I challenge any PC maker at CES 2026 to serve up a more eye-catching desktop design than the Asus ROG G1000, which comes kitted out with outrageous dancing holograms in the side and front windows.
Among a sea of laptops at CES 2026, Asus’ ROG G1000 desktop stood out with its impressive size, sophisticated lighting features, and robust cooling system. And hey, it has holograms. The future is now!
The new-look ROG is aimed squarely at hard-core gamers, offering up to an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU. There’s a lot going on under the hood, but the real draw here is the case design, with three-zone airflow and customizable holographic side and front panels.
I was able to go hands on with this towering PC at an Asus CES preview event in New York. You can see a quick rundown in the video here; we’ve included lots more details and pictures below.ROG G1000 Design: A Holographic Head Turner
Right off the bat, I could see that this was no system for the faint of heart. It’s a huge tower, with plenty of RGB flair.
Sure, lots of desktops will give you lighting elements like a strip along the top cooling chamber and down the front panel, but you won’t find anything like this Asus model’s eye-catching holographic animations. Both the side and front glass panels are outfitted with what the company calls “ROG AniMe Holo”—fast-spinning LED light bars mounted to the inside of the glass, whose rotation gives the hologram-in-motion effect.
During the preview, Asus had these animated lights show custom company branding (the ROG logo on the side panel, and an ROG drink can on the front).
