ASUS is known for the quality of its PC components, so its graphics cards and motherboards have demonstrated a level of quality that is indisputable. However, there is one area in which, under its Republic of Gamers brand, the Taiwanese company leaves a lot to be desired. We are talking about your laptops and especially your pre-built computers. Are ASUS RoG products overpriced?
It doesn’t matter what the prestige of the brand that makes them is, if you see a complete tower computer, already pre-built and, therefore, sold as a complete computer, then run away from them. Not only because they are a product that will cost you much more money than if you build it yourself choosing the parts, but also because it is a way of getting rid of parts that have not been able to sell and being able to place them in a single package. In addition, at a premium, taking advantage of the good name that the brand has acquired in the sale of components separately.
Why ASUS RoG PCs Are Overrated
We must start from the fact that an overvalued product is due to the fact that it is either loved excessively or is priced above what it should be worth. This is the case of the pre-built ones and regardless of the brand we are talking about, but in the case at hand, it is more than clear that the ASUS RoG are at a price above the quality they offer.
We must not forget that we are dealing with a fairly generic manufacturer as far as components for conventional computers are concerned. However, in recent times and taking advantage of bad decisions by its direct competition, they have caused ASUS to fall into the trap of raising the price of its products above what the market can accept. In a shark pool where multiple companies offer almost the same product, offering less for more can be fatal.
a clear example
As we have already told you, the problem with the preconstructed ones is that they eat everything that the manufacturer cannot sell. Take for example the ASUS ROG Strix GT15 G15, a PC whose specifications are:
- Intel Core i7-12700KF processor at 3.6 GHz.
- Intel B660 chipset, but the motherboard is not specified.
- 64 GB of DDR4 RAM 4 modules of 16 GB at 2667 MHz each.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB Graphics Card.
- 1TB SATA Hard Drive.
- 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD.
- 750W 80 Plus Gold power supply.
The computer sells for almost €3,000, a price that may seem justified at first glance, but it is to analyze the components and realize that it is nothing more than a way of cleaning inventory that otherwise could not be removed.
Is the price of this computer fair?
From this information we have taken the different components to see how much they would cost us.
- An ASUS ROG Strix motherboard costs €256.60.
- The graphics card is a 10 GB RTX 3080 which is currently discontinued and, therefore, is included in the tower to clear stock. However, ASUS itself sells a graphics card with similar characteristics and under the TUF brand for €1,192.15 today. In that aspect it is in the average price of said card.
- We do not recommend it since for that price there are better solutions such as the RTX 3090 Ti, the RX 7900 or for a little more the RTX 4080. This is one of the problems when buying a pre-built computer, you end up paying for components that no one wants to buy.
- We can find a power supply of the same brand and the same specifications for €136 at the time of writing this article. However, nothing assures us that it is the same.
- There are other options that for us give us more reliability and higher quality, such as the Corsair RM750x with the same power and certification, but for €128.90.
- The manufacturer also makes SSD drives, and like the rest of the ASUS RoG products they are also overpriced. The same 1TB drive that the computer sells is under the name ROG Strix SQ7 for €195.
conclusions
In general, we can get an equivalent computer and with parts with a better relationship between price and performance by making a personal selection of the parts. What’s more, we are sure that if we find all the ASUS RoG parts separately and assemble them, we will realize that the manufacturer, for the simple favor of having assembled the box with outdated components, will not have added €200 or €300 more to the price .
That is to say, ASUS has gone up, we don’t know what to the head and has begun to charge a fee on its products for carrying its logo and brand. They are not those of Cupertino and the PC market is not as naive as said market. What’s more, a good part of the overprice of their products is for this reason. Then they don’t sell them and end up adding to the components of their overpriced desktop PCs.
