Asus ROG desktop experience

blaznee · Oct 24, 2011

So, due to some rather funky tax rules in my country, we can sometimes buy hardware with a tax deduction.. Long story short, I now have the opportunity to buy one of those Asus ROG desktops at what I deem to be a pretty nifty price.

So its an Asus CG8565-NRCH03..

I don't have the specifics on a lot of the stuff in it, but the highligts are as follows

i7-2600k on a Z68 mobo
12gb DDR3 1333mhz (3*4GB it states in specs, but am I drunk or does that seem odd on Z68)
1TB 7200rpm hdd Sata 6GB
Nvidia GTX590 graphics
BD-DVDR combo drive
16-1 cardreader
700w psu
Win 7 home premium
Case, keyboard and mouse
3 year on-site extended warrenty..

I get that for the price of 825 Euro's..

Does anyone here have any experience with these Asus products? Even hearsay

.. It's dirt cheap for the hardware included, but I'm not going for it if it turns out to be a huge steaming pile of dung..

Sinzia · Oct 24, 2011

I can only comment on the notebooks, motherboards, and video cards.

They're pretty much my "first stop" when looking for hardware.

Damn_Smooth · Oct 24, 2011

The 590 and 2600k are worth that alone and the ROG products are some of the best on the market. You would be insane if you passed that up.

Edit: You might need to switch the PSU, depending on the model, and some faster RAM would be nice, but even then, this is worth way more than that.

Huddo93 · Oct 24, 2011

GEEZUS!

That is a amazing deal price wise.

On top of that its amazing performance wise!

If its a decent upgrade from your current system, Definitely buy it

blaznee · Oct 24, 2011

How odd, my system specs were gone..

It's not really a huge upgrade, but the offer is so good I kinda have to take it anyway - then the kids can get a kick-ass gaming pc

micropage7 · Oct 24, 2011

blaznee said:
Does anyone here have any experience with these Asus products?

i ever experience dead asus board in 3 months it was long ago when i run pentium 4
but in your location is there any official store so you dont need to worry if you RMA it
but i guess i f you buy electronic things theres a chance you have crap product no matter how hard the manufacture try to avoid it :roll:

theeldest · Oct 24, 2011

I have an ASUS ROG z68 mobo in my system and it's pretty killer.

And yes, 12GB makes no sense in this system. dual channel configuration.

CJCerny · Oct 24, 2011

Does seem like a good price. I will point out, however, that ASUS has not really publically stated or acknowledged exactly which parts they are using in this ROG labeled PC. In other words, while you would think that they have ROG motherboard and ROG videocards in them, there is no statement from ASUS that is actually the case. A little Googling just turned up no reviews and no statement from ASUS as to the quality of the parts that are in this PC. They could just be using standard level ASUS motherboard and videocards and then just slapping a ROG on the case itself. No one really knows the answer to that--and ASUS isn't saying.

LordJummy · Oct 28, 2011

it appears to be based on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki-pEt9MJqc

that looks like the flagship model. looks like it uses decent components...

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Motherboard	Asus Maximus VII Ranger
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