Ultimate ROG Build | Strix Helios II | X870E Glacial | Astral RTX 5080

ASUS goes full flagship here. This build is centered around the new ROG Strix Helios II and the ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial, with the ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB, ROG STRIX 1000W Platinum PSU, and the ROG Astral RTX 5080 completing the ASUS stack. We paired it with a Ryzen 9 9950X3D, Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000, and a 4TB Biwin Black Opal Gen5 SSD to match the premium direction of the case and motherboard, then pushed it through real gaming benchmarks and temps. No voiceover — just the build process, the details, and the finished system under load. — 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 & 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 — 🌀 ROG Strix Helios II is a premium EATX mid-tower with dual tempered glass, an aluminum frame and front panel, and a diamond-grille intake design. Stock fans first: 3x 140mm front PWM intake, 1x 140mm rear PWM exhaust Cooling layout: ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB mounted up top as exhaust Summary: cool air enters through the front, while the top radiator and rear fan move heat out of the case — 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 — 🔗 ASUS ROG Strix Helios II EATX Mid-Tower Gaming Case Link: https://amzn.to/3Nbe2QU ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial Motherboard Link: https://cutt.ly/atTsMEyC ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 Link: https://amzn.to/4aWS7WW ASUS ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB Liquid CPU Cooler Link: https://amzn.to/46QoJPH ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W Platinum ATX 3.1 PSU Link: https://amzn.to/4cxgQSV AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Link: https://amzn.to/40klOLm Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB 6000MHz Link: https://amzn.to/46QoJPH (White currently not in stock) Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro PCIe Gen5 4TB NVMe SSD Link: https://cutt.ly/9tTsMYey — 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 & 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 — 🎧 Web: Link: https://www.tektherapy.net Instagram: Link:   / tektherapy   Spotify – TekTherapy "Binary" EP: Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/0w5hK0... — 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐬 — 🧊 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 — ASUS ROG Strix Helios II EATX Mid-Tower Case, aluminum + glass, 4x 140mm stock fans 𝐆𝐏𝐔 — ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7, quad-fan, 3.8-slot 𝐂𝐏𝐔 — AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (16 Cores / 32 Threads) 𝐂𝐏𝐔 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫 — ASUS ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB, 6.67-inch curved AMOLED, 200mm tubing 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 — ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial, AM5, 5-inch LCD, dual USB4, dual 10G LAN 𝐑𝐀𝐌 — Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MHz 𝐒𝐒𝐃 — Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro Gen5 4TB NVMe, up to 14000/13000 MB/s, DRAM cache 𝐏𝐒𝐔 — ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W Platinum, ATX 3.1, 80 Plus Platinum, native 16-pin cable 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐬 — Stock 3x 140mm front intake, stock 140mm rear exhaust, top-mounted 360mm AIO exhaust → front intake, top/rear exhaust pattern — 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 (Mar 2026, approx.) — 💸 ASUS ROG Strix Helios II case: $399.99 (Newegg) ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial: $1,199.99 (ASUS estore) ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 16GB: $1,849.99 (ASUS estore) ASUS ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB: $479.99 (ASUS estore) ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W Platinum: $239.99 (ASUS estore) AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D: $699.00 (AMD) Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 32GB 6000: $674.99 (Newegg) Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 4TB: No verified current US retail price found Total (priced items, excludes Biwin SSD): $5543.94 Prices are snapshots and can move with stock, promos and local taxes — 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 — ⏱️ 0:00 Intro 0:15 ASUS ROG Strix Helios II case features 0:34 ASUS Crosshair X870E reveal 1:13 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D install 1:31 Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro Gen5 NVMe SSD install 1:49 Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 install 2:07 ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial motherboard install 2:17 ASUS ROG Ryuo IV SLC 360 ARGB install 3:11 ASUS ROG STRIX 1000W Platinum PSU install 3:32 Cable clicks 3:46 ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5080 install 4:13 Case re-assembly + Case peels 4:33 Cinematic b-roll 5:42 Gaming benchmarks 6:53 CPU temps / benchmarks 7:32 Outtakes — 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬 — 🎬 We’d like to thank ASUS for supporting this build and helping make this video possible. Camera/Color Grade: Ronald Bodinger Edit: Nicole Jeitler