ASUS G Series G700TF-DS764 Black 2026

Great CPU, great GPU, criminally low RAM. Buy it, then immediately spend $60 on another 16GB stick.

The CPU sits at the 87th percentile in our database, which means it's one of the better chips you can get in a prebuilt right now. The 20-core Core Ultra 7 265F chews through games and productivity work without breaking a sweat. The RTX 5060 with 16GB of GDDR7 is the real surprise here. That's more VRAM than most cards in this price bracket, and it gives you headroom for higher resolution textures and future titles. The 1TB NVMe SSD is solid, landing around the 75th percentile. But the 16GB of DDR5 is just average, and for a gaming tower at this price, that's a letdown. You'll want to add another stick before you do any serious multitasking or streaming.

The HP OMEN GT22-3080 and Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 are the two competitors you should be looking at. The Legion typically offers better build quality and a cleaner upgrade path, while the OMEN often undercuts on price with similar specs. The Apple Mac Studio M4 Max is in a different universe entirely, aimed at creators who don't care about gaming. If you want a pure gaming machine with the best out-of-box experience, the Legion is probably the safer bet. But the ASUS wins on raw GPU VRAM at this price point.

At $1,500 USD, this is a fair deal for the CPU and GPU combo alone. You're getting a Core Ultra 7 and an RTX 5060 with 16GB of VRAM, which would cost you a big chunk of that price to build yourself. But the 16GB of RAM and 600W power supply mean you're spending more money soon. Factor in another $60 to $100 for a RAM upgrade and this becomes less of a bargain. Still, for the core specs, it's a reasonable buy if you don't mind a little DIY.

The ASUS G700TF-DS764 is a gaming desktop that gets the important stuff right and then makes a couple of head-scratching choices. The Core Ultra 7 265F and RTX 5060 with 16GB of VRAM are a genuinely strong pairing for 1080p and 1440p gaming. But 16GB of system RAM in a $1,500 tower feels like ASUS raided the parts bin from 2022. The one thing to know: this is a fast gaming rig with an easy RAM upgrade in your future.

If you're looking for a compact or quiet machine, this isn't it. The tower is huge and heavy, and the compact score is one of the worst we've seen. Go get a small form factor build or a laptop instead. And if you want a machine that's flawless out of the box with no upgrades needed, look at the Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10.

Buy it if you want strong 1080p and 1440p gaming performance and don't mind adding a stick of RAM. The CPU and GPU are the stars here, and they justify the price. But if you want a machine that's perfect out of the box, the 16GB RAM and mediocre reliability scores should give you pause. This is a good tower that could have been great with just a little more thought.