ASUS Announces New ROG NUC 2025 With RTX 5080 Laptop GPU at CES 2025

[GFreeman]

Although it wasn't present at the CES 2025 when we were around, ASUS has officially announced the new ASUS ROG NUC, pairing it up with Core Ultra 200HX CPUs and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU. According to ASUS, the new ROG NUC will also get an upgraded cooling system, a better "easy-to-upgrade" toolless chassis system, and a slightly different design, all packed in a 282.4x187.7x56.5 mm (bottom: 146 mm) 3L chassis.

As far as the CPU goes, the ROG NUC will get a Core Ultra 9 Series 2 ARL-HX CPU, although it is possible that we will see an SKU with Core Ultra 7 200HX CPU as well. The GPU is NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU with 16 GB of GDDR7 memory, and it supports up to 96 GB of DDR5-6400 memory in two SO-DIMM slots. It supports up to 2 TB of SSD storage in M.2 slot, and comes with one Thunderbolt 4 Type-C port, a couple of USB 3.2 10 Gbps Type-A and one USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C port, two DisplayPort 2.1 and two HDMI 2.1 outputs.



The upgraded cooling system includes three fans and a dual vapor chamber, capable of handling 135 W of cooling performance for the CPU, and even features a dedicated SSD and memory heatsink.

With all those high-end features and hardware, we are pretty sure that it will come with a hefty price tag as well. Unfortunately, ASUS only said that the new ROG NUC 2025 will launch in Q1 2025, and there are no details regarding the precise date or the price.



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[raptori]

This literally the worst of both worlds, you lose the mobility of laptop and lose the performance of desktop ! 100% backward move from asus !

 

[Synthwave]

This literally the worst of both worlds, you lose the mobility of laptop and lose the performance of desktop ! 100% backward move from asus !

Except for those, who absoultely don't plan on taking their machine anywhere, but want to buy something really compact with strong hardware.

tl;dr: Might be shocking, but not everyone wants the same things as you.

 

[eLJay88]

This literally the worst of both worlds, you lose the mobility of laptop and lose the performance of desktop ! 100% backward move from asus !

I am looking for a similar lanbox.

I have a high-end desktop for home usage (i literally dont dare to move my Define 7 with a 4 slot GPU and NHD-15).
A lanbox offers excellent portablitly with midrange performance. Ideal for lanparty with friends. Laptops are a no go for me because of ergonomics.

However i would like a more efficient AMD X3D CPU , since performance per watt is essential in SFF.

 

[Vya Domus]

Except for those, who absoultely don't plan on taking their machine anywhere, but want to buy something really compact with strong hardware.

tl;dr: Might be shocking, but not everyone wants the same things as you.

IDK, it still seems like a strange use case. If you are in such dire need of a compact PC due to not having enough space or whatever perhaps the money spent on this thing, which I am sure will have an eye watering price tag well north of 2.5K$, would be better spent on renting a bigger apartment.

 

[Easy Rhino]

Except for those, who absoultely don't plan on taking their machine anywhere, but want to buy something really compact with strong hardware.

tl;dr: Might be shocking, but not everyone wants the same things as you.

Exactly.

 

[HOkay]

I love the idea of these, but they always charge such a huge premium because they're small that it relegates them to that narrow use case where a desktop or laptop doesn't work for whatever reason.

 

[Philaphlous]

This literally the worst of both worlds, you lose the mobility of laptop and lose the performance of desktop ! 100% backward move from asus !

I kind of disagree with this.... no offense.
1) This might be great for apartment dwellers. If you're in a tiny flat or studio apartment, having a desk with a tiny PC and monitor would likely be ideal...without screaming gamer...
2) You might have portability options. It won't be that big to pack in backpack...then just travel along with one of those small 14-15.6" 4K usbc monitors.... Yea kind of defeats the purpose of a laptop but I can see it working on some instances....
3) The price is going to be outrageous for this...probably like ~$2200 for that initial release... No monitor, no trackpad, no keyboard, no battery portability, I see many downsides to this form factor... but again, there are some upsides I mentioned above....

Someone will buy this...liquid cool this with like 360 rads on the CPU and GPU and get crazy performance

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

I like it, but for the price they'll inevitably ask for, I'd want a 5090 since it cannot be upgraded in the future, and an AMD CPU, not that intel trash. One of the new x3d chips preferably. And I'd want quite a long warranty given Asus' build quality lately.

Also, WHY do they do that with the USB ports? STOP PUTTING THEM IN A STACK. Modern USB devices are large, put some space between the ports! You did it on the front of the device! This always irks me, you have room to spread the ports out, do it!

IDK, it still seems like a strange use case. If you are in such dire need of a compact PC due to not having enough space or whatever perhaps the money spent on this thing, which I am sure will have an eye watering price tag well north of 2.5K$, would be better spent on renting a bigger apartment.

Ultra compact PCs are mor eof a want then a need. Even when I lived in a showbox apartment having a desktop was not a problem, since you have a computer desk it just lives under there.

For a Gaming PC for a TV, or a lanbox, or you just like compact stuff, this machine is rather interesting, especially since Zotac stopped making them.

 

[HairyLobsters]

Are there people that like ROG "gamer" aesthetic?

 

[Voodoo Rufus]

I would compare using this as an HTPC against a SFF build. That would be my use case. I think it's a cool product in a nice package.

 

[raptori]

Except for those, who absoultely don't plan on taking their machine anywhere, but want to buy something really compact with strong hardware.

tl;dr: Might be shocking, but not everyone wants the same things as you.

If don't want to move and want compact pc then why not a mini ITX build , even if it's 200% bigger than this asus case it'll be still compact with actual desktop hardware and better cooling, asus is giving you mobile series cpu and laptop GPU in a case that's still need monitor, keyboard and mouse.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

If don't want to move and want compact pc then why not a mini ITX build , even if it's 200% bigger than this asus case it'll be still compact with actual desktop hardware and better cooling, asus is giving you mobile series cpu and laptop GPU in a case that's still need monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Because you cant build an ITX PC into a 3L case with this kind of hardware. That's....kinda the selling point?

Why not go ATX? ATX cases are only twice what ITX cases are. So why stop there?

 

[SOAREVERSOR]

IDK, it still seems like a strange use case. If you are in such dire need of a compact PC due to not having enough space or whatever perhaps the money spent on this thing, which I am sure will have an eye watering price tag well north of 2.5K$, would be better spent on renting a bigger apartment.

Why spend money on more home than you need or really want just for PC gaming? That's very silly to start with.

Keep in mind that most desktops that people go out and build are ATX boards with mid range GPUs and CPUs that are really ugly big clonkers that aren't going to perform any better than something with higher end laptop parts could pull off. Far from being "master race" or master of anything they are a sad affair compared to the consoles they compete with.

For people with the money many people would just want something smaller and often less stupid looking and that's also not a power hungry space heater and they do not care about higher end desktop parts. They are paying the extra money for a smaller and more elegant solution that's still going to outrun the RTX 4060/4050 RGB vomit desktops that make up the vast majority of gaming PCs. If they cared about 4k they'd get a PS5!