ASUS Republic Of Gamers (ROG) Re-introduces G20CB A Powerhouse Small-Form Factor Gaming Desktop Armed for Victory

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) re-introduces its most compact and powerful gaming desktop yet – the ROG G20CB that aims to meet the needs of hard-core and casual gamers

Manila, Philippines (May 17, 2017) – ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) today re-announced the availability of its strongest small-form factor gaming desktop – the G20CB which features NVIDIA GeForce Pascal edition which delivers up to three times (3X) the performance of previous-generation NVIDIA graphics cards. ROG G20CB features a small-form-factor 9.5-liter chassis and is designed for gamers looking for incredibly-realistic visuals and immersive VR gaming experiences.

Designed to dominate the gaming and entertainment scene, the ROG G20CB is by far known to be a bad boy small form-factor PC that sports a bold design – boasting a matte-black finish, aggressive lines, Mayan-inspired markings, and a dynamic 8-million-color LED effects. With its 6th-Generation Intel Core i7 Processor housed in a deceptively small 9.5L case, it’s meant to give an unprecedented level of gaming and multitasking performance for hard-core gamers and enthusiasts.

An award-winning small-form-factor gaming desktop set to dominate the game

Expect to experience thrilling visuals as the ASUS G20CB is packed with the latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics. The 4K/UHD resolution visuals will allow you to play games at their highest settings on up to three HD displays. Allowing for added dimension in gaming is its support for NVIDIA 3D Vision while its NVIDIA G-SYNC technology synchronizes the display’s fresh rate and gets rid of lags, minimizes frame stutters and eliminates visual tearing. G20CB delivers the smoothest and fastest gaming graphics – allowing you to stepped up your game.

Further, G20CB comes with exceptional heat management to ensure sufficient cooling during a marathon of gaming but is quite as a mouse as it runs silently at just 22dB. It is also equipped with Aegis II application that helps track system parameters via an intuitive interface.

Mind-blowing and immersive sound with SonicMaster Optimized Gaming Audio

Aside from the immersive visuals, the best gaming desktop will take your gaming experiences further through immersive audio. SonicMaster has a unique mix of hardware and audio tuning software to fully bring you on the game. The ROG AudioWizard sound processing provides ROG desktops with audio enhancement like no other. 

In addition, ROG G20CB gives gamers low latency and plug-and-play compatibility with leading VR headsets driven by NVIDIA VRWorks™ technologies for even more immersive gaming worlds.

Robust connectivity options fit for the evolving demands of hard-core gamers

The ROG G20CB gaming desktop comes with all the connectivity options you need. It has a total of eight (8) USB ports front and rear so there is always a port available for all your gaming peripherals. It even has two USB 3.1 ports and you can hook up your ROG G20CB to an HDTV through an HDMI connection for large screen entertainment and gaming.

Super-fast and stable 802.11ac Wi-Fi provides strong signal delivery and three times the speed of previous Wi-Fi standards so gamers can play their favorite games or stream videos online smoothly.

ASUS storage innovations also mean that your data is kept within reach. The ROG G20CB comes with 100GB of ASUS WebStorage space free for an entire year so you can keep safely store and access your cloud-based data anywhere for as long as you have internet connection. You can also share photos and videos with your family and friends through a secure URL link.

Inside, ROG G20CB has a thermal design that takes advantage of natural heat convection, and has a hidden airflow channel to ensure efficient heat management during marathon gaming sessions.

To boost its gaming credentials, the ROG G20CB has been well-received by the industry, winning international accolades including the Computex Best Choice, Good Design, iF Design and CES Innovation awards.

MSI-ECS exclusively distributes the ASUS ROG G20CB in the Philippines. For full specifications and details, contact them at (02) 688-3512 or email marketing@msi-ecs.ph.

AVAILABILITY & PRICING

Tune into ASUS and ROG Philippines’ social media pages for more information on local pricing and product availability.

ROG CONCEPT STORES

·         ROG Concept Store, 4th Floor, SM CyberZone, Megamall

·         ROG Concept Store, 4th Floor, SM CyberZone, North Edsa

·         ROG Concept Store, 2nd Floor, SM CyberZone, Mall of Asia

·         ROG Concept Store, 2nd Floor, SM CyberZone, SM City Cebu

ASUS CONCEPT STORES

·         Asus Concept Store, 2^nd Floor, SM Cyberzone, SM Clark

·         Asus Concept Store, 3rd Floor, SM Cyberzone, SM Fairview

·         Asus Concept Store, 2nd Floor, SM Cyberzone, SM Bacolod

·         Asus Concept Store, 3rd Floor, SM Cyberzone, SM Lanang

·         Asus Concept Store, 3rd Floor, SM Cyberzone, SM IloIlo

·         Asus Concept Store, 3rd Floor, SM Festival Mall, Alabang

·         Asus Concept Store, 2nd Floor, SM CyberZone, Mall of Asia

·         Asus Concept Store, 2nd Floor, SM Cyberzone, SM Cabanatuan

·         Asus Concept Store, 4th Floor, SM CyberZone, Megamall

·         Asus Concept Store, 4th Floor, SM CyberZone, North Edsa

·         Asus Concept Store, 1st Floor, SM CyberZone, SM Marikina

·         Asus Concept Store, 2nd Floor, SM CyberZone, SM Cebu

·         Asus Concept Store, 3rd Floor, Ayala Centrio Mall, CDO

SPECIFICATIONS

ROG G20CB Spec Sheet

G20CB-PH017T	G20CB-PH023T
ROG SFF (9.5L)	ROG SFF (9.5L)
Intel® Core™ i7-6700 up to 4.0GHz (HD Graphics 530)	Intel® Core™ i7-6700 up to 4.0GHz (HD Graphics 530)
Intel® H170	Intel® H170
8G DDR4 2133MHz	32G DDR4 2133MHz (16G *2)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX1070 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX1080 8GB
128GB SATA SSD + 1TB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)	256GB SATA SSD + 2TB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Windows 10 64bit	Windows 10 64bit
SuperMulti DVD RW	SuperMulti DVD RW
USB Keyboard / Mouse	USB Keyboard / Mouse
230W+180W Adapter	230W+180W Adapter
USB3.0 x 2 Mic Port x 1 Earphone port x 1	USB3.0 x 2 Mic Port x 1 Earphone port x 1
1 x Headphone 1 x Microphone 1 x Line-in 1 x Central Bass 1 x Right Speaker 1 x Left Speaker 1 x RJ45 LAN 1 x HDMI-Out 2 x USB 3.1 2 x USB 3.0 2 x USB 2.0 2 x Power jack	1 x Headphone 1 x Microphone 1 x Line-in 1 x Central Bass 1 x Right Speaker 1 x Left Speaker 1 x RJ45 LAN 1 x HDMI-Out 2 x USB 3.1 2 x USB 3.0 2 x USB 2.0 2 x Power jack
1 x PCI-e x 16 (occupied by discrete graphic card if implemented.) 2 x DDR4 Short-DIMM Slot	1 x PCI-e x 16 (occupied by discrete graphic card if implemented.) 2 x DDR4 Short-DIMM Slot
RJ45	RJ45
IEEE 802.11 ac + BT 4.0	IEEE 802.11 ac + BT 4.0
Asus Command Aegis II ROG Audio Wizard	Asus Command Aegis II ROG Audio Wizard
DDR4/USB3.1 AEGIS II New lighting modes-music mode/pulse mode/multi colors	DDR4/USB3.1 AEGIS II New lighting modes-music mode/pulse mode/multi colors
3 Years Free Labor and Parts	3 Years Free Labor and Parts
FREE NBA 2K17 PC GAME worth Php 2,695 Promo duration: May 15 to June 15, 2017	N/A
PHP 99,995	PHP 124,995

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About ASUS

ASUS is a worldwide top-three consumer notebook vendor and maker of the world’s best-selling, most award-winning motherboards. A leading enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today’s digital home and office, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, displays, desktop and all-in-one PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia devices, wireless solutions, networking devices, tablets, smartphones and wearables. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 4,326 awards in 2014 and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with its Eee PC^™. ASUS has more than 16,000 employees around the globe with a world-class R&D team of 5,200 engineers. Company revenue for 2014 was approximately US$14.5 billion.

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The malicious software reportedly hit a few global telecommunications providers as well.

We wish to assure our customer that Globe Telecom is currently not affected by the cyber attack. Our Security Operation Center has so far been successful in averting over 900 malware attempts.

Globe has invested in top of the line information security to protect valuable customer data and information technology system against malware, believing that in the Digital Age, information security has never been more vital and relevant.

We have enchanced our controls to further strengthen our defense even as we continue to be vigilant in detecting any form of cber attacks and cyber threats. - Globe Chief Technology and Information Officer Gil Genio.

source: https://icon.globe.com.ph/

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Everybody wants the secret to eternal youth.

This 50-year-old woman looks unbelievably young—so much so that many people think she is her own son’s girlfriend.

Here name  Liu Yelin, 50 from China started swimming when she was 30 and immediately fell in love with it. She would swim outdoors, even in winter!

At age 50, Liu Yelin is often mistaken as her own 22-year-old son’s girlfriend because of how young she looked. 

At first glance, you’d think she is in her 20’s, as her face showed no sign of old age and wrinkles.

People would often approach her in public places, asking her secret to looking so young.Everybody wants the secret to eternal youth. 

However, her secret is not the fountain of youth but is very simple: exercise. Aside from swimming, she would work out at least three times a week—a real fitness junkie. “I swim in the lake and do weight training every day,” Liu said.

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For those who doesn't patch their Windows SMB is enable by default

This article describes how to enable and disable Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 (SMBv1), SMB version 2 (SMBv2), and SMB version 3 (SMBv3) on the SMB client and server components.

Warning: We do not recommend that you disable SMBv2 or SMBv3. Disable SMBv2 or SMBv3 only as a temporary troubleshooting measure. Do not leave SMBv2 or SMBv3 disabled.

In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, disabling SMBv2 deactivates the following functionality:

•     Request compounding - allows for sending multiple SMB 2 requests as a single network request
•     Larger reads and writes - better use of faster networks
•     Caching of folder and file properties - clients keep local copies of folders and files
•     Durable handles - allow for connection to transparently reconnect to the server if there is a temporary disconnection
•     Improved message signing - HMAC SHA-256 replaces MD5 as hashing algorithm
•     Improved scalability for file sharing - number of users, shares, and open files per server greatly increased
•     Support for symbolic links
•     Client oplock leasing model - limits the data transferred between the client and server, improving performance on high-latency networks and increasing SMB server scalability
•     Large MTU support - for full use of 10-gigabye (GB) Ethernet
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In Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016, disabling SMBv3 deactivates the following functionality (and also the SMBv2 functionality that's described in the previous list):

•     Transparent Failover - clients reconnect without interruption to cluster nodes during maintenance or failover
•     Scale Out – concurrent access to shared data on all file cluster nodes
•     Multichannel - aggregation of network bandwidth and fault tolerance if multiple paths are available between client and server
•     SMB Direct – adds RDMA networking support for very high performance, with low latency and low CPU utilization
•     Encryption – Provides end-to-end encryption and protects from eavesdropping on untrustworthy networks
•     Directory Leasing - Improves application response times in branch offices through caching
•     Performance Optimizations - optimizations for small random read/write I/O

Windows Client: Add or Remove Programs method

1. Go to Control Panel and Click Programs (some windows don't have SMB enable features here)

2. Under Programs and Features  click "Turn Windows features on or off"

3. Now a Window Box pop out  find SMB and uncheck it and restart your computer.

Windows Server: Server Manager method 

Go to Dashboard and then click Remove Roles and Features Wizard, from there uncheck SMB

Windows Server: PowerShell method 

Command (Remove-WindowsFeature FS-SMB1)

Windows Client: PowerShell method 

Command (Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName smb1protocol)

More Info visit: https://support.microsoft.com/

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Instead of depending upon mass email spamming, just like an ordinary malware campaign, WannaCry cyber attack leverages SMB exploit to remotely hijack vulnerable computers just by scanning every IP address on the Internet. 

Even after WannaCry made headlines all over the Internet and media, there are still hundreds of thousands of unpatched systems easily available open to the Internet.

As we notified today, Microsoft took an unusual step to protect its customers with an unsupported version of Windows — including Windows XP, Vista, Windows 8, Server 2003 and 2008 — by releasing security patches that fix SMB flaw currently being exploited by the WannaCry ransomware.

For Windows 7  click HERE.

So, users and organizations are strongly advised to install available Windows patches as soon as possible, and also consider disabling SMBv1.

Additional: How to enable and disable SMBv1, SMBv2, and SMBv3 in Windows and Windows Server, follow step click HERE.

DOWNLOAD MS SECURITY PATCH HERE

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