ASUS Launches the ROG GR8 Game PC
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Mato87
Yeah but how much does it cost, especially the g20, that one looks like it could fit well under the living room tv as a living room pc 🙂
fantaskarsef
I wouldn't be surprised to find out it has a premium price tag. Also, imho, it would be a little overpowered for a simple HTPC, if that's what you want to use it for. If you want to use it to play console ports on console IQ, this should be an interesting option though 🙂
Mato87
Yeah, it will probably have a premium price tag, but I was looking for some high spec pc under the living room TV to play some games from steam with a controller 🙂
ubercake
Looks pretty cool and a 750ti should give better performance than a console and possibly even higher frame rates than a console, but the price is where it probably won't be able to compete with a console. I'm guessing I could build my own with the same specs for less but wouldn't find a case that I can build in so compact or one that looks quite so cool.
CDJay
This is the sort of thing which will make considerably more sense when the 960 launches.
Fox2232
Good for non demanding children, but in that case it should be cheap.
Because as I look at my case, I use 11USB ports, eSATA, FW as a basic connectivity.
With this PC I can see USB keyboard, mouse, Cellphone charging, one external drive. And in front connectors 2 gamepads. I would not like to use USB hubs since they would not be of much use or would require external charger.
It reminds me of time when netbooks came and people bought external optical drives with which it became heavier, bigger and even worse manageable than standard notebooks.
But for some and with right price it may be ok.
Evildead666
Its not a 'real' Core i7, but a mobile one, so its basically an i3 that can turbo.
http://ark.intel.com/products/81015/Intel-Core-i7-4510U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_10-GHz
Not exactly a powerhouse. You could build an i3/750Ti mini-itx system for pretty cheap.
edit : and the CPU only has an x4 PCIe 2.0 link available to the system from that datasheet...I wonder if the GPU is connected on that.
eclap
I'd take a ps4 over this any day, if I'm honest.
CalculuS
This thing looks more like a slap in the face for consoles than anything useful.
Looks nice and clean though.
stevevnicks
looks very nice and I wouldn't say no to one, although come on 4kuhd gaming with an 750ti PMSL okie dokie then.
I wouldn't be surprised if my spec'd system could handle 4kuhd but an 750ti surly = slide show or at best a 4kuhd stutter fest and some?
silapakorn
A big let down is that these thing can't have PSU in order to maintain this small size. Power adapter wouldn't last very long especially under heavy load, like gaming.
Denial
Why does it need to be high spec if your streaming games? I do it on a A6, works fine.
fantaskarsef
Just as I do with my old hardware HTPC. Could be a little better, but it's not that bad either for streaming some steam games. Wouldn't try to force any shooter over it though...
Mato87
I don't know, I guess I like expensive stuff 😀
