PC_Tech_Authority_July_2017

SYSTEM NEWS
Market snapshot
A SAMPLING OF PC SYSTEMS AVAILABLE THIS MONTH
BALANCED FORCE
Scorptech Computers Venom
1070 Quiet Gaming PC
$2,349 – http://tinyurl.com/lacenkr
This is a great system. A top end speedy quad core CPU ideal
for current games is paired with a capable GTX 1070 for solid
high graphics quality 1440p gaming. Matched with a sizeable
512GB NVME SSD and a comfortable amount of
DDR4 memory is doesn’t get much better
without breaking the bank. Really the
only thing an owner would want
to upgrade in a year or two is
the graphics card, the rest of
this system will easily handle
the next three or more years of
gaming with ease. Dropping in a
hard drive for some extra mass
storage down the track might
also be worthwhile considering.
KEY SPECS
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700K Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-
Gaming K3 Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming, 8GB Memory: Corsair
Vengeance LPX 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Storage: Intel 600P Series 512GB SSD Power
Supply: Corsair CX550M Bronze 550W Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black
LIGHT EM UP
Mwave
Aorus P3 Gaming PC
$2,060 – http://tinyurl.com/k4zy875
This is pure eye candy. Utterly beautiful
to look at with it’s see through acrylic
housing and striking white back pane
that everything attaches to and
seemingly hangs suspended from with
RGB lighting everywhere. It looks like
an art installation. But like candy it’s
also bad for you. For the price i5 7600K
or even i7 7700 CPU systems can be
had along with much faster GTX 1070 graphics cards. Oddly the
PSU is rather over powered for this system’s requirements and
unnecessarily adds to this overpriced system’s cost, likely done
just to get extra RGB lighting in. Not that your friends and family
will notice as they’ll be dazzled by all the RGB lighting.
KEY SPECS
CPU: Intel Core i5 7500 Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Riing RGB 360 Motherboard:
Gigabyte AORUS Z270X Gaming 5 Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming G1 6GB
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB DDR4 2400Mhz Storage: WD Green 240GB M.2 SSD
Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 750W RGB Case: Thermaltake Core P3
Snow Edition
NOT QUITE THE KING OF GODS
GMR Zeus Advanced
Gaming System V4
$2,399 –http://tinyurl.com/kmnhyln
This is a good example of a system that’s one step below the
high end. The non-K 7700 CPU is 300MHz slower at peak than
the 7700K and isn’t overclockable. The H
series motherboard is a step below the top
end Z series which also doesn’t allow
overclocking. The GTX 1070 GPU is
a step down from the top end GTX
1080 series. With storage capacities
of the RAM, SSD and HDD all in the
sweet spot this is an ideal system for
a serious gamer without blowing the
budget.
The problem is that this should
be cheaper than the asking price. In
this price bracket, there are better
options around.
KEY SPECS
CPU: Intel Core i7 7700 Cooler: OEM Motherboard: Intel H270 chipset based Graphics:
Nvidia Geforce GTX1070 8GB Memory: 16GB DDR4 2400MHz Storage: 240GB SSD, 2TB
HDD Power Supply: CoolerMaster B700v2 700W Case: In Win 303 Black + Tempered
Glass
THE BEAST HAS RYZEN
PC Case Gear
Ryzen 570 Gaming System
$1349 – http://tinyurl.com/mwkdqsz
A quad core CPU in this price bracket isn’t new,
but one that also supports simultaneous
multi-threading (or as Intel calls it,
Hyperthreading) is quite refreshing
and puts to shame Intel’s current
budget quad core product line-up.
So there’s a lot of multi-threaded
power here. The RX 570 will satisfy
most 1080p gaming requirements
too.
The only pinch point with this build is
the SSD which is just enough for the OS,
programs and perhaps one triple-A gaming
title. Owners may find they’ll be using the HDD
for installing games more than they might like.
KEY SPECS
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Cooler: OEM Wraith Spire Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350M-A
Graphics: ASUS ROG Radeon RX 570 Strix Gaming 4GB Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury
8GB DDR4 Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 1TB Power
Supply: Be Quiet! Pure Power 9 500W Case: Nanoxia Deep Silence 4 Claw