When assembling a PC, one of the non-electronic components that should not be missed are the cable ties in order to gather the cables and try to hide them as much as possible and, in doing so, have a a little more inside the equipment. organized. If we like to show off the inside of our PC, the solution is not to design the cables, the solution is to use components from the ASUS BTF (Back to the Future) range.
ASUS BTF Series components are designed to simplify the assembly of any PC with hidden connectors, combining chassis and motherboards that connect all components, including power supply, fans, ports I/O, SATA cables and even graphics cards, directly to the motherboard.
Build your PC without cables thanks to ASUS
The new ASUS BTF product range for building a PC without cables is made up of 2 motherboard models. There ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF Yet the TUF Gaming Z790 BTF WiFi.
Wireless plates
THE ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF is very similar in terms of design and functionality to the ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero model, however, when we get to the connectors section, things change since this new model hides them.
This card has a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot as well as a high power slot to power a graphics card from the BTF range from the same manufacturer. It includes next-generation Thunderbolt 4 compatible connectors to enjoy maximum speed, ROG SupremeFX 7.1 sound with DAC integrated into the front panel where there is also a USB-C connector. This model, compatible with 14th generation Intel processors, includes a PCIe 5.0 slot for M2 drives and 4 PCIe 4.0 M2 slots to expand storage space without cables and includes Wi-Fi 7 connectivity.
The other motherboard for building a PC without cables that ASUS presented with the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF is the model TUF Gaming Z790 BTF WiFi a card whose most striking characteristic, in addition to hiding the connectors, is its color, since it is white, which allows us to assemble a PC of this color using components from this same manufacturer in white, since even the Wi-Fi antenna It has the same color finish. Like the ROG Maximus Z790 Hero BTF, it is compatible with 14th generation Intel processors and includes a slot to power the graphics card. Unlike this one, the TUF Gaming model only includes 4 PCIe 5.0 slots for mounting M2 storage drives.
Chassis without cables
To use these new motherboards, it is necessary to use a suitable chassis because they have a different design from the traditional one. The solution that ASUS offers us in this sense is the ROG Hyperion GR701 BTF Edition and the TUF Gaming GT302 ARGB.
The ROG Hyperion GR701 BTF Edition chassis is an adapted version of this model with premium materials that features a dual 420mm radiator support and four 140mm fans. Includes enough space to install any type of graphics.
If we choose to build our PC in white, the chassis we need for the TUF Gaming Z790 BTF WiFi card is the TUF Gaming GT302 ARGB, a chassis in white color designed for BTF plates which includes 4 140mm ARGB fans to ensure the best possible airflow. The entire top panel is removable to allow the mounting of AIO liquid cooling units. Unlike the other chassis model, this one is large in size and is compatible with ATX format cards and high-end graphics.
ASUS has partnered with other chassis manufacturers such as Thermaltake, Corsair, Cooler Master, Inwin, Aerocool, be quiet! and Phanteks, manufacturers who will launch a large number of models compatible with BTF cards on the market in the coming months in the first quarter of 2024.
Wireless graphics
In addition to special chassis and motherboards to build a PC completely forgetting about cables, we need a graphics card that also does without cables and is powered directly by the motherboard. ASUS offers us the solution with graphics ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 BTF and the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 The White Super BTF Edition.
Both models, instead of using traditional 16-pin power connectors, use a high-power PCIe connector on the bottom that connects directly to the motherboard, removing the power cable from the equation. This is the same design that ASUS uses in its GPU servers. The high-power PCIe connector is capable of delivering up to 600W, adapting to the most powerful graphics cards on the market like the RTX 4090.
Pricing and availability
The new range of components from the ASUS ROG and TUF range will hit the market in the coming months and, at the moment, it is not known what the price of each will be.
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