Customer Ratings & Reviews

Needs better cooling system but otherwise does a great job

excellent machine, very fast and quiet, looks nicer in person

This is a great gaming desktop with excellent specs, made by a company with a good reputation. However, as others have stated, the cooling on this desktop is not acceptable as is. Upgrading the cooling system is possible but very difficult since this is a proprietary case. If you're willing to put in the money and time to add cooling and upgrade the CPU cooler, this is absolutely worth it. Otherwise, pay a little extra and save yourself from massive headache later on.

This pc is great all the reviews of overheating dont listen to them please.. There is an issue in bios where your fans are only at 600 rpm you can change that they say standard change it to silent and temp issue is fixed that easy browsing the internet my cpu temp is 78c thats with 4 tabs and discord running and a game up running at max and streaming

Should be 3.5 stars As other reviews state, it runs hot. For the price point, its a good spec (ignoring the 3080 model that is criminally underpriced) However, based on my experiences, I can't recommend the 3070 over the 3060ti or even the 3060. There isn't enough of a performance bump to justify the cost until you get to the 3080.

It’s a great machine. I did have to add a cooling system as the one that came with it was no good. I also added more storage with a 1tb ssd. I may could have sent it back and got a new one and the cooling system would have worked, but I just decided to go with a two fan radiator which works great.

The deal was solid but unfortunately the fans were underperforming which led to not optimal performance.

The components in this machine are great. The case itself is ok (as long as you don't want any CD drives installed) but the case fan is very very very loud. Seems like such a silly thing, I purchased a new fan for $15 and it quieted the system down dramatically without impacting the heat at all.

The performance is good for its price, but the cooling of the pc needs some work.

This is definitely the builder's prebuilt system. What do I mean by that? Its absolutely unusable out of the box and you get to enjoy completely rebuilding it! That's great if you only bought it due it being a reasonable-ish value at a time when GPUs are unobtainable. That's not so good if you're buying this prebuilt system expecting it to... work as a prebuilt system. So let's start with the good: The 3070 is a FHR (non-LHR) card and comes with a cooler that is incredibly quiet under heavy load. It appears to be an Asus dual-rtx3070-8g (Your mileage may vary on this. Some report getting EVGA cards.) The PSU is over-spec'd for this system, being a 750 watt Great Wall unit (Great Wall is an OEM for many outstanding power supplies which are rebadged as Corsair, EVGA, etc.) The maximum amount of power I can get the system to pull is 465 watts. The SSD (WD SN530) is a... fine... drive. It's not particularly performant. Mine writes at about 1.6GB/s within the SLC cache and about 800MB/s directly to the media. I also own an SN550 which is a bit faster across the board but I'm not going to complain about it. The case is visually unobjectionable, it has a rather gamer-y "ROG etched in the glass side panel with lots of ventilation. You can turn all of the RGB off easily as well. The motherboard: This is a very strong offering by Asus It's the ROG STRIX B560-G GAMING WIFI. Excepting a single oversight (more on that later) it's very good. It has strong power delivery that's (way) overbuilt for this CPU and great networking options, namely the Intel 225v 2.5 Gbps Ethernet and AX200 2x2 wireless 6/AX wireless. It also has Intel Bluetooth v5.2. I have "gigabit+" Internet which is rated for 1200Mbps and I can pull a full 1236 Mbps from the Internet through it and just under 800 Mbps when using wifi from about 12 feet away. Now for the bad: Cooling. If you've read more than 2 reviews about this system then you already know what I'm going to say. The system is so loud that it was triggering Team's "you are muted" during a conference call about 20 feet away from the system. People in the call stopped me and said they couldn't hear because it sounded like I was in a wind tunnel... on a different computer. Yikes. Also, as many others have reported. I had several crashes where it would reboot to a "CPU over temperature!", enter setup warning while the computer was basically idling. I knew going into this that was an issue. I had ordered a Noctua Noctua NH-U9S Chromax to replace the pathetic, embarrassing included cooler and a Be Quiet Pure Wings 2 fan to replace the deafening rear fan. Now the system is inaudible from more than 12 inches or so away, even under 100% (synthetic) load on CPU and GPU. Now, no big deal to change a CPU HSF and rear fan, right? Not so fast. The fan header by the rear fan is only for AIO pump rather than case fans. To swap it out you have to either use an extension cable (I used a Noctua NA-SEC1 30 cm) to run it around the back of the board to the very bottom of the motherboard. Most motherboards have at least one fan header close to the rear exhaust because, well because nearly all systems have rear exhaust fans. If you want to save some money you can remove the graphics card and run it around there but it looks really messy and removing the card is a pain. Why is it a pain? because they used a support bracket with tiny screws to support it. Putting them back is an exercise in frustration, even with a magnetized screwdriver. The case does not support anything other than a single fan at the rear. It has plenty of holes that look like they could take a fan screw, but unless you're willing to break out the drill you're out of luck. The thermal paste was spotty and probably 30% of the center of the CPU was bright and shiny when it should have been grey with paste. Now, the case itself, while looking decent does have some weird shortcomings. If you plan on using the expansion slot (16x physical, 4x electrical/logical) then know the rear slot covers are break-off rather than replaceable. Also, the metal between the slots is cut for no obvious reason which scrapes the paint off any card you put into them. There also isn't a screw provided for putting any cards into the system. It's a standard ATX 6-32 hexagon screw if you need or order one. I settled on this system because I needed a 4x or larger slot for my 10Gb network card. The Intel 11700F is... what it is: the result of Intel stagnation in the form of 8 locked cores and 16 threads. The fact this is the F means you lose Quick Sync which is one of the only reasons to consider Intel at this point. (Other reasons are: Optane, compression performance, and Intel-optimized software such as MATLAB) My final low is the RAM. I received RAM that showed up in the UEFI as Hyundai. It's actually branded SK hynix hma81gu6djr8n-xn 2x8GB. This appears to be the value-est of value memory with very loose timings at 3200MHz. I had 64GB of Corsair LPX DDR4 which replaced the included RAM after I validated that the included RAM worked. Now, some edge case stuff: This system doesn't support power on from USB. My past two builds (MSI z170 M5 Gaming, Asus X370 Pro-Prime) had this feature so you could just move your mouse or strike a key to get the system to turn on from off, standby, hibernate. This system only supports wake at certain time of day (RTC) or wake-on-LAN. The UPS (Cyberpower 1500VA) I run works fine with my Corsair AX650 and CX650 supplies but this system will instantly shut down UPS during a power outage. It may be because it's a simulated sine wave unit but, like I said, it works with my other computers. So, I guess that's that. If you want a prebuilt system that you have to make significant changes to make work then it's probably the best value out right now. I spent more time tweaking and trying to get this system to work than any of my previous builds; and those literally came in a dozen boxes each without Windows installed. Meh, 5/10. Do better, Asus. Next time employ people that know how sound level meters and temperature probes work.

Several years later still one of the strongest gaming PCs i have bought. Definitely recommend the ROG brand

I read review before I buy it. So helpful cause the cpu always got 100c then I buy water cooler fan 1x 240mm Corsair (don’t buy bigger more than 2x 240mm cause this case to small) it doing good and my cpu heat down to 60c i think it better with x2 240mm.

Bought this for my son instead of upgrading the video card. This on came with a non-LHR 3070. Upgraded the processor cooling with an NZXT AOI. Doesn't miss a beat, good quality build.

It is a great PC, the only thing is you will need a better case the stock case has terrible airflow and you will need a AIO cooler outside of that it’s money! Super quiet with the NZXT 510 elite case

Great PC, components get a little hot. Ended up buying a new CPU cooler, 2 additional fans and a new pc case as the asus case is very very small. After the swap into the new case it runs great, not even close to the high temps i was getting before.

So I’ve had it for a few months 10/10 best starter pc I added some upgrades and runs everything perfectly it does eventually need more storage but if you’re starting out this is definitely one for you

The air flow of the case is the only thing stopping a 5 star review. Great setup, the case is gorgeous, but needs more airflow. The mini exhaust fan at the rear could be improved upon. Overall love this machine- one of 2 I own now.

very fast and powerful PC. especially with an RTX 3070 GPU. also you can fit another RTX 30 series GPU on the motherboard inside the case. however the ventilation is horrible and overheats quickly. needs more than 1 exhaust fan and 0 intake fans!

SHE RUNS HOT!!!! There isn't enough fans in the case to keep the CPU cool under load nor does the case allow for airflow. Just horrible. The 3070 card was decent. The rest was sub par items shoved together in a package. Your better off building a PC from scratch.

It is without a doubt the fastest computer I've ever had my hands on. It looks good too. The cooling however sucks. WHY is there a CPU cooler not even an OEM would use? And the rear 90mm fan already whining. EVERYTHING else about it is amazing.