Asus' colossal new gaming PC has a two-inch-thick door, holographic fans, and a hood scoop

No, I'm not joking. This new Asus G1000 gaming PC really does have holograph 'fans,' a scoop-like cooling structure on its top, and a super-thick side panel that combine to make this one of the largest pre-built gaming PCs I've ever seen.

Asus could hardly have picked a worse time to drop a super-luxury, outlandish gaming PC, what with graphics card and memory prices going sky-high and the gaming industry in something of a lull. However, if you do fancy a seriously swish upgrade this year, you might want to keep your eyes peeled for the release of this beast that is sure to be one of the best gaming PCs around.

In terms of specs, this PC is currently only available in a maxed-out configuration with an Asus Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and 2TB of SSD storage. However, what really sets it apart is how it's put together.

Starting from the top, that hood scoop is actually the ventilation for the 420mm AIO liquid cooler that cools the CPU. A hole in the left side of the case provides the cool-air intake, with the hot air from the radiator expelled straight out the top of the case. This section is completely isolated from the rest of the case, leaving all the other case fans only needing to cope with the graphics card, motherboard, RAM, and SSD cooling.

That other cooling consists of a 140mm fan in the base of the case, where it directs cool air straight to the pass-through cooler of the graphics cards. There are also fans in the front of the case and an exhaust fan at the back.

Ventilation for these front fans is provided by the full-length gap that runs down between the front panel of the case and the rest of the PC behind. This false front panel is where we then first see those whacky holographic 'fans.' Why the quotes? Well, because they aren't fans that move air, but just spinning light strips that can create a translucent holographic lighting effect.

680 LEDs are packed into each 'fan,' allowing them to display images of half that resoltion. Two smaller ones are in the front, while a second larger one fills the entire side panel. It's this side panel display that makes it so thick, with the lights and the motor that spins them all needing to be housed in the hinged glass panel.

It's fair to say this maximal style won't be to everyone's taste, but it certainly makes an impact. This version is still just a prototype, with Asus still working on details such as more neatly covering the PSU area, so we've no fixed release date or price yet, but we certainly can't wait to see if this machine ever actually makes it to market.