board to the RTX 3070 generate a lot of heat and the fans provided on the CPU and case are not adequate to keep the CPU at acceptable temperatures and fan noise levels(vacuum cleaner) > Stock intel i7 11700F cooler and the single rear exhauster fan do not keep the > Temperatures reaching 100*C (its thermal limit) while installing windows updates Troubleshooting: And No this wasn't just a bad unit or a bad fan. I took it apart and cleaned and reapplied a better thermal paste to the stock cooler and verified it was securely seated on the motherboard. The fans work, VERY LOUD. Temps still hovered between 77*C - 100*C Solution: Easily fixed with an All-In-One liquid cooling solution for $80-100 or a better Air Cooler for $50-75 My Fix: **see pictures** Upgraded the CPU cooler: >Noctua NH-D15S Chromax ($99) **Note: it's wider than the original case can support and you won't be able to close the side panel requiring a new case. Upgraded High Airflow Case: > Lian Li LanCool II Mesh RGB ($129) CPU temps in new case are now significantly better: 30*C - 50*C and the whole system is barely audible and not picked up on my Mic during work from home Zoom meetings.

Purchased this for the video card and immediately encountered the heating / fans cycling / sudden shutdown problems. I recommend: 1. Temporarily remove the case panel. Any airflow is better than none. Try not to throw away in anger... 2. Permanently remove the 92mm Case Fan, ARX FD1290-S0153E. It is practically useless. I temporarily replaced with 120mm Antec fan. 3. Hit F2 key on first boot to modify BIOS Settings. 4. Run the Q-Fan Control Calibration. Default profiles will lead to loud noises and shutdowns. 5. Change in Advanced settings, AI Tweaker\Digi+ VRM -> CPU Load Line Calibration, from Default (Level 3) to Level 5. 6. Save & Exit. If you can get through Windows Home setup, Congrats. Run MyAsus and create Recovery Disc (USB thumbdrive). While you are waiting: 1. Read more about Intel 10700F and RTX 3070 at techpowerup dot com 'i7-10700 Review': way to overclock without the K. 2. Read more about Asus Motherboard settings to try at techpowerup 'bad performance issue.' I temporarily swapped out the 3070 (DUAL-RTX3070-8G-PD) with my existing RTX 1070. Just in case it is the PSU... I replaced the Western Digital Blue PCI 3.0 NVMe M.2 with the WDS100T1X0E. I ran the Recovery disc (USB 3.0 thumbdrive) to install Windows on the PCI 4.0 NVMe. It was fast. Now I patiently wait for the following to arrive: 1. One BE QUIET! Pure Wings 2 92mm PWMCooling Fan (BL038) to replace ARX fan. 2. Two ARCTIC P12 PWM PST - 120mm Case Fan with PWM Sharing Technology (PST). 3. One Noctua NF-S12B redux-1200 PWM, High Performance 120mm Cooling Fan, 4-Pin. 4. One Noctua NT-H2 3.5g, Pro-Grade Thermal Compound Paste. I will permanently replace: 1. Stock CPU fan with Vetroo V5 CPU Air Cooler w/ 5 Heat Pipes 120mm PWM Processor 150W TDP. 2. Stock two 8GB 3200 GHz CL22 DRAM with Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DRAM (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G36C16U4B.

I bought this computer a few days ago. Like everyone else says the cooling in this system must be addressed immediately. I bought a Corsair AIO ICUE H100i Elite Capellix. This system runs extremely hot, legit makes my room hotter and I have a pretty big room. I feel like whoever manufactures these definitely knows that the one 94mm exhaust isn’t even moderately close to enough to cool these components. I mean why not throw a better cooling system and up charge a little. Instead you have a ton of unhappy customers and they obviously don’t care because they wouldn’t let them go out like this. This is extremely unacceptable when the final price is just under $1,750.00 after tax. Then you have to go buy a cooler $100-200 mine was $165.00 after tax. Now we’re pushing almost $2000.00. If I decide to keep I’d have to buy a case because this one is extremely tight and getting more case fans in will be a rigging challenge of its own. I highly recommend looking else where if you’re not comfortable modding it does take some work and time it’s not just “2 screws” like I read on another review. I got this build because finding a 3,000 series is a joke right now. I’m highly contemplating on returning this.I built another rig that had a 3900x AMD CPU and a 2070 Super that definitely out performs this rig easily. Gaming and other tasks. It’s a shame they’re letting this go out the door and into customer hands this way. You should want your customers to be happy and come back for seconds or more. There’s no way I’d ever buy a prebuilt from them again. One of the biggest sellers is word of mouth. What do you do when your customers are unsatisfied. Absolutely nothing and you keep sending them out that way, it’s honestly sad. I give it a 2 star because at-least it works and you can game on it. It is everything but a stellar experience though. Cable management is pretty good but if you throw a 240mm AIO you will have to take the wire cover off unless you strip and reroute the wires. This is definitely not my first rodeo and this wasn’t a fun experience. It’s not fair that I have to go spend all this extra money to get a decently functioning machine because the manufacturer just flat out doesn’t care about their customers happiness. The Ram is extremely cheap, the SSD is as well. The best components are the MOBO, CPU (LOCKED) and GPU. The other components were cheap. I’m not expecting to get a Thread ripper, and a 3090 for $1750 but I’m also not expecting to get something that should be around $1200. Please make your future customers happy since you could barley make your present customers happy. Please start listening to your customers we’re the ones who make your job and business possible.

I wanted to give it more than 3, honestly, if only because the price and components make it the best prebuilt you can buy in the past several months. However, the case and cooling are abysmal, especially when it has to cool such strong parts like the i7 11700f and a RTX 3070 with a sweet little Strix mobo that has plenty of USB ports and WiFi. Other than the notorious Intel stock cooler, it only has the most petite exhaust fan, that has no chance to do its job with any success. THE REAL KICKER is what I discovered when I went to install a better CPU cooler. I'll attach the photo. Spoiler alert: It's the worst thermal paste job I've ever seen, ever. And this is prebuilt by professionals at Asus, I thought. Or maybe a robot in a factory is responsible, either way, this is sad. Especially when most people buy prebuilt so they can plug and play. Normal customers don't want to deal with why their CPU temp is rivaling the surface of the sun. My other complaints are minor: -My GPU is right up against the chunky mobo IO thing that Strix decided to use. It is barely able to be plugged into the top PCIe slot where it's supposed to be. I hope it doesn't scrape off GPU paint if I need to remove it. -The tiny Strix mobo does NOT have an optical cable hole. I never realized it until my $300 Astro A50 headset was the last thing to plugin, and I couldn't find the optical port. That sucks. Now my headset it sounds like crap and the surround might as well be turned off.

In my opinion this is currently the best purchase you can make if youre looking to build a PC from scratch but the gpu shortage is making it difficult. Most other prebuilts aeound the 15 to to 1600 price point only come with a 10th gen cpu and 3060... 3060 ti if youre lucky. Excellent motherboard l, good enough psu, case is kinda tacky looking but it geys the job done. The only thing wrong is the coing system. Id HIGHLY recommend getting a new cooler. There isnt much room but i managed to put an msi coreliquid 240 water cooler in it and it instantly dropped 40c on idle... this cpu runs hoooooooot. The cooler i bought was a bit in the higher price side at 110 bucks but there are certainly oprions under 70 that will do just as good of a job. Ill post pics to show my placement. Overall i could be happier with the system. How they managed this price point is beyond me. If you load all the components in this PC with the current ridiculously high prices of computer parts youll see that if you built this system yourself it would actually cosy about 100 to 200 dollars more which absolutely blows my mind. I cant possibly recommend any other prebuilt more than this one. Alao received it in 3 days which was just icing on the cake! If it isnt available when you're looking at this just be patient. They restock this PC multiple times a day so just keep refreshing every few hours.... if you bought this product and are now looking at this review well then congratulations!!! You just made and amazing purchase and beat out everyone else you know who paid the same amount for their prebuilt in terms of quality of parts and specs!