The ASUS ROG Circulation Z13 is beginning to make extra sense as a gaming pill

Another delicate updates embrace a redesigned keyboard with bigger keycaps, a extra sturdy PU leather-based cowl and a a lot greater touchpad. Inside, there’s additionally a brand new metal vapor chamber that ASUS says outperforms conventional copper variants, whereas the addition of a customizable Motion Key on the aspect of the system makes it straightforward to regulate show settings or summon no matter app you need.

In fact, one of many coolest issues concerning the Circulation Z13’s adaptability is that once you need even higher efficiency, you’ll be able to join it to ASUS’ ROG XG Cell Dock, which has additionally gotten a significant refresh for 2025. That’s as a result of whereas it retains an identical design, it now helps as much as an NVIDIA RTX 5090 for an enormous enhance in graphics energy. The opposite massive change is that as a substitute of counting on ASUS’ proprietary XG Cell port to attach the 2 gadgets collectively, this time the dock makes use of Thunderbolt 5. The dock additionally has a wealth of connectivity choices together with each HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1 jacks, so you should utilize it as a hub when stationed at a desk. Lastly, it’s additionally backwards appropriate with the unique Z13, so homeowners of the earlier mannequin have one other technique to lengthen the lifetime of their machine.

Sadly, ASUS has but to supply data concerning the ROG Circulation Z13’s launch date. Nonetheless, we’re anticipating the machine to begin at round $2,000 for a model with a Ryzen AI Max 390 chip or $2,200 when configured with a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU. Pricing for the XG Cell dock remains to be to be decided, although with it sporting an RTX 5090, it’ll virtually actually value a fairly penny.