ASUS TUF Gaming GT502

[sLowEnd]

What's with all these awesome-looking, super expensive dream cases with terrible to zero airflow these days? It's shocking that my £30 Kolink micro-ATX case has lot better support for cooling than this one.

Side panel ventilation can be very impactful. This cheapo thing gets very good GPU temperatures because of it

...But the aesthetics of tempered glass is the popular thing these days.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

Oh look, yet another O11 rip off....

I will say though that I give credit to ASUS for going the extra mile to make it a truly white case - even the damn cables are white!

 

[Athlonite]

Oh look, yet another O11 rip off....

I will say though that I give credit to ASUS for going the extra mile to make it a truly white case - even the damn cables are white!

It also probably cost them less than what they were paying Lian Li just to put a ROG sticker on the side of the ROG version of the
O11 Dynamic XL cases and boxes

 

[KrazyT]

Here's the specs of the TUF Gaming TF120 ARGB Fan :

MTBF : 250000 hours
Fan speed : 1900 +/- 10% RPM
Static Pressure : 2,5 mm H20
Air Flux : 76 CFM
Sound level : 29 dB(A)
Min W : 2,88 W
Op. Voltage : 12 V
RGB W : 2,85 W

 

[AusWolf]

Side panel ventilation can be very impactful. This cheapo thing gets very good GPU temperatures because of it

...But the aesthetics of tempered glass is the popular thing these days.

A tempered glass side panel is fine. Overusing it at the expense of airflow combined with a premium price tag is what I don't understand. A mesh front and top should be standard these days.

 

[InhaleOblivion]

Even though it's a rehash of a very well known case. I like their take on it and it being truly white.

 

[hazardass]

"The result is an intricate looking case that may just be the coolest of its kind out there." - kind of a poor choice of words there because the "coolest" case is actually running quite hot. The reviewer didn't even mention the disastrous temperatures in the conclusion, which I find bizarre. How do you completely ignore thermals in your evaluation of a computer case?

 

[claes]

I have lots of criticisms of the case reviews here, but maybe because it doesn’t ship with fans?

 

[AusWolf]

... maybe because it doesn’t ship with fans?

That's up to personal preference. I don't want my case to ship with crappy fans that I'm gonna swap with my own first thing out of the box.

 

[Chrispy_]

I'm not keen on cases that ship with some fans.
Either it needs no fans so I can install matching fans of my choice, or it needs all (or at least the typical complement that fully populates the front and rear panels of the case) pre-installed.

Even with case manufacturers like Lian-li, Fractal, Phanteks, Corsair who also make their own fans, the fans that come with their cases aren't always retail-quality fans, or if they are retail-quality fans, they're the bottom of the range fans and unlikely to be the fans you'd buy for yourself if the case came with no fans at all.

 

[claes]

That's up to personal preference. I don't want my case to ship with crappy fans that I'm gonna swap with my own first thing out of the box.

I was referring to @hazardass wondering why the temps were high and it wasn’t mentioned in the pros/cons of the review

 

[mikedrew87]

I know this is a late post, but I gotta say I have no issues with airflow or temps with this case. On high demand games like cyberpunk 2077 my CPU hits around 60c and my rx 6750 xt caps around 65c on ultra settings. I pccooler brand fans. I have three on the bottom. Three on the side. My radiator with three fans on top. I have one fan in the back. My case is doesn't hear up either. There are vents in the side of the case for the psu and other fans.

 

[mojman2001]

I bought a bundle from microcenter and I've built in Lian Li Dynamic 011, Evo, P120 (Antec). None of these case came with fans, but yet some are complaining on that ? The bundle came with 3 TUF fans, for fans being 13 dollars a piece for black and 10 for white. They do a good on being case fans, but a knock off of Lian Li case no. Not even close to being a knock off, but Asus x670e plus wifi, 7900x3d, 32 gb GSkill Trident, 7800xt Asus TUF. Side fans pull in and little 240 aio( that came with the bundle is on top exhaust) and I added another fan in back as exhaust. Idle with Asus armory dialing in the fan speeds im running 42c and 35c on the GPU. Benchmark 65c CPU and 56c on GPU and it's hotspot 75c. So that not even utilizing the rest of the case fans, between this and Evo. Asus 502 is easier to move around, you don't have to touch the glass or remove it.
First one Lian Li Dynamic 011, second one Evo and last is the Asus tuf 502 and last two idle and playing Starfield on ultra.

 

[trsttte]

Since this thread is being revived, this or o11 mini air?

 

[Chrispy_]

Since this thread is being revived, this or o11 mini air?

It comes down to styling and personal preference, IMO.

The Asus is more expensive but also has a bit more flair and fewer plastic parts for your money. I'm not a fan of the military/construction-yard styling that seems out of place for a box that supposed to house delicate electronics, but that's just me. I know people who would love the unnecessary macho looks, rather than my own minimalist preferences.

 

[AusWolf]

It comes down to styling and personal preference, IMO.

The Asus is more expensive but also has a bit more flair and fewer plastic parts for your money. I'm not a fan of the military/construction-yard styling that seems out of place for a box that supposed to house delicate electronics, but that's just me. I know people who would love the unnecessary macho looks, rather than my own minimalist preferences.

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I'm not one for looks alone, but if the construction yard design comes with practicality and durability, like with rugged phones, then I'm a fan.

I think the era when we see electronics as something delicate has to end. They're tools, designed to do a specific task. Ruggedness is our friend, not our enemy. Things should be built to last.

 

[Chrispy_]

I'm not one for looks alone, but if the construction yard design comes with practicality and durability, like with rugged phones, then I'm a fan.

I think the era when we see electronics as something delicate has to end. They're tools, designed to do a specific task. Ruggedness is our friend, not our enemy. Things should be built to last.

It's aesthetic only. There are no additional features in the TUF GT502 that actually add any protection.

I'm all for rugged hardware that's actually more durable, this isn't that in any way at all. This is PRETENDING to be rugged when it's not. That's why I personally dislike this mil-spec, made-to-look-tough designs - not because I don't like that particular look, but explicitly because I don't like the lie. There's nothing tough about the TUF - and the drop height that would be enough to damage the Lian-Li plastic feet would likely bend the TUF's metal feet, not that it matters because at that point your GPU has torn itself and the PCIe slot apart and the CPU cooler has destroyed the socket and your CPU. You might be able to salvage the SSD, PSU and RAM if you're lucky