ASUS ROG Joins the Expensive Cables Club with ROG CAT7 Cable

Athlonite · Sep 19, 2021

Idiots and their money

Yeah it looks nice an all but in reality you're only paying for the brand name after that it's still a cable made in China in some out of the way slave labour factory where every other network cable is made

mechtech · Sep 19, 2021

Chrispy_ said:
Overpriced but not quite at the fully-committed, scam-level pricing yet. These are unnecessary and overpriced, much like an RTX 3090 but at least the price hike is justifiable by additional build quality and packaging 'experience'.

Asus make them because idiots with money have proven that they'll willingly buy stupid shit they don't need, so it's hard to frown on Asus for catering to this market opportunity.

Need one of these to plug into my ISP 150 Mbps modem

micropage7 · Sep 19, 2021

nope nope nope, except you pay for the brand, it's much better buying stock cat 7 with high quality connector

efikkan · Sep 19, 2021

chrcoluk said:
What next? ASUS to enter the keyboard and mouse market?

They have been for a while

While Asus have been making the best consumer motherboards for years, but like with many companies with some brand recognition, most of their peripherals are just cheap white label products from a third party.

micropage7 said:
nope nope nope, except you pay for the brand, it's much better buying stock cat 7 with high quality connector

Cheaper for sure, but why do you need Cat 7 S/FTP for a short patch cable?
The benefits of shielding and pair separation come into play for longer stretches of cable. For shorter patch cables, even a quality Cat 5E is going to be sufficient for 10 Gbps.

CheapMeat · Sep 19, 2021

Somehow adding RGB to the logo would have made it interesting.

Athlonite · Sep 19, 2021

efikkan said:
even a quality Cat 5E is going to be sufficient for 10 Gbps.

CAT5e is not capable of 10Gbps it is sufficient for 1Gbps and 2.5Gbps anything faster than that requires CAT6a

efikkan · Sep 20, 2021

Athlonite said:
CAT5e is not capable of 10Gbps it is sufficient for 1Gbps and 2.5Gbps anything faster than that requires CAT6a

You're wrong on this one.
Just because Cat 5E isn't certified for 10Gbps, doesn't mean it can't run it.
You can find various tests showing that it work just fine for shorter cables, at least up to 10m if the cable is decent.
I also recommend watching this, to see how ridiculously thin cables are capable of 10Gbps.
The differences between Cat 5E and Cat 6/6A come into play when the cables are long enough.

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

Processor	Ryzen 5700x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aero G R1.1 BiosF5g
Cooling	Noctua NH-C12P SE14 w/ NF-A15 HS-PWM Fan 1500rpm
Memory	Micron DDR4-3200 2x32GB D.S. D.R. (CT2K32G4DFD832A)
Video Card(s)	AMD RX 6800 - Asus Tuf
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB & 2TB & 4TB Corsair MP600 Pro LPX
Display(s)	LG 27UL550-W (27" 4k)
Case	Be Quiet Pure Base 600 (no window)
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220-VB
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex V Gold Pro 850W ATX Ver2.52
Mouse	Mionix Naos Pro
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe with browns
Software	W10 22H2 Pro x64

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \|\|\| Intel Core i7-3930K
Motherboard	ASUS ProArt B550-CREATOR \|\|\| Asus P9X79 WS
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S \|\|\| Be Quiet Pure Rock
Memory	Crucial 2 x 16 GB 3200 MHz \|\|\| Corsair 8 x 8 GB 1333 MHz
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1060 3GB \|\|\| MSI GTX 680 4GB
Storage	Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB + 1 TB \|\|\| Intel 545s 512 GB + 256 GB
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" \|\|\| Eizo EV2416W 24"
Case	Fractal Design Define 7 XL x 2
Audio Device(s)	Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus PX-850 x 2
Mouse	Razer Abyssus
Keyboard	CM Storm QuickFire XT
Software	Ubuntu

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

ASUS ROG Joins the Expensive Cables Club with ROG CAT7 Cable

Athlonite

mechtech

micropage7

efikkan

CheapMeat

Athlonite

efikkan