ASUS Went All Out at Computex 2026 — My Favorite Announcements
Computex 2026 has been a blast so far. There are so many products being announced, but I had to stop by the ASUS booth — they were kind enough to sponsor part of this trip — and there was a ton of new stuff there. So let me walk you through my favorites, from affordable student laptops to a gaming monitor trick that genuinely blew me away, so you have a clear picture of what's coming.
Quick Verdict
ASUS brought something for everyone to Computex 2026. The new ZenBook 14 and Vivobook S14/S16 push premium metal builds down to affordable, student-friendly prices. The ROG Strix SCAR 18 is a monster with a mini LED display trick — Extreme Low Motion Blur — that's the single most impressive thing I saw. There's a fully upgradeable TUF T700 desktop using off-the-shelf parts, a jaw-dropping anniversary-edition PC with holographic "anime holo" fans, new ProArt P16/P14 laptops built around NVIDIA's RTX Spark, and a refined ROG Xbox Ally X20 bundle with AR glasses. Below is the rundown.
ZenBook 14 — Affordable OLED, Now in Color
This is the OG ASUS ZenBook 14, not the A14 with the X2 Elite I reviewed recently — but it borrows that same design language in a new chassis. It weighs 2.65 lb with a 14-inch OLED. The base is a 60Hz 1920×1200 panel to keep it in affordable territory, but step up to the Intel version and you can get a 3K OLED. There are three flavors: AMD, Intel, or Snapdragon X. The coolest part is the color options — beyond the Zabriskie beige from the A14, you can now get Arctic Blue and Komodo Coral. I like the blue best, but that's subjective — let me know your favorite.
Vivobook S14 / S16 — Full Metal at a Budget Price
For even less money depending on the SKU, the new Vivobook S14 and S16 are the value play. I'd point most people at the Snapdragon X version for the price. The big change: ASUS dropped plastic and went full metal chassis across the S series, so you're getting a premium build anywhere from roughly $599 to $1,000. If you want a bigger screen with a high refresh rate, the Intel S16 has a 144Hz IPS panel. It weighs about 1.5kg, and whether you pick the 14- or 16-inch model, the battery is identical at 50Wh, with up to 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM. This one's squarely aimed at students who want all-day battery and an affordable, well-built machine.
TUF T700 Desktop — Fully Upgradeable, Off-the-Shelf Parts
A nice-looking desktop you can spec two ways: Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX or AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, paired with a Radeon 9070 XT (AMD) or up to an RTX 5070 (Intel). It's a 40L chassis with a 750W PSU, 240mm liquid cooling, and a magnetic dust filter up top for easy cleaning. The special part: it's fully upgradeable with off-the-shelf parts — motherboard, RAM, SSDs, all standard. ASUS isn't locking you into proprietary components, which is great to see.
ROG Strix SCAR 18 — A Monster With a Mini LED Trick
This was one of my favorite announcements. It's an absolute beast: 320W of total platform power, and while it ships with a 450W brick (most use 400W), the brick is surprisingly light. You can spec it up to an RTX 5090 with 175W of TGP, and if you tune it manually you can push around 200W to the CPU alone.
But the display is what makes it special. It's a mini LED panel running a new mode called Extreme Low Motion Blur. At first I assumed it was a marketing gimmick — I'm an OLED guy. Then they showed it to me and I was floored. Everything on screen feels slowed down enough that you can read the text above a player's name perfectly clearly. The trick: the mini LED's many dimming zones are split into horizontal bands, almost like a CRT, and refreshed row by row very quickly so the transition never blurs the way an OLED or regular IPS would. With ELMB on, the response time feels way ahead of anything I've played with. It doesn't film well — you have to see it in person — but trust me, it's incredibly cool.
The "Anime Holo Fan" Anniversary PC — A Statement Piece
I had to backpedal to desktops for this one because it caught my eye the second I hit the ROG booth. It's massive, different, and one of the coolest-looking PCs I've seen in a long time. The side glass houses fans that project a hologram — ASUS calls it an anime holo fan — using LEDs that weave an image together so it appears to come out of the case. There are three customizable zones: two on the front that can complement, differ, or duplicate each other, and the main side glass where you can put whatever you want, including your own face.
Inside it's a jacked, expensive build: an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 paired with up to an RTX 5090, tons of RAM and storage, in a huge chassis. Because it's an anniversary edition, each one carries its own specific serial number marking you as one of the purchasers. It's a true statement piece.
ProArt P16 / P14 — Built Around NVIDIA's RTX Spark
We have to talk about NVIDIA's RTX Spark — I'm hyped for it, because it could be NVIDIA's M1 moment on Windows, depending on pricing. The good news: ASUS is releasing the ProArt P16 and P14 with the RTX Spark inside. They look similar to the previous generation but more refined — slimmer and lighter, partly because NVIDIA's architecture bakes the GPU into the same chip, so there's no dedicated GPU taking up space. The unified memory makes things faster, especially for local LLMs.
The 16-inch model gets a 16:10 120Hz 4K OLED that hits up to 1,600 nits; the P14 is a 3K panel, which is plenty dense at 14 inches. You can spec up to 128GB of memory, you get three USB4 Type-C ports, and the chargers are smaller than before — 100W or 140W depending on the model. Both also use a haptic touchpad.
ROG Xbox Ally X20 Bundle — Now With AR Glasses
Last up, and I'm excited for this one: the new ROG Xbox Ally X20 bundle. It's not just a bundle — the device itself is upgraded in key areas. The standout is the display: it's now OLED instead of IPS, and bumped from 7 to 7.4 inches for a bit more screen. It comes with a 68W charging stand so you can dock, charge, and play, and — more importantly — it ships with the ROG XR R1 Edition 20 glasses. Plug those in on a plane or in a cramped space and you get a 100-inch-plus display with a high refresh rate right in front of you. That's the best way to game in tight quarters.
The processor is still the Z2 Extreme (no upgrade there) and RAM is similar to before, but the joysticks now use TMR and feel much nicer and grippier, taking cues from the Xbox Elite controllers. The face buttons sit flush with the body when pressed, and even the D-pad can pop up or sit flush depending on your preference. It's slightly heavier at 756g versus the regular ROG Ally X's 715g, but most people won't notice. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this one.
Wrapping Up
That's a run through my favorite brand-new announcements from ASUS at Computex 2026 — from genuinely affordable metal-bodied laptops to a mini LED display trick I can't stop thinking about. Which of these do you want me to review first? Full links to everything are in the video description.
This was a sponsored trip to Computex 2026. Full links to the products mentioned are in the video description.
Published: June 2026
