Review on 💻 ROG Strix GA15DK AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Gaming Desktop PC with GeForce RTX 3070: 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Wi-Fi 5, Windows 10 Home - GA15DK-AS776 by John Bennett

We recently bought it. Unfortunately, there is not much information yet. In this review I will try to convey as much as possible. First and foremost, it's an *amazing* car. Gaming, I've maxed out the video in all the games I've installed and I'm still getting over 60fps. However, there are some limitations. If you want to plug it in and play, it's perfect. Do this. It's fast and beautiful. If you want to add something, there are limits. 1) There is only one PCIe slot for expansion. It is occupied by a Wi-Fi card. If you are using a wired network, you can replace it with an M.2 card. [Edit February 12, 2020: There are physically two PCIe X1 slots. The PCIEX1_1 slot is one that is blocked by a graphics card. PCIEX1_2 has a Wi-Fi adapter card. You can use a PCIe extender with a ribbon cable if you're really creative. It doesn't look like a PCIe M.2 adapter card will fit on the SSD. Added photos of both.]2) There is only one M.2 card slot. If you want to add storage, this is SATA unless you disable the WiFi card. 3) There are 4 SATA ports and many power ports. The only place drives can be placed is under the PSU shroud. There are 4 screw holes, but you can't screw a 3.5 inch SATA mechanical drive there. It will probably work for SATA SSD drives. , you have to be *really* creative to put 4 discs in. There appears to be provision for a 2 or 3 disc removable tray, but it is not included. I didn't find it 4) There is no place for the optical drive, at least in a case, it needs a USB case 5) There are only 2 memory slots. You have installed two DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) 8 GB memory modules. Now 16 GB is enough for me. You can upgrade to 32GB (2x16) and 3200MHz fairly cheaply. I need more just to support virtual machines, but I'm not doing that right now. All modern games work perfectly. Red Ballistix DDR4-3200 2x16 The speed set in the BIOS should be half of the listed speed due to DDR4 math. This didn't make a noticeable difference in performance, other than more storage.] There are 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 and 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 on the back, and two USB 3.2 Gen 1 on the front/top. There's also a front/top combo audio jack. There's another USB socket inside, so you could (probably) pop a few more into the slot cover slot. Or reconsider some of your life choices if you need more than 10 USB devices at the same time. Customizable ASUS lighting. Metal side and Lexan spare side with staggered screws. I like the Lexan, but the lighting doesn't really bother me. He has an allegedly modified ASUS Prime B450M-K motherboard. As far as I can see the model isn't written anywhere, but I didn't pull out the motherboard. . a while. I haven't compared the specs but found it elsewhere and it looks right. Verified purchase because we bought it elsewhere for a few bucks more. Oops. I'm not a paid reviewer, but I welcome suggestions if you're giving away hardware. :)[Edit February 12, 2020: I still love this car. It was worth buying. I regret nothing.]