Wednesday, January 7th 2026

ASRock Presents New DeskSlim, DeskMini, & Box PC Systems at CES 2026

Earlier today, ASRock granted TechPowerUp access to its mostly new product laden Las Vegas hotel suite, where several brand-new mini PC systems immediately drew the eye. The Taiwanese manufacturer's DeskSlim B760 is already a somewhat known property, but over a month later, it is encouraging to examine a demonstration unit in-person. ASRock's demo example was already opened up when TPU turned up on the scene; clearly showing Intel hardware-based innards. Team Blue's reference Arc Pro B50 "Battlemage" workstation-grade graphics card is dinky enough to fit inside the DeskSlim B760 model's ultra-compact 4.9-liter chassis. Also, a Laminar RH-style air cooler was crammed into the tight interior space—tasked with cooling up to Intel 14th Gen Core CPUs. A nearby product placard mentions that the AMD-based DeskSlim X600 variant is also on the way to launch.
ASRock officially announced its DeskMini B860 and X600/USB4 PC systems last summer. Half a year later, a Team Blue-based demo unit has turned up in Las Vegas. TechPowerUp noted that this 1.92-liter Mini PC was specced with a Core Ultra 9 285 (non-K) "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processor. Unlike the larger DeskSlim series, the latest DeskMini design does not have the room to accommodate discrete graphics cards—instead it relies on an APU's integrated graphics solution for video output.
Examples of brand-new Industrial (sub-brand) products were also present in the company's luxury suite. The NUC(S) Ultra 300 BOX Series is bang up-to-date in terms of Intel mobile processor tech. ASRock Industrial reps did not confirm the exact Core Ultra Series 3 SKU placed within their demo unit, but a nearby spec sheet confirms that the embedded solution is formed around freshly-introduced "Panther Lake-H" APUs.
Stepping away from Team Blue land for a moment, ASRock Industrial has showcased its older AMD-based 4X4 BOX AI300 Series. Their demonstration sample seems to share a largely similar exterior with its neighboring NUC sibling. According to an accompanying product sheet, year-old Team Red APUs are present under the hood.

"Krackan Point" (Zen 5/5c + RDNA 3.5) mobile processor-based options are available: in 8-core Ryzen AI 7 350 and 6-core Ryzen AI 5 340 flavors.
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5 Comments on ASRock Presents New DeskSlim, DeskMini, & Box PC Systems at CES 2026

#1
mxthunder
4.9L or .49L? as a vegas nerd, and a tech nerd CES is my wet dream. would love to go around these suites and see all the tech.
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TheinsanegamerN
That 4.9L case is exactly what I was looking for last year. Dual slot, low profile, juuuust enough for a decent GPU. That case appears to be as small as you could make such a case while using standard parts.

I once again wish Asrock would sell just the case with no motherboard.
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Mrgravia
TheinsanegamerNThat 4.9L case is exactly what I was looking for last year. Dual slot, low profile, juuuust enough for a decent GPU. That case appears to be as small as you could make such a case while using standard parts.

I once again wish Asrock would sell just the case with no motherboard.
I’m still bitter topline was able to sell alternative deskmeet cases that were ether larger with better cooling, or smaller with half height cards.

They also have the deskmate series that wasn’t available outside Asia iirc.
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TheinsanegamerN
MrgraviaI’m still bitter topline was able to sell alternative deskmeet cases that were ether larger with better cooling, or smaller with half height cards.

They also have the deskmate series that wasn’t available outside Asia iirc.
I'd love a third party deskmeet if we could have those colorful mini 5070s....
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