The ASUS Republic of Gamers today announced the
Strix GL12CX which is the world’s first desktop to use the recently launched
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics engine. It also features specially
selected, factory-overclocked Intel CPUs and also fitted with a custom liquid
cooling system to ensure uninterrupted and reliable performance.
It is powered by the 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K
processor with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11GB) and 512GB PCIe. It is fully
unlocked for further fine-tuning via the Armoury Crate software, which also
lets you customize the Aura Sync lighting inside and out. It has a customized
Cooler Master CPU liquid cooler, along with an extra 90mm fan at the back on
the overclocked models then help to keep processor temperatures in check.
The GL12CX’s fastest processor is matched to
NVIDIA’s latest and greatest graphics engine based on the Turing architecture.
Known as the GeForce RTX series, Turing mixes CUDA cores for traditional
rasterization with RT cores for ray-traced effects and Tensor cores that
accelerate noise removal through Deep Learning Super Sampling.
The included Armoury Crate software allows for the
customization of the RGB lighting that spills of these intake and exhaust
vents. ASUS’ Aura Sync technology also allows users to synchronize the system
lighting with compatible peripherals. The Aura Sync lighting can also reach to
in-game events and environments and is also compatible with games such as the
new Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.
The GL12CX has a hot swap SSD bay allowing for quick
swapping in of profiles and games without needing to shut down the system to
install a new drive with the required tools. The hot swap bay also greatly
simplifies storage upgrades for all users. The GL12CX includes ASUS’ DIMM.2
module that slots into the system new Z390 motherboard. This expansion card
uses a memory-style slot to provide two M.2 connections for SSDs. The DIMM.2
module integrates heatsinks for each SSD. These two additional connections
allow for dual NVMe drive, RAID configurations.
The ROG Strix GL12CX include a 2-in-1 card reader,
two USB 3.1 and two USB 2.0 ports. It offers a total of six USB ports along,
five audio jacks and a digital S/PIDF connector for compatible receivers,
802.11ac Wave 2 WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0. The ASUS ROG Strix GL12CX will be
available from December.
