XDA's Best of Computex 2025: Threadripper, Battlematrix, and other cool names

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Computex is closely followed by all who love computers. There are a few worthy tech shows throughout the year, but none come close to some of the wacky and truly incredible devices we can feast our eyes on in Taipei each May (or June). For Computex 2025, we managed to spend some time gazing at some epic products from a variety of brands, including Asus, Intel, AMD, and HYTE. If you've struggled to keep up with everything hitting the floor, we've rounded up the very best for you right here with some awards for good measure!

Acer Predator Triton 14 AI

More Predator than AI

Acer has managed to work some magic with its Predator Triton 14 AI in that it's about as thin as they could make it without causing the internal components to overheat due to subpar cooling. The Core Ultra 200V from Intel is quite the CPU, found in AI PCs and gaming handhelds. Acer decided to do things slightly differently by bolting a dedicated GPU to the chip, creating a truly unique portable gaming experience. This combo makes this Acer laptop one of the thinnest gaming and creative laptops with capable specs.

Packing an expansive 14-inch screen, the Predator Triton 14 AI has all the latest Acer technologies, including 6th-gen AeroBlade fans, a vapor chamber, graphene thermal interface, and a large 76Whr battery pack. If you want to use the laptop for gaming without being tethered to a power outlet, this may be the best option available on the market for 2025. It just helps that it looks the part without being obnoxious.

Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT GAMING OC 16G

A new wave of affordable GPUs

The RX 9060 XT from AMD has all but been announced prior to Computex, so it wasn't much of a surprise to see the GPU make it to the floor. That said, Gigabyte's Radeon RX 9060 XT GAMING OC 16G is quite the value proposition here with a whopping 16GB of RAM. Although an 8GB variant of the 9060 XT will be on sale for $50 less at $300. That's right, you can buy a mid-tier gaming machine with 16GB of VRAM for $350, undercutting the competition and leaving Nvidia in a realm of its own.

We cannot wait to get one of these GPUs on our test bench to see how they perform. If the official numbers from AMD are anything to go by (and they're usually pretty accurate), we can expect to see approximately 6% better performance with the 9060 XT 16GB compared to Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. That could be quite the win for AMD as the 5060 range is usually Nvidia's most popular GeForce GPUs. You can expect to see the wave of RX 9060 XT cards hit stores on June 5.

AMD-powered handheld gaming

MSI already has a Claw or two out in the wild, but we were excited by the A8 simply because it's powered by an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor. This alone makes it unique within the company's gaming handheld line-up since this is the first from MSI without an Intel chip. If you've been holding out for an AMD-powered Claw, you'll be able to fire up your favorite PC games while on the go. And how about that lime green color scheme? It's on my short list for sure, and it has some beefy specifications to back it up, too!

Built for combat ... or so they say

Silly gamer marketing aside, the Asus TUF Gaming T500 is a wonderful PC. Not only is the chassis absolutely gorgeous with its unique yellow hue and industrial aesthetic we've come to know, love, and appreciate from Asus' TUF range of products, but it manages to pack a hefty punch for the price. Inside is either an Intel Core i7-13620H or Core i5-13420H CPU, the choice between an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and 5060 Ti, 16GB of RAM (up to 64GB supported), and either a 512GB or 1TB SSD for storing all your games.

Now, before you start screaming about the laptop processor featured inside this desktop gaming PC, do note that these processors offer up to 10 physical cores, and Intel's mobile SKUs are pretty solid. This also allowed Asus to significantly reduce the footprint of the T500, making it appear like an HTPC rather than a gaming rig. Interestingly, the CPU is cooled by an air cooler attached to the rear with heatpipes connecting to the CPU in the middle of the case. It's unique, fairly capable, priced aggressively (around $1,299 for the RTX 5060 Ti), and we love it.

Intel Project Battlematrix

How many GPUs do you want?

Although the Arc B770 was sorely missed at Computex, Intel did roll out some impressive graphics hardware in the form of two Arc Pro GPUs. The B50 and B60 are two beefy graphics cards for AI inference with plenty of VRAM for the most demanding workloads. That's not all, as Intel made it possible to scale up the number of Arc Pro B60 GPUs you include in a workstation. Thanks to the work Intel did on the software stack, it's possible to split models across multiple installed B60 GPUs — you can have up to eight inside one system.

But what caught our eye was Project Battlematrix. The system is as cool as the name given to it. Although primarily designed for AI developers, Project Battlematrix is based on Intel Xeon with up to eight B60 GPUs. Intel is working on a Linux-based software stack for the workstation, which it says will be optimized for LLMs exceeding 70 billion parameters. That's quite the number, which makes this one of the most impressive AI products from Computex. Oh, and Maxon is releasing a dual-GPU model for the B60, which will be pretty awesome.

Premium 70% split-gaming keyboard

The Asus ROG Falcata is a 75% keyboard unlike any other. This is a split gaming keyboard with hot-swappable ROG HFX V2 magnetic switches and ROG Hall sensors. The company worked in just about everything you'd need for some heated gaming sessions, including a Rapid Trigger toggle, an intuitive multi-functional wheel, multi-mode connectivity with 8,000Hz polling, four-layer dampening, and detachable silicon wrist rests for when you're ready for some relaxation after a few hours in the Rift.

Why you'd want a split keyboard is for versatility, making this thing suitable for different gaming setups. Only need WASD and a mouse? Remove the right portion of the keyboard, and you've got a streamlined configuration for the desk. There's also a healthy dose of RGB lighting for good measure.

AMD Threadripper 9000

More cores, more power!

CPUs continue to get more powerful as each generation arrives, yet nothing still comes anywhere close to what AMD offers with its Threadripper family of SKUs. At Computex, AMD showcased some all-new CPUs on the Zen 5 architecture. It has been a while since we heard anything about new Threadrippers, and their future was in question, being high-end desktops (HEDT) and rather niche. Thankfully, AMD continues to dominate this segment with some impressive new processors.

We've got some HEDT-friendly options with up to 64 cores, but the highlight of the show was the Threadripper Pro with a whopping 96 cores clocked at 5.4 GHz ... yes, that's cores, not threads. Although this was also the case with the 7000 series, those chips weren't powered by the same Zen 5 architecture as we've seen with Ryzen 9000 consumer-grade SKUs, which bring some notable improvements to the table. This is why the AMD Threadripper was among our favorites from Computex, and we cannot wait to get them on our test benches.

Keyboards don't get much better than this

We love a good keyboard here at XDA, and Wooting didn't disappoint for Computex 2025. It differs slightly from our Asus-awarded pick in that it's more of a standard affair, but make no mistake that the Wooting 60HE V2 has everything you need from a premium typing machine and so much more. There's the option for a standard or split spacebar, 8,000Hz polling, full-aluminum case, and a cool strap. With three sound configurations available, including silicone, foam, and empty, you can pick a Wooting that best suits your preferences (and environment).

This thing has it all. We're talking Lekker Tikken switches, PET film for better acoustics, HD Poron Sandwich (ditto), FR4 Switch Plate, Friction Fit, plenty of dampening, foam, and more. You can open it up, swap things out, and make the 60He V2 a typing or gaming monster.

Hyte X50

You won't find any sharp corners here

HYTE, an offshoot of iBuyerPower, finally made a PC case that resembles its logo. The impressive HYTE X50 drops all sharp corners in favor of some sleek curves, and because it's HYTE, you can bet there are going to be some fun colors to choose from. If you wish to stand out from the crowd with a unique and interesting PC case, this is the company to follow, and we believe this is the case to buy. The X50 will be available in Snow White, Pitch Black, Cherry, Taro Milk, Strawberry Milk, and Matcha Milk, while the X50 Air will be available exclusively in the first two only.

It's not all about looks, however. HYTE made sure this case will perform thanks to the support for up to 10 fans, micro-mesh ventilation, and other minor design elements to aid air flow. With prices starting from $119.99, this could be a winner, especially when considering the improved cable routing and adjustable front radiator bracket.

Lian Li Vector V200

Panels inside and outside the case

PC cases can be viewed as quite the boring PC segment, especially at shows such as Computex, and that's because we're either spoiled by some truly incredible custom mod jobs on display or there's not really much launching from the case makers. Sometimes it's both! Thankfully, 2025 was not the case (pun intended), and we managed to capture some shots of some truly awesome new additions to the market. One was the Vector V200 by Lian Li. The brand is often at the forefront of case development, and that's most certainly evident here.

The Lian Li Vector V200 has a gorgeous panoramic view with tempered glass on the side and front. But the star of the show is the borderless 8.8-inch LCD screen positioned at the bottom of the side glass panel, appearing to almost float amongst the all-black design. This can be personalized with system monitoring and visual effects with ease using Lian Li software. But that's not all. Lian Li could have stopped there and called it a day, but the company also threw in a front-facing touch panel for powering on and off the system for good measure. It's also good for managing the lighting effects, so you can switch things up on the fly.

And that's a wrap!

Unlike some of the hardware shown at Computex, the products you see right here will be available for you to buy. They're the most exciting products we saw at the show, and although we only managed to score some brief time with each of them, you can be sure we'll do our damndest to get them in for review right here at XDA. It was quite the strange Computex with nothing too groundbreaking, but at least there were a few cool things for us to enjoy. Until next time!

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