ASUS – ROG Gaming Desktop – Intel Core i7-12700KF – 16GB Memory – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 – 2TB HDD + 512GB SSD
Original price was: $2,199.99.$1,539.99Current price is: $1,539.99.
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ASUS – ROG Gaming Desktop – Intel Core i7-12700KF – 16GB Memory – NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 – 2TB HDD + 512GB SSD
Original price was: $2,199.99.$1,539.99Current price is: $1,539.99.
xupr4 –
Prebuilts, is it a good option to get one? It really depends on the situation.
Before I start with my review, and or if you are looking to upgrade/get into PC gaming there is a few things you gotta ask first.
Are parts hard to find? Are you scared of messing with PC components? or Was this a Gift? Or do you have time to look for parts and build the PC?
If you agreed with some of these questions I would highly recommend getting this PC or any other that fits your needs.
Here is a TL;DR
What do you get in the box
TUF Gaming 3Fan 3080 GPU
Intel i7 12700kf
TUF Gaming Motherboard with WiFi (antenna included)
Micron 512GB Gen 4 SSD
Seagate 2TB SSD
2 8GB @3200hz SKHynix RAM sticks (no heatsink)
AC Bel P2G 750w bronze cert PSU
The Bad
-The case design
-CPU cooler
-Membrane keyboard and mouse
Now let me start with my review
(I did not benchmark or overclock any of the components in this build, the reason being is that people in other platforms like YT have done it already and probably do a better job of explaining things than if I was to do it)
This ASUS Prebuilt PC comes with some beefy components for either content creation, streaming, or any other demanding tasks. Inside you Will find a 3 fan 3080 ASUS TUF gaming GPU with 10GB
of dedicated memory. With this GPU you can play almost any game in High settings at a 2K resolution with high frame rate. When it comes to streaming you can easily stream at a high bit-rate
without loosing that many frames or the stream being choppy. The CPU that comes with this build is an Intel i7 12700kf that can handle some pretty beefy tasks. If in the future you decide
to get a bigger cooling system for the CPU, you also have the option to overclock it to get more juice out of it. Inside this PC, you will get an NVMe 512GB Gen4 SSD along with a 2TB Seagate
HDD. The SSD will help you launch and load your apps faster and the HDD will help to store your files if you do something like content creation. For the motherboard you will get an ASUS
TUF Gaming Motherboard that comes with a WIFI antenna and many USB ports where you can plug in all of your peripherals. The power supply is a 750W bronze rated power supply will do just fine
if you are running the components this pre built comes with, but if end up wanting to change some of them, add more power consuming peripherals or overclock your components i would
recommend getting a bigger PSU. The computer does come with a membrane keyboard and mouse, they are not the greatest, but if money is tight and you can not buy one of the higher end ones at
the moment, they will do just fine. Overall I will say the biggest drawbacks for this build are the CPU fan and the case. For the cooling of the CPU you get a decent size heatsink with a non
RGB fan, thankfully it is not too loud but does leave more to be desired. The case is pretty basic in functionality, and it has an outdated design. The reason why is say it has an outdated design,
is because it looks like one of those early 2010s prebuilt gamer computers. I know the description is pretty vague, but if you make a quick google search you will get the idea. Another thing that
I did not like about the case is that RGB added for the inside of the case is pretty bare bones and not good at all, and same goes for the fans. If ASUS is reading this I hope you guys take this feedback and redesign the case for your prebuilt Desktop PCs. Anyways, I believe ASUS did a great job of implementing some of their in house components into this Desktop PC.
To end my review, if you are looking to get your first desktop or you just want to have everything ready sent to you I can recommend you getting this Desktop PC.
TechSavvy –
Asus has always seemed to come through for me in the past with it’s stellar performance laptops, yet this time I took a chance on one of there desktops.
This baby comes loaded with a 12th Gen Intel core i7 12700kf 3.61 GHz Processor as well as the amazing GEFORCE RTX 3080 graphics card which I was looking forward to test driving. My last PC build runs the 2080Ti currently, so I was curious to see the difference.
Before I get to excited, let’s start with the look first. The computer has a nice futuristic/retro gaming case with a clear glass side panel showing all of it’s guts and RGB wonderland. Definitely not lacking any ports in the back. So thumbs up there. I had this thing up and running in a matter of minutes. Windows 11 already installed and ready to go. The only time consuming part was downloading all the games I wanted to play an test for the next 4 days. I made a few adjustments to my mouse and added the Dolby Atmos Headset grabbed a redbull and it was on. First game I played was PUBG and played for approximately 3-4 hours. Set everything at high res to test it’s graphics and response time. I didn’t once experience any delay and for once the game never crashed on me. Movement and response time seemed very fluent and felt I was getting more kills during my game play. My FPS was running around 210-220. So far everything looked really promising. Note: One thing I did notice was how hot the glass panel was getting which raised a little concern and figured I would monitor that more closely the following day. The second game I ended up playing was New World. The graphics were clean and crisp with again no signs of delay in movement and speed. After about 2 hours of play I began monitoring the CPU temp, it seem to hover between 72 and 83 degrees Celsius which seemed okay. I didn’t feel the same amount of heat that I did the night before. So I decided to play PUBG a second time to see if it would heat up again and it did. Peaking sometimes at 89 degrees Celsius. I decided to go into the Armoury Crate app and switch the CPU and GPU performance to “Turbo” which was to increase the fan speed and duration and which is usually used during long game play. Unfortunately, I didn’t see a huge amount of temp decrease. The following day I played Call of Duty as well as Rust. Putting in about 20 hours of game play in about 4 days the system although ran hot, played flawlessly with not a single system crash. Knowing the 3080 uses a lot of power and runs a little hotter, the cooling system seems fine. I think it’s more the matter of ventilation of that heat within the case itself. If the temps get any higher as I continue to enjoy this PC I will most likely change out the case and do a few minor alterations to the build just for piece of mind. I would have liked to test this beauty in 4k but was unable to since all three of my my monitors although have g-sync, run at a max res of 1920 x 1080. To be honest , the graphics on all the games were super nice and smooth. Between the quick start up with the SSD and the memory capacity, this thing is really nice and will be perfect for any gamer for years to come. The only reason I gave this 4 stars, is I think they could have improved the case to have more ventilation knowing how hot these powerful cards run. Note: My only concern was the heat, yet not a single time did any game or the system itself crash. This is a solid PC built for lasting use in the years to come.
Chuck –
I decided to test this desktop since I bought an ASUS gaming laptop several years ago and absolutely loved it. Just out of the box, this machine looks nice and has some ‘cool’ features like a carry handle and a headset holder… not like gold inlay, but still nice. Looking inside the case, things look a bit cramped, but not overly so. The one thing that really caught my attention is the lack of fans. I would’ve assumed that for a ROG build, ASUS would’ve put some exhaust fans in the top of the case and possibly some in the front, but there’s only a small fan in the back and another on the heatsink for the CPU, and of course the 3 fans on the GPU, but do those even count? 🙂 There is a large intake fan on the bottom of the case to pull air in for the power supply (and of course an exhaust fan in the back), but since the intake fan is on the bottom, you can’t place the case on carpet. Since my office is carpeted, and I want the unit close to the floor, I had to make room on a low shelf. The fans are quiet on power-up, and although they do get a louder when the machine is under load, they’re not annoying. The lighting for the case can be controlled via the ASUS app, and it can be synced with your devices, if that’s your cup of tea. After updating everything thru Windows and the ASUS app, I installed WoT which is what I play on a regular basis. The machine came set to Performance (again, using the app), so I left it there and fired up the game. I was easily averaging 160+fps at max graphics settings running at 3440×1440, but the temp on the CPU hovered around 80c jumping to the mid 80s occasionally, and the CPU hovered around 70c, but never spiked. Even after playing for 2-3 hrs, the CPU/GPU temps remained at those levels. Although I never had any issues, I’d much rather see the temps at least 10-15c lower. I will say that although the fans are minimal, they do manage to move a quite a bit of air; I keep my office(~190sqft) at 72F, and within about an hour of beginning play, the temps around my chair were around 77-78… not a true scientific study, but I think it shows that the fans, albeit small, are moving quite a bit of air through the case… but again, there should be more fans and possibly even a larger air CPU cooler. I’ll probably add some additional fans and maybe replace the CPU cooler myself, but of course doing that will void the warranty, so for now, unless heat becomes a problem, the machine will remain as is.
Overall, I really like the machine so far, although I believe ASUS should’ve included more cooling fans and upgraded the CPU cooler, especially for one of their top mid-tower gaming machines. It could be that they had to make build decisions based on supply issues. Regardless, I’d still recommend the machine simply because in today’s market I think it’s a decent price for the components you get, and the machine does very well with what it has, at least for me.
Cryos –
I’ve got about twenty years of work experience with troubleshooting and repairing hardware and software issues, and I generally prefer to build my own computers. ASUS is absolutely one of my top brands when picking PC parts, and I’ll often choose them over other manufacturers due to their build quality and reliability, so I was excited to see how a complete ASUS-built gaming desktop stands up.
Not that it’s all that relevant to the product itself, but the box it was shipped in had some serious damage in transit, and I was certain something inside would have been broken, but everything made it without a scratch. Great packing.
This machine comes with Windows 11 Home.
| Hardware Overview
Processor: The 12700KF (overclockable, no integrated graphics) is a powerhouse CPU. It has an average CPUMark score of over 34000, which is over 10k points higher than the previous generation 11700KF. With 12 cores (8 performance, 4 efficiency) and 20 threads, there’s no task you can throw at it that it can’t handle. It’s arguably overpowered for modern gaming purposes, but if you’re interested in doing things like streaming, the extra cores will ensure that you have a smooth experience.
Video Card: This machine features an ASUS TUF RTX 3080 V2 with 10GB of GDDR6X running at 19Gbps and boost clock rates up to 1740MHz. It features 3 DisplayPort 1.4a, and two HDMI 2.1 ports with a maximum of 4 active displays. This model has a reputation for excellent cooling.
Memory: The system came with 16GB (2×8) of 3200MHz DDR4 RAM by SK Hynix. This is the default JDEC speed, there is no XMP profile. The chips are bare with no heat spreaders (and at this speed, they’re not necessary). While the timings (22-22-22) aren’t great, the system runs plenty fast regardless.
Storage: The SSD is a Micron 3400. It has a read speed of around 6600 Mbps and writes at half that, and CrystalDiskMark results were pretty close to that. Micron specifies a 2 million hour MTTF rating, so while it’s not the fastest drive out there, it should be reliable. The 2TB Hard Disk is good for data storage, but not great to run games from.
Motherboard: Driving all of the components in this system appears to be a stripped-down version of the Asus TUF Gaming B660M-Plus WiFi D4 motherboard. Some of the onboard features are different, as is the BIOS, but the main PCB appears to be the same. It supports PCIe 5.0, has two PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots for storage, and built-in AX WiFi 6.
Power Supply: Supplying power to the machine is a 750w 80+ Gold rated (a standard of efficiency, not quality) ATX unit manufactured by AcBel. I was unable to find anything about this manufacturer except that they’re exclusively an OEM supplier and don’t make retail units.
| Perfomance
The RTX 3080 and 12700KF are a great pair, and are both powerful enough to make quick work of any task you put to them. Out of the box and without any sort of tweaking, I achieved a TimeSpy score of 16804 with CPU and GPU scores of 14415 and 17311 respectively. The CPU performance could be improved with better cooling solution. More on that later.
The RTX 3080 supports hardware ray tracing (realistic reflections) and DLSS (improved framerates at high resolution) for games that support these technologies.
Hooked up to an Ultrawide QHD monitor (3440×1440) I achieved the following average framerates in games (maximum settings – DLSS set to “Quality” if available. Ray Tracing Off):
Ace Combat 7: 320 fps
Cyberpunk 2077: 95 fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 159 fps
Horizon Zero Dawn: 118 fps
Days Gone: 125 fps
Sniper Elite 4: 178 fps
Resident Evil 2 Remake: 162 fps
| Aesthetics
It’s a nice looking machine. The silkscreened glass has a sort of haze to it that’s different than what you see on most machines, and it sort of softens the RGB lighting, which is already more tastefully muted than I expected. The headphone hook is an interesting touch
| Build Quality
The case itself feels solid and well made, with the exception of the headphone hook, which feels a bit fragile. Unless you’re using a wireless headset, I’d just leave it closed. It feels like one solid cord tug might break it off. The ASUS internal parts (motherboard, video card) are excellent. The rest of the parts are good enough, but feel a bit like cut corners.
| Thermals
The ASUS website makes some interesting claims about the thermal capabilities about the case provided for this model, mentioning a multi-zone chassis with seperation of CPU, GPU and power supply, claiming it allows the system to push frequencies higher for better overall performance.
There may be something to the whole multi-chamber idea. Like most basic cases, this one puts the power supply’s intake face down in the case so that it sucks air in from outside, immediately expelling it outside the case, so nothing out of the ordinary there. What is unusual is the metal shield between the CPU and GPU, which restricts airflow between the two devices. The GPU, with it’s massive, three fan cooling system, doesn’t ever inch over 65 degrees celcius while gaming at full load. I have to assume it’s doing a good job of sucking air in from outside the case, which has no intake fans and a single 92mm exhaust fan.
The CPU, on the other hand, is an entirely different story. The 4 pipe heatsink with 92mm fan is simply not enough to properly sustain the 12700KF. While there aren’t any stats available for this unbranded cooler, comparable ones are rated for 65W-95W TDP, so this would be great for a CPU like the I5 12400.
To elaborate, the 12700KF has a base TDP of 125W with a max turbo TDP of 190W. ASUS gets around this complete incompatibility by allowing the fan to ramp up to speeds over 4000RPM, which generates a ton of noise (we’re talking 60dBa a foot away from the machine). When under sustained, normal gaming loads of around 20-30% the fan runs at around 2800rpm, moving enough air to keep the CPU temp hovering at around 85C with a noise level of around 50dBa. Even with fans running at this speed, the CPU can and does frequently hit the maximum thermal limit of 100C when it starts to load new information in while playing, causing the CPU to self-throttle to avoid overheating. Granted, this doesn’t happen for very long, and the 12700kf is so powerful that you don’t really notice this while gaming apart from hearing the fan ramp up when it does.
Unfortunately, your options for fixing this problem are limited by a case that’s not really designed to be modified. The slim, 7.5″ profile of the machine is a nice footprint for your desk, but also means that the space available to mount a new cooler is limited to ones around 5″ in height. Most 92mm coolers are meant for low-TDP processors and will perform no better than the one included. The front of the case does have holes that will align with 120mm fans, so if you remove the separation bracket, you can fit a couple of them there, but there isn’t enough clearance between the front panel and the GPU for a radiator, so adding an AIO is out. Although there aren’t any mounting holes, the top of the machine is ventilated, so zip ties might work to add an additional exhaust fan. The motherboard has plenty of fan headers, so you can get creative.
You could also simply take the glass off and put whatever air cooler you want on it.
Beyond that, you could of course transplant the parts to a different case, but that presents its own set of problems, not the least of which is that you’re basically building your own computer at that point and likely voiding the warranty in the process, which eliminates every reason to buy a prebuilt machine like this one in the first place.
| Accessories
Comes with a power cable, WiFi antennas, and an extremely basic mouse and keyboard that do not feel great to use. They get the job done, but you will likely want to replace these immediately.
| Overclocking
The motherboard chipset is a B660, and does not support CPU overclocking features, but it could handle faster RAM if you felt like throwing it in. The TUF RTX 3080 is absolutely overclockable and has plenty of thermal headroom to work with, just do your homework first.
| Final thoughts
While this machine has a lot to like, I have some reservations. The thermal performance isn’t great. I don’t feel like it’s so bad that the machine is going to damage itself, but I do think the CPU cooler is inadequate for what’s being asked of it, and the fact that there’s no simple way to upgrade the cooling without getting creative, is a definite downside.
However, if you can accept that it’s going to be rather noisy or you’re willing to put some effort into improving the setup, it’s a good looking system with a great CPU and one of the best 3080 models on the market, and it’s very capable of running anything you throw at it, even with it’s flaws. With that caveat, I’d recommend it.
SgtRock –
Overall this is a very good gaming PC with some great hardware and specs, but a few strange choices in peripherals leave it just a little lacking.
The case is very large with a lot of room for expansion for anyone that likes to add or upgrade their hardware instead of replacing the entire PC in a short time. It is a bit amusing to me that there’s a ‘carrying handle’ built into the case to make it ‘easy’ to take your PC to other locations. I’m sure there are gamers out there that do this. With the weight of the system the handle does make it feel a bit more secure should you ever need to use it.
There are a nice number of front connections, with easy access to USB connectors and a headphone jack. The only thing I would change here is possibly another one or two USB or USB-C connectors since most everything connects that way. There are a LOT of connections in the back as well, with the motherboard adding more USB connections and the graphics card offering four display outs.
The specs of the PC are fantastic for current games. The rig itself is loaded! It includes the current generation intel i7 processor, 16 Gb of Ram with two open slots for expansion. There’s also a 2 TB hard drive as well as a 500 Gb SSD drive for fast booting. The pre-installed Ge Force rtx3080 is one of the best video cards available (and is the reason for the overall cost of the PC)—the PC includes some nice over-clocking software to help games run even faster.
I tested it with the latest Far Cry (6) turned all the way up and it looked absolutely fantastic with no stutter and great frame rates, even on the most complicated scenes. I also played a bit of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (the game automatically picked the highest settings for graphics) and it also looked and played great, with no issues and fast load screens.
Overall with the specs on this PC you should be able to play any game out now with the graphics at the highest settings for a good amount of time without having to worry too much about the heat….but you will want to be mindful of it. After a few hours on Far Cry the PC was noticeably warmer (as any gaming PC will be) but not quite to worrying levels.
This does bring me to one of the things that could have been a little better with the design. I will probably end up installing a liquid cooling system just to control heat levels, since new graphics intensive games will likely push the heat of the card and processor up even higher. There’s not much more frustrating than your rig shutting down mid-game due to heat, and the fans that are pre-installed are fairly basic for such an advanced system.
Speaking of basic, my biggest issue with this system are the VERY cheap keyboard and mouse that are included. It’s hard to consider this a ‘complete’ system when you will immediately want to replace two of the main peripherals. I have a hard time believing that including even a decent mouse and keyboard would have cut into the profits of the system, and the company would look much better if this were an actual ‘complete’ gaming PC right out of the box. Every gamer knows that the cheapest part of their PC is what will hold their system back, and here there is no doubt that it’s the mouse and keyboard. You will be frustrated using these and will likely immediately run out and spend another $100 or more replacing them both. There are really good inexpensive gaming peripherals out there, it’s just a shame they didn’t include them with this system.
For that reason I really can’t give this PC five stars—it will be a five star system once a better mouse and keyboard are added, but out of the box it isn’t, and for this kind of investment it’s a shame. Overall it’s got fantastic specs, and if not for that hiccup it would be almost perfect. As it is that shouldn’t stop you from looking towards this system or one of the many with similar specs from ASUS, just be ready to spend a little more to make it perfect.
Goncho –
>> Overview
In these times of hardware shortages, it is pleasant to find a machine like the ASUS GT15CF-I73080VR Gaming Desktop. Its key component is the GPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080, that tied with the Intel i7 12th gen processor allows you to enjoy playing your favorite PC games for a great graphics/visual experience (note it is not a 3080-Ti version.) Its construction is solid, and it is a little heavy, but it has a handle at the top of the case that makes it easy to move the machine around when needed. I even took the gaming PC to a road trip where I spent a couple of nights playing games with family, and it has held itself together nicely with everything working fine after coming back home. It comes with enough ports to attach different peripherals (includes USB-C ports.) The design of the case is stylish with one side having a clear plastic cover so you can see what is inside. It has enough lights that change color when functioning, that they are not a distraction but an addon to the gaming experience. In all, I am happy to own this Asus.
>> Gaming
Playing some of the top games I own, Forza 5, Halo Infinite and Microsoft Flight Simulator, has been an awesome experience. Only Forza had an error about outdated drivers for the Graphics Card, but I discarded that error message, and I was able to play with it no issues. I will update those drivers anyway; it is only interesting that there were no messages for updating them in the different Asus applications nor in Windows Update. Graphics overall are outstanding, and it looks like, getting a gaming monitor at 144Hz or higher would be something desirable to have an even better experience.
Overall, I haven’t experienced overheating, or the fans going nuts as it was my experience with other hardware in the past (got the feeling the machine as about to take-off), so I am pleased with that. For instance, when playing Halo and Forza the temperature would be for the most part in the 50+ Celsius and sometimes going into the 40s range, and the fans were not loud at all.
In terms of capabilities, I think this machine should handle most if not all of my gaming with ease, based on the few games I’ve tried so far.
>> Graphic Design
If you do some 3D graphic design besides being a gamer, this machine seems it can fill your designer needs as well. I run Lumion 12 on this machine and although the benchmark test shows the RAM as being “minimal” (so more RAM would be better), the results are overall ok. For example, in Lumion, rendering one of the sample projects takes about 1 second per frame, taking about 40% of RAM with GPU at about 65% and CPU at about 3% use. I’d think a more performant GPU unit would render things faster and I’d assume more RAM would be critical for bigger projects with hundreds of objects.
This is by no means scientific but illustrates what would happen if one used this for 3D graphic design.
>> Benchmarks
I decided to run 3DMark, PCMark10, and VRMark to give a more accurate view of the performance of this machine. The picture attached show some of the results.
– 3DMark: CPU Profile, Time Spy Score, Port Royal Score and Time Spy Stress Test. All tests showed good results (marked as green). The only result I was not happy about was the Time Spy Score one, as it would give my system a below the average score (noticeable below average). Regardless, I think the system performs excellent when playing games.
– VRMark: VRMark Orange Room. This test showed a “super” and “green” result, which I would interpret as great machine for VR.
– PCMark 10: PCMark10 also showed a “green” result.
>> Notes on the Hardware
– Storage: I don’t think that the 2GB HDD is the best to store your games. I chose that drive, and not the 512GB one, to store the data from my games but I have mix feelings. I almost forgot the mechanical clicks of the mechanisms when the HDD is in action, it gives a sensation that something is not working right (need to get used to that.) It’d be better to get another 1GB or so SSD to store your games data, I noticed a few times when playing some intro videos in Forza and Halo, that the video would freeze for an instant a few times, also, in the resource manager the percentage of use would reach 100% at different times. So definitely, for a better experience, just get an SSD.
– RAM: 16GB of RAM seem enough for gaming as far as I can tell, well as far as anyone out there on the Internet would say. However, I’d think that 32GB an ideal number if you want to run multiple processes at once (besides playing.)
– Wi-Fi: Even though for reliable gaming you’d prefer a wired internet connection, the external Wi-Fi antenna works great, if you have a router with the latest Wi-Fi 6, then you can just use the wireless connection. This comes in handy, because sometimes I need to move my machine from on desk to another with no Ethernet ports and having a reliable high speed wireless connection is always desired.
>> Other notes:
– The mouse and keyboard combo that come with the machine don’t pay tribute to this awesome device. Please get a decent mouse with customizable buttons and also a decent lighted keyboard to match your new machine. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t include decent peripherals in the box.
– It comes with Windows 11 Home Edition. So far, I haven’t had any issues with the software I have installed.
bTobin –
So I got to admit, I had my doubts about a prebuilt machine, if you know what you’re doing it’s almost always cheaper and better to build your own. There’s plenty of horror stories about these types of machines being a good GPU and nothing else. But with a 3080 inside, I had to roll the dice on it.
What makes this better than other pre-builts? Well, actually a lot; the power supply is now sufficient, the cooler is actually a good cooler, there’s TWO sticks of 8 ram, not one 16, the vents on the case actually let air through and honestly, the list goes on. Basically whatever you may have heard before about an ASUS pre-built has been addressed. At least in this top tier level. I’m not sure if the cheaper builds still use lesser quality parts, but the machine I’m looking at now isn’t like the ones I heard about in the past. Now even though I do have a higher than average grasp on computers, I have friends who are much smarter than me so I had one of them take a look at it as well and he just kept being surprised every time something was actually good and not a cut corner. In the end he said surprisingly that it’s probably one of the best pre-builts he’s seen. So take that as you want, I’m sure others may say everything but the GPU is garbage because they prefer something else, but the point is, it’s a high quality build and will actually do a good job at being a gaming and or heavy processing machine.
Ok great, so we know it’s a good build and great graphics card etc, but how does it perform? I went for shadow of the tomb raider first because that’s a popular game for testing and I cranked the settings. Needless to say, it was gorgeous but also the machine wasn’t breaking a sweat. Load times were good, the graphics were stunning and gameplay was smooth. After testing a few other games including Assassin’s Creed, I found similar results and all the stats were right where you want them. I’m sorry I don’t have the exact numbers, I can’t find where I saved them, but I remember them all being top tier.
Gaming: check. But what about heavy work like video editing and lightroom photo editing? Worked like a dream again. I was able to edit 4K video much faster than my previous machine as well as speedy render times. Editing large files in photoshop and lightroom was smoother as well. With GPU assistance, I was able to edit content more efficiently then the past and get back to gaming.
A few other notes – There’s a decent amount of USB and Display ports on the back as well as the standard ports. (I’ll attach a photo of the back.) The RGB is something. I know a lot of people enjoy that, I’m just not one of them, so I’m not a great person to ask about it, but I was fooling around a little with them and there’s a lot of options to choose from and looks like it’s pretty standard to any ASUS lighting you may have had in the past.
It’s also worth noting, it’s pretty quiet, even at full fan speeds. But most of the time it wasn’t even ramping up to full speed until I really asked for a lot, and even then, it kept it’s cool and didn’t get too hot inside. I’m actually pleasantly surprised with the cooling of this build.
I’ve only had this machine for a week so I haven’t been able to test as much as I would hope, but so far I have been very happy with what I’ve seen. It’s built to game at a high level and with one of the best GPU’s out there, it’ll be in the game for a long time. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I would recommend this ASUS pre-built PC.
vrs99 –
ASUS Strix G15CF-I73080VR is prepared to hit the gaming ground running right out of the box.
Included in the box is the PC itself, a wired membrane keyboard, and a wired optical mouse. Included mouse and keyboard are decent for getting started.
PC is blazing fast. 12th generation Intel i7 and Asus TUF 3080 are VR ready, and can push 4k, high fidelity gaming. High framerates at high graphical settings are effortlessly delivered by this PC.
Case had 1 pre-installed 92mm fan. CPU air cool has another 92mm fan. Case fan is not PWM, whereas the CPU fan is. CPU fan gets considerably loud when CPU is under an intensive load. Fans cannot be mounted to the top of the case. Theoretically, one 120mm fan might be able to be mounted to the front if front panel was removed.
Glass side panel, programmable RGB LEDs, carry handle, and a headphone holder are nice features of the case. Front panel IO include a headphone jack, microphone jack, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C, and a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port. Side panels are connected by 2 Phillips head screws each.
ASUS ROG motherboard and unlocked Intel CPU provides extensive tweaking functionality within the BIOS. RAM is easily upgradeable, although 16GB is currently adequate for most gaming.
Windows 11 Home installation has no unessential bloatware and is mostly stock. Key device and system updates are performed through ASUS Armoury Crate software. The software displays system telemetry and is also home to the RGB LED control named “Aura Sync”.
WIFI 6 (802.11ax) connectivity is blazing fast on a supported router.
Key Specs:
– Intel Core i7-12700KF Processor (25M Cache, 5.00 GHz) 12 core 25 MB Intel® Smart Cache
– ASUS TUF 3080 TUF-RTX 3080-10G-V2
– Asus ROG Micro ATX Motherboard
– Hynix 2x8GB 3200mHz RAM
– Micron 3400 NVME SSD PCI3 4.0 – Fast
– HDD Seagate Barracuda 2tb
– AcBel P2G 80+ Gold 750w
Benchmark Scores:
• 3DMark Time Spy Extreme:
o Overall: 8391
o GPU: 8630
o CPU: 7257
• 3DMark Port Royal:
o GPU: 11187
• 3DMark CPU Profile:
o Max threads: 10004
o 16 threads: 9368
o 8 threads: 7168
o 4 threads: 3756
o 2 threads: 1963
o 1 thread: 1047
• GTA V Benchmark:
o Average Framerate: 178.55
o Average Frametime (ms): 5.6
• CS:GO FPS Benchmark:
o Average Framerate: 611.64
Note that video game benchmarks were run at 1920×1080 at maximum graphical settings.
CPU reached a maximum temperature of 100 degrees Celsius and thermal throttled during both Time Spy Extreme and GTA V benchmarks. The CPU also reached 100 degrees during normal gameplay of GTA V. The processor’s T-junction (maximum temperature) is 100 degrees Celsius. This is an issue as the CPU is thermal throttling, reducing its clock speed, at this temperature thus lowering its performance. If this thermal issue was not present this product would have received 5 stars.
Overall, the ASUS Strix G15CF-I73080VR is a solid pre-built gaming pc for the serious gamer.
At an excellent price point Asus delivers an astonishingly fast gaming system with amazing graphics from the Asus TUF 3080 graphics card.