Customer Ratings & Reviews

I made a huge mistake. I shared my love of PC gaming with my tween daughter, setting her up with her own Steam account so that she could use my handheld gaming PC and not wreck my save files. It worked a little too well, and my handheld PC was no longer mine to use freely. Something needed to change. The answer to my problem was simple, get her a desktop gaming PC. The ASUS TUF T500 ended up being a perfect fit for our household. Even before I had any ASUS PC's, I would always build my own PCs using mostly ASUS parts, so I knew what to expect for performance. The Intel Core i5 processor has more than enough power to run all the retro pixel games she loves to play, and the RTX 5060 graphics card is beefy enough for when we play our FPS games together as her monitor is only FHD. The 1TB SSD has enough room for her games, and she's used to having to install and uninstall games from using the consoles. 16GB of RAM is more than adequate for the types of games we play. The front USB ports work great for plugging in controllers and headset dongles, and there's a combo headset jack as well (for when her headset runs out of batteries and she has to use the wire like an old person). I've had 4 ASUS gaming PCs in the past few years, and this is the first one that didn't bring up Armory Crate right away. I was surprised by that, since I think it's great for launching games on my handheld PC. I guess I had to start it up once so that it could run an update and install some system services. After that, it started showing up at startup, making it easier to find the games. The PC itself was a lot smaller than I was expecting. It's dwarfed by the other ASUS gaming PC that I have, standing at 14" tall. The RGB lights are customizable in Armory Crate, which is another reason why I was confused by not seeing it pop up on startup. It fits well under her desk in the living room, though I'm going to need some sort of stand to set it on to hopefully prevent it from sucking in all the cat hair and dust bunnies that tend to accumulate on our hardwood floors. This would also do well in a home theater cabinet since it's so tiny (provided you give it adequate ventilation), or any place in which space is a consideration without compromising on gaming prowess. The computer came with a 3 month trial to Xbox PC GamePass, which is Microsoft's subscription based game platform, so my daughter will have plenty of games to play over winter break. So now I have my handheld PC back, my daughter is happy to have a gaming PC of her own, and the whole family can play together without anyone thinking it's unfair that they have to play on the lesser spec'd computer.

I got this for my son for Christmas to start his own PC gaming setup/desktop computer for his room. I paired it with a new 32” Asus curved monitor that he’s been wanting and I think it will be the perfect setup for him! I’ve been giving it a few test runs to try out the performance and see how it stacks up against the others I’ve used in the past and I’ve been pretty impressed so far! It runs quiet, even with the fan running it stays super quiet and hardly noticeable at all. He’ll be using this for his games and homework, etc, so I think this will be more than sufficient for him. After putting it though some testing you can quickly reach the limits of its performance, but I think this is still a great starter or entry level gaming PC. Sure you won’t get the same performance of a higher grade machine, but this isn’t marketed as that. It’s an entry level starter system which fits what I am looking for perfectly. The fit and feel of it is sharp and pretty cool looking, I love how it looks and I’m sure my son will too!

So far reliable and worth the money spent. Worth the price.