Shortly after the official Fedora 45 launch, Bazzite 45 has launched, with a rebase to Fedora 45, Gnome 51.1, and KDE Plasma 6.8.2. The new Bazzite version lists updated OGC Linux kernels—7.2.15 for AMD and Intel, and 6.18.60 for NVIDIA users—and additional hardware support, including for the Acer Predator Atlas 8 and ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20, but also for more peripherals, including the Logitech TrueForce racing wheel hardware. The Mesa driver version has also been updated to 26.2.6, InputPlumber has been updated, and CoolerController has been moved to the official docker container, while XWaylandVideoBridge has been removed in the name of stability and squashing KDE bugs. The rest of the actual updates are minor back-end changes, save one.

As per the announcement post on the Universal Blue Discourse page, as of Bazzite 45, Bazzite has become accepted by Epic Games as a signing key provider, and the development team behind Bazzite has added a Linux EAC V2 readiness checker to Bazzite 45. The checker automatically updates the latest Linux EAC V2 requirements and compares the requirements to the current kernel and BIOS configurations—specifically kernel and module signing, Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, measured boot, IOMMU, kernel lockdown, kexec, and BPF LSM. If there are any incompatibilities, the user will be notified by the readiness checker.

Valve has been a major contributor to the Linux gaming scene since it launched the Arch-based SteamOS alongside the Steam Deck, and the company's latest contribution to the Linux gaming ecosystem comes by way of a series of patches by Vicki Pfau, a developer working on hardware support on behalf of Valve Software. In the patch notes, Pfau notes that the preliminary driver supports "general input for the Joy-Con 2, Pro Controller 2, and GameCube NSO controllers," including Bluetooth for all controllers and USB mode for the Pro Controller. The Linux kernel version 7.4 is slated to land in a fully stable form in January 2027.

Crucially, the Nintendo Switch 2 controllers were already largely supported on Linux via Steam, but kernel support means the controller won't need to run via Steam Input and can work in other game launchers without Steam being open. In addition to the Nintendo Switch 2 controllers, Linux 7.4 should bring hardware enablement and several features for a host of other peripherals, both gaming and otherwise, including additional sensor support for new AMD SoCs, better trackpad handling on T2 Macs, a new HID driver for Pulsar gaming mice—with support for reading the battery level, voltage, and charging status over both wired and wireless connection modes. On the topic of mice, the Kysona M600V2 also gets an HID driver. There are also new fixes incoming for the ASUS ROG Ally power management, and support was improved for the Lenovo Legion Go S controllers and lighting.

The launch of Valve's Steam Deck ignited a renewed interest in both Linux gaming and handheld x86 gaming PCs, and that push has resulted in accelerated development for projects like Bazzite. In a recent post, Bazzite developer, Andy East, aka Andy10115 online, has announced preliminary hardware support for both the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 and the Acer Predator Atlas handhelds in Bazzite.

The developer notes in the update, which also serves as a call for testers, that the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 that there is already full support for the display and back buttons—replete with VRR and HDR on the former and full button remapping on the latter—as well as working sleep/wake support. Support for RGB lighting customization is not yet implemented, but should arrive soon with Open Gaming Collective components. Similarly, fan control is still missing, but can be implemented with the usual Decky plugins, and an official OGUI plugin is in development.

TCL's panel arm, TCL CSOT (China Star), is planning OLED monitor panels with refresh rates of up to 700 Hz, according to a new Omdia report on OLED monitor shipments. The panels will apparently come from TCL's Gen 8.6 inkjet-printed (IJP) OLED line in Guangzhou, which is expected to begin production in 2028, and will include larger sizes such as 32-inch and 34-inch. No resolutions were given, and it's not clear whether 700 Hz will be a native refresh rate or a dual-mode setting at a lower resolution. TCL is starting smaller, with its Gen 5.5 line set to ship 27-inch UHD 120 Hz IJP OLED panels in Q3 2026 for an MSI content-creation monitor. If the 2028 timeline pans out, TCL could be the first to mass-produce IJP OLED monitor panels at Gen 8.6.

The 700 Hz figure isn't a record, however. LG Display already makes a 24.5-inch 1080p 720 Hz OLED panel, used in the ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace, and the ROG Swift PG27AQWP-W hits 720 Hz in its lower-resolution dual mode. The interesting part is getting that kind of speed onto 32-inch and 34-inch panels, using a printing process that wastes less material. As for the rest of the industry, Omdia expects 6.1 million OLED monitor panels to ship in 2026, a 79% jump over last year, rising to 7.5 million in 2027. Prices are falling too, as 27-inch 240 Hz OLED monitors dropped over 40% this year. A third major supplier next to Samsung Display and LG Display should help that trend, though 2028 is still a long way off.

When ASUS first revealed the ROG Xbox Ally X20 at Computex 2026, it said that the gaming handheld would be available as a bundle with a set of Xreal R1 Edition 20 AR glasses or as a standalone handheld, but pricing and details on the standalone version were still somewhat nebulous, but ASUS has finally announced pricing and imminent pre-order availability for the X20 handheld on both its online store and on Best Buy.

The standalone handheld gets a price of $1,299.99, which is a $300 price increase over the standard ROG Xbox Ally X. The X20 Anniversary Edition is powered by the same AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme APU, 24 GB of RAM, and 1 TB SSD as the original handheld, but the flashy new smoky translucent chassis isn't the only upgrade. The Xbox Ally X20 features a new 7.4-inch, 120 Hz ROG Nebula HDR OLED display that boasts an increased 1,400 nits of peak brightness and upgraded controller ergonomics.

Update Sep 28th: The ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 has officially become available to pre-order on Best-Buy at the $1,299.99 pre-order price, and the product page also confirms October 15 as the start date for official sale and shipment.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced the ROG Gjallar premium gaming soundbar designed to deliver impactful, cinematic surround sound, clear in-game communication, and multi-platform compatibility to streamline any setup. It immerses gamers in a realistic 3D soundstage via 2.1.2 Dolby Atmos surround sound with left and right full-range speakers, tweeters, up-firing channels and a powerful 5G wireless subwoofer. The Gjallar includes an all-in-one audio control hub that provides convenient access to EQ settings, playback controls, input source selection, and RGB lighting. The audio control hub also houses the built-in Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) microphones for seamless communication.

The Gjallar offers versatile multi-device, multi-platform connectivity via USB-C, HDMI 2.1 (eARC), optical and AUX input, along with Bluetooth 5.3. In addition, a built-in USB hub on the side of the soundbar allows for easy device connections via USB Type-A. ASUS Aura RGB lighting offers up to 16.8 million colors and four preset effects for a complete, cohesive gaming setup. Gamers can use the web-based Gear Link PC tool or the mobile app to fine-tune EQ, adjust microphone settings, lighting, and more to create personalized listening experiences.

Republic of Gamers (ROG) today announced that the ROG G1000, a flagship gaming desktop engineered to redefine the boundaries of performance, is now available for purchase and order. Powered by up to an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and our ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 GPU, the G1000 introduces the ROG Thermal Atrium—a specialized compartment decoupled from the main chassis to provide its 420 mm AIO radiator with unrestricted access to cool ambient air. Combined with the groundbreaking AniMe Holo platform, the G1000 offers a whisper-quiet, high-performance experience housed in a commanding ultra tower built exclusively with premium ASUS and ROG components.

AniMe Holo: A New Era of Personalization
Beyond its raw power, the ROG G1000 is a visual masterpiece featuring the all-new AniMe Holo technology. This system utilizes full-color holographic projectors, allowing gamers to personalize their desktop like never before. The side panel showcases a massive 380 mm holographic fan with 720 LEDs, complemented by dual 215 mm fans on the front panel.

Patriot Memory today announced the release of the Patriot Viper Steel 5 Infinite RGB DDR5 ROG Edition. Born from an official certified collaboration with ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG), this high-performance kit combines extreme DDR5 speeds with a patent-pending 3D Infinite Mirror optical structure. Built with tested XMP 3.0 base profiles reaching up to 7,000 MT/s, the series features an exclusive ROG Certified BIOS integration that unlocks hidden performance profiles up to 7,600 MT/s on compatible ASUS ROG motherboards.

Designed to complement the ASUS ROG hardware ecosystem, the Viper Steel 5 Infinite ROG Edition is housed in a custom matte carbon-black aluminium heat spreader. The chassis is styled with an official ROG Certified red label, slashed dot-matrix typography, and a diamond-cut Viper logo. Atop the module, a solid-media optical light-bar projects a multidimensional 3D light tunnel within standard memory slot dimensions, syncing seamlessly across ASUS Aura Sync, SignalRGB, and major motherboard RGB software.

A Ryzen 9 9950X3D has reportedly died just an hour after being moved into an ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero motherboard. According to Reddit user SpecialistConcept423, posting in r/GamersNexus, the chip had been running fine for about a year and a half in an ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara before the swap. After switching to the new board, no manual overclocking or voltage tweaks were applied; only one of the board's built-in memory presets was enabled for a set of SK hynix 6200 MHz modules. After saving that setting and rebooting, the board threw a "00" Q-Code and refused to post. Pulling the CPU and inspecting it revealed two brown marks on its contacts, which all but confirmed the catastrophic failure.

Things got stranger when the user resorted to an older Ryzen 5 8500G that had previously worked fine on the same board. That chip apparently now throws a "4D" code too, pointing at the motherboard itself as the culprit, not just the CPU. There's no confirmation yet on whether a faulty BIOS, a bad batch of boards, or something else is to blame, and ASUS hasn't commented on this specific case. It is worth noting that the ASUS board was not new, and it had undergone USB-related repairs and a BIOS rewrite. The user has since contacted AMD in Brazil for an RMA, but has shared no updates yet.

ASUS today demonstrated its lead in the next-gen networking era with the announcement of the immediate Canadian retail availability of the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 series, which includes the world's only quad-band Wi-Fi 8 router currently available to buy from retail stores. The ROG Rapture GT-BN98 series is scheduled for worldwide release in October, with details for the US launch to follow shortly. Also launching in October is the ASUS ZenWiFi BN12 Wi-Fi 8 router—a first-to-market dedicated Wi-Fi 8 Mesh ecosystem designed for high-capacity homes and connected households.

ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BN98 series: Introducing the first-to-market Wi-Fi 8 router
Built on the Wi-Fi 8 architectural framework, the ROG Rapture GT-BN98 series brings the benefits of next-generation networking to current and future client devices. ROG engineer testing indicates that the router can deliver measurable performance gains when paired with existing Wi-Fi 7 client devices, helping users improve network performance before Wi-Fi 8 devices become widely available.

Hardware Unboxed has become the latest hardware channel to watch a 12V-2×6 connector melt on an RTX 5090 test bench. The setup paired an ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 with a be quiet! Dark Power 13 PSU, and host Steve reportedly only caught the fault after touching the cable and finding it hot enough to burn his hand. A thermal camera later confirmed readings above 150°C, climbing to roughly 175°C under load. A Thermal Grizzly WireView Pro caught the underlying problem immediately: a severe current imbalance where some pins carried almost nothing while a single wire was pulling around 22A. Oddly, the damage turned out to be worse on the PSU side rather than at the GPU.

The cable had fused inside the Dark Power 13's connector and needed pliers to remove, while the card's own connector escaped without visible marks. Hardware Unboxed says the cable was fully seated and isn't blaming the incident on installation. This is far from an isolated case, as this connector is notorious for melting. We have reported RTX 5090 connectors melting even after users apply undervolts and power limits, and reported on at least one instance where an ASRock PSU's thermal cutoff saved a card from a similar fate. Some frustrated modders have gone so far as to solder wires directly to the PCB just to sidestep the connector altogether.

As was recently discovered by an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 owner on Reddit, there is apparently a conflict between Windows 11's built-in driver management tools and ASUS's proprietary power profiles. After leaving their Zephyrus G14 laptop, with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti dGPU, in Eco Mode for a number of weeks, Reddit user u/OK-Horse-3169 switched their laptop back into performance mode in order to play some games, only to discover that Windows had deleted the GPU driver. According to ASUS's support documentation, this is expected behavior.

As it turns out, on basically any laptop with a MUX switch that disables the dGPU entirely, Windows 11 will automatically remove the drivers, because the driver is no longer necessary for a device that's no longer connected—it treats it much like it would a removable USB drive or peripheral. The source of the problem, as discovered by the redditor, is called pnpclean.dll, a maintenance task that deletes the aforementioned drivers if a device hasn't been connected for 15-30 days. After the driver was deleted, Windows recognized the user's RTX 5070 Ti as a generic display adaptor until the driver was reinstalled.

ASUS held an extensive press event today at Gamescom, where, among many new products, the fourth generation of the ROG Gladius gaming mouse was introduced, following the ROG Gladius III that was launched in 2021. The ROG Gladius IV Ace uses an ergonomic design and weighs just 56 g. The weight balance can be adjusted using the three included weights (3 g, 5 g, and 7 g) giving users a total of eight configurations. The mouse itself measures 127.5 x 67.7 x 44.15 mm and uses the ROG AimPoint Pro 65K sensor with up to 65,000 DPI and 11 selectable lift-off distances (LODs). It also features ROG 100M optical micro switches and large 100% PTFE feet. The ROG SpeedNova 8K Gen II receiver provides 8,000 Hz polling and, according to ASUS, improved power efficiency over the previous generation. Connectivity also includes 2.4 GHz RF, Bluetooth 6.0, and USB Type-C wired with the 2-meter ROG Paracord cable included.

The Gladius IV Ace adds a Zone Mode with competition-oriented profiles that adjust polling, sensor responsiveness, frame-rate tuning, and transmit power. Configuration is available through the browser-based ROG Gear Link software. The mouse will be available in Q3 2026 in Black, Moonlight White, Lava Red, and Aqua Blue variants, with a dedicated carrying case. ASUS has not announced pricing yet.More pictures follow.

The latest mVolt+ v0.36 update added a number of video card power and voltage management features that appear to make it possible to bypass the stock power limits of some NVIDIA RTX 50-series GPUs without the typical shunt mod or flashing a new vBIOS. Using the new capabilities, one user on r/Overclocking on Reddit claims to have reached 700 W total power draw on their NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, scoring 16,523 points in 3DMark Steel Nomad in the process. That's a 125 W up from a stock 5090 TDP of 575 W.

Based on the screenshots of the aforementioned 3DMark benchmark, the GPU topped out at 3,127 MHz, which is a substantial 720 MHz higher than the reference design's 2,407 MHz clock speed. Another user, reporting their results to VideoCardz, managed to overclock an ASUS ROG Astral NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 OC to draw a total of 680 W, up from a stock TDP of 400 W—although this can be increased to 450 W with an official tool. In this case, the user notes that there is no shunt mod in use.

The NVIDIA 12v-2×6 GPU power cable meltdown debacle seems to be something of a cat-and-mouse game, in which GPU board partners and PSU manufacturers keep trying to find workarounds and new safeguards against the GPU cables that have now claimed many a gaming GPU. ASUS's latest GPU Tweak III V2.1.8.0 update adds yet another feature to help save GPUs from potential temperature-induced premature failure.

The GPU Tweak III update adds support for auto-shutdown on GPU models with Power Detector+, which will shut down a system when "persistently high current is detected." ASUS has not shared what the exact parameters are for high current or how long the high current must be sustained before it triggers. Being limited to Power Detector+ GPUs means that auto-shutdown is limited to the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090, ROG Astral LC GeForce RTX 5090, ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080, and ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs.

If you've been looking at adding faster networking at home, but either don't have a spare PCIe slot in your PC or need it on a laptop, then ASUS ROG might just have launched what you've been waiting for. Its new ROG USB-C10G USB dongle brings 10 Gbps Ethernet in a fairly compact form factor of 85 x 32 x 19 mm and 38 grams, without the cable. ASUS went down what we'd call the correct route here by not having a captive cable, instead the dongle has a USB Type-C port and is supplied with a short USB-C to USB-C cable that also comes with a USB-C to USB-A adapter.

As this is most likely a Realtek RTL8159 based Ethernet dongle, it has one quirk that means it won't work with some computers, as this is a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 device. Yes, that's 20 Gbps, but as the USB protocol has quite a bit of overhead, USB 3.2 Gen 2 won't be enough for 10 Gbps Ethernet, instead you end up somewhere between 6 and 8 Gbps based on tests we've seen of other RTL8159 dongles. This means that it's not compatible with Macs, as Apple only supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 and USB4/Thunderbolt. This also means that you will limit the throughput if you use the USB-C to USB-A dongle. ASUS hasn't provided any official pricing, but we found a listing online from a Norwegian retailer that stocks it for around US$139, including 25 percent VAT, suggesting it might retail for US$100-120 once it becomes more broadly available.

Despite a notable sales blip immediately following the recent RAMpocalypse-driven price hikes, which saw Steam Deck prices skyrocket by $240-300 overnight, it appears as though sales for the Steam Deck have plummeted since the price increases.

According to a recent report by Boiling Steam, which tracks Steam hardware sales by extrapolating Valve's Top Sellers chart data, there has been a massive decline in Steam Deck sales since the beginning of June. The analysts report that the Steam Deck's slide from fifth to 14th in the Top Sellers chart could represent an up to 82% decline in weekly sales figures.

When ASUS launched the ROG Flow Z13 gaming 2-in-1 in 2025, it proudly boasted about the convertible's 10/10 repairability score—a self-reported score that evaluates the repairability of a product based on the availability of parts, documentation, repair cost, and how easy it is to access the internals for parts replacement.

Just recently, iFixit, the popular repair and right-to-repair activism company, got its hands on the Flow Z13 for one of its teardown repairability analyses, and after taking the device apart, iFixit gave the Flow Z13 a much more reserved 7/10 repairability score. Of course, this is still a reasonably high score, especially considering how compact the Flow Z13 is, but it's nowhere close to the 10/10 that ASUS gave itself based on the French index.

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced today that the 2026 ROG Strix SCAR 18 is now available for purchase from ASUS and partner retailers. Built for gamers, creators, developers, and power users, the refreshed flagship pairs an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor with up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, delivering up to 320 W of sustained maximum total system power for demanding gaming, creative, and AI workloads.

The Strix SCAR 18 also features a ROG Nebula HDR Display with the world's first 18-inch 4K 240 Hz mini-LED laptop panel, bringing sharp detail, high refresh rates, and vivid HDR to a desktop-replacement form factor. Tool-less access, ROG Q-Latch SSD bays, and signature Aura RGB lighting round our flagship design that's built for performance today and upgrades tomorrow.

As AI-driven computing continues to escalate demands for higher power density and thermal efficiency, Asetek, the pioneer of global liquid cooling technology, today announced the debut of its next-generation liquid cooling platform architecture at Computex 2026. Developed specifically to address the high-performance thermal demands of the AI era, the new architecture sets a new milestone in cooling efficiency and low-acoustic performance. Featuring an optimized 4 mm comprehensive offset cold plate design, Asetek is effectively redefining the thermal standard for high-performance AI computing.

The company also highlighted a broader strategic direction following its strategic integration with Chunqiu Electronic (CQ), combining Asetek's long-established liquid cooling engineering expertise in Denmark with CQ's expanded global manufacturing scale and supply chain infrastructure in Asia. At this year's showcase, Asetek is focusing on the generational evolution of its premium consumer liquid cooling platforms, positioning these advanced thermal architecture developments as the primary technology foundation to anchor future high-density computing and AI thermal infrastructure opportunities.

G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd., the world's leading brand of performance overclock memory and PC components, is pleased to announce that bl4ckdot from France has claimed the title of OC Champion and the grand cash prize of $10,000 USD in the OC World Cup 2026 extreme overclock competition held live at Computex 2026. Following a series of demanding overclocking challenges, bl4ckdot emerged victorious, demonstrating exceptional overclocking knowledge and technical expertise with liquid nitrogen cooling, using G.SKILL DDR5 memory with the latest Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processors and ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard.

One of the extreme memory overclock challenge in OC World Cup 2026 required all contestants to compete exclusively with G.SKILL high-performance 24 GB DDR5 module, challenging the contestants to explore the overclock limits and benchmark potential of 24 GB DDR5 module. These modules demonstrated impressive overclocking headroom on Intel Z890 chipset platforms, allowing bl4ckdot to achieve up to DDR5-12824 on the competition stage, as reported by CPU-Z, for benchmarking under LN2 cooling.

Thermal Grizzly had a lot to show at the Computex 2026 show in Taipei, including a couple of new DeltaMate products, like the matching DeltaMate CPU water blocks for Intel LGA 1851 and AMD AM5 platforms, new DeltaMate GPU block models, and its first DeltaMate Purrformante Series fans.

Due to the success of its DeltaMate GPU blocks, Thermal Grizzly is introducing matching CPU water blocks for Intel LGA 1851 and AMD AM5 platforms. Same as the DeltaMate GPU blocks, these new DeltaMate CPU Block - MPII, as Thermal Grizzly is naming them, will have a nickel-plated copper cold plate with hybrid structure high-performance micro-fins, RGB-illuminated glass window, brass threading with standard G1/4" ports, optional magnetic aluminium cover, and bundled high-performance Thermal Grizzly Duronaut thermal paste. Thermal Grizzly is also expanding its DeltaMate GPU water block lineup to include models that will support ASUS ROG Matrix RTX 5090, Suprim RTX 5090, and Palit's RTX 5090 graphics cards. These will be available in Q3 and Q4 this year.

XPower, the brand of Silicon Power targeting gamers and PC enthusiasts, showcased their latest high-end DDR5 memory kits, and SSDs. The star attraction in their booth was the XPower Cyclone ASUS ROG Certified DDR5 memory. This memory comes with ARGB LED diffusers that support ASUS Aura Sync RGB, and which you can control from the Armoury Crate application. These modules feature DDR5-6000 with AMD EXPO-ULL (ultra-low latency) profiles. The wider XPower Cyclone series comes in 64 GB (2× 32 GB), 48 GB (2× 24 GB), 32 GB (2× 16 GB), and 16 GB kits, with speeds of DDR5-6000, DDR5-7200, and DDR5-8000, with CAS latencies ranging from CL28 to CL40; and module voltages between 1.35 V and 1.45 V.

Next up, is the new Silicon Power XPower XS90, an enthusiast-segment M.2 NVMe Gen 5 SSD that comes in capacities of 1 TB, 2 TB, and 4 TB. The read speeds on all three variants is up to 14.3 GB/s. While the 2 TB and 4 TB variants write at up to 13.4 GB/s, the 1 TB variant writes at up to 10.5 GB/s. The company didn't specify controller, but mentioned that it has DRAM cache.

Biwin is a major OEM of PC memory and SSDs, the company showcased the best of its own channel brands at Computex 2026. We begin our tour of their booth with the new Origin Code brand of enthusiast-segment memory from Biwin, including their new Vortex quad-rank DDR5 memory that puts four ranks of DDR5 across the two sub-channels on a single module to achieve higher module capacities from lower-density DRAM chips. The memory comes with a top-flow active cooling solution. We were also shown a variant of this memory running on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 + ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero machine, where it offers DDR5-6200 with CL28, a possible EXPO-ULL implementation. The company also showcased the DW100 line of DDR5 memory under its own brand, which features RGB lighting, and mainstream speeds of DDR5-6000.

Switching gears to storage, and we saw the Biwin M560, a mid-range Gen 5 NVMe SSD that comes in 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, and uses a DRAMless controller for sequential speeds of 11 GB/s. The star-attraction, though, for Biwin's BL130 single-chip SSD designed for gaming handhelds. This tiny drive has a PCIe Gen 5 x2 host interface, and offers capacities of 512 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB; with sequential speeds of 3.7 GB/s reads with up to 3.4 GB/s writes, and 850K IOPS.More pictures follow.

ASUS ROG at its Computex 2026 event celebrated 20 years of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand in style. We've already seen the ROG Crosshair 2006 limited edition motherboard launched last month. ASUS topped this up with the ROG Crosshair X870E Edition 20, a variant of the ROG Crosshair X870E Extreme with special anniversary edition cladding and I/O on the board. Next up, is the ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 Edition 20, a variant of the company's ROG Astral RTX 5090 with more premium gold+black color trim, and a curved AMOLED display on the card that puts out real-time monitoring stats or animations. The company also showcased the ROG Ally X Edition 20 handheld game console.

Next up, the company unveiled the ROG Thor 3000 W Titanium III Edition 20, its flagship, 3 kW ATX 3.1 PSU that can power up to four RTX 5090 GPUs. It uses a GaN MOSFET design that delivers up to 30% more power efficiency and contributes to a more organized internal layout. It features a "GPU-first" voltage stabilizer that prioritizes +12 V supply to the four 12V-2x6 connectors. Lastly, it features a magnetized flexible OLED true-color display. ASUS plans to back this with a 10-year warranty.