There’s a technological oddity floating around the social network formerly known as Twitter. On first glance this motherboard looks like a standard Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero, a popular choice for high-end gaming builds. But peer a little closer and you’ll notice that the long desktop DIMM slots for the RAM have been replaced with teeny tiny SO-DIMM slots for laptop RAM.
That’s not all. Despite the ROG branding for Asus’ top-of-the-line gaming hardware, it’s clearly using a TUF-branded CPU cover, indicating that it’s from a cheaper Asus line. It’s also missing some of the ROG heatsink gear, replaced with generic alternatives. And when Txwixter user @wxnod booted up a build with the required hardware, they spotted a Kingston Fury boot logo on the monitor instead of the Asus ROG or TUF branding, though the firmware appears to be otherwise unaltered.
Now, it’s not unprecedented for desktop computers to use laptop-sized SO-DIMM memory modules. But that design choice is generally reserved for similarly tiny desktops, like Intel’s now-discontinued NUC series. There’s simply no reason to go with the usually slower and more expensive SO-DIMMs on a full-sized ATX motherboard, certainly not a high-performance gaming model.
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