By the time you read this tutorial, you will feel an irresistible urge to immediately replace your motherboard, video card, CPU cooler, and router.
ASUS wasn’t missing from CES either, and the Taiwanese company didn’t leave it to chance to be noticed, so it presented some new, interesting product in almost every product category, and even came up with some completely new products. Some of these took on the Prime mockery, but of course the truly breathtaking stuff came with ROG branding.
Alluring engineering
In 2025, building a machine will be really fun, especially if you choose from the latest components. We can start right away with the motherboards, of which last fall we already received many, many models with Z890 chipsets on the Intel side, and X870/E chips on the AMD front, but now the newest, slightly friendlier priced ones have also arrived. With the ASUS B850 and B840 boards, for example, you can put together an AM5 AMD Ryzen configuration. The ROG Strix B850-E Gaming WIFi model, for example, comes with 16+2+2 phase power regulation, is built on an 8-layer PCB, supports tuning and has a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, which also includes a one-button card release mechanism.
Before you get scared, we quickly reassure you that not only your video card and SSD also benefit from the benefits of PCIe 5.0, there are enough PCIe lines here as well. ASUS didn’t skimp on the motherboard controllers either: there’s 5 GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7, USB4 with 40 Gbit/s bandwidth, and the USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 port can squeeze 30 Watts out of it, so you can use it for fast charging, for example. The audio department is also muscular: the ROG SupremeFX based on the ALC4080 codec also supports 32-bit/384 kHz playback.
If you want a slightly cheaper model, look at the Prime B840: unfortunately, there is no PCIe 5.0 here, but there are plenty of M.2 slots, 2.5 GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 6E, in fact, the board is available in microATX size or Wi-Fi even without.
GeForce boost is coming
Of course, the GeForce RTX 50 video cards were not left out of the menu either, in all known families – such as ROG Strix, TUF Gaming or Prime – all kinds of GPUs will be found. What’s new is the ROG Astral line, which is the world’s first 4-fan video card. According to ASUS measurements, the extra fan can increase the air mass by 20%, which, when supplemented with 80 amp MOSFETs, increased the room for clock tuning and turbo mode by 35% compared to the factory reference.
Of course, they didn’t leave it at that and brazenly set up an aggressive factory clock signal tuning. If the 4-fan air cooling seems too simple to you, no problem, the ROG Astral cards will also be available with AiO 360 water cooling, where the manufacturer promises an even more serious tuning reserve.
Clear from cooling
The compact CPU liquid coolers are all renewed in the ASUS range. The Prime LC 360 ARGB LCD model, for example, in addition to receiving a 2.3″ LCD display on its CPU block, works with a radiator equipped with fans that can be connected in series, so you have to deal with much less cables than average during construction.
Another interesting example is the ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB, which is also compatible with the BTF standard, so you can build a machine completely free of visible cables. Of course, it won’t be the one that will catch the eyes of your envious people, but the 6.67″ curved AMOLED display, which you can program as you like.
Network boosted
There is no need to introduce ASUS routers at home either – most models are characterized by useful services, reliable speed and reasonable pricing. I would like to continue this good habit in the new 2025 fleet, but of course the top model got the limelight.
ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI is the world’s first router with an integrated NPU, which accelerates AI calculations in hardware. Well, why does a router need MI? Well, for example, for the ROG AI Game Booster game acceleration technology, or for the adaptive QoS 2.0, which can reduce the delay by up to 34%. The router also applies an advanced ad blocker to your entire home network, protects against a variety of online attacks, and monitors your network to alert you if it detects any problems.
Source: www.pcwplus.hu
