Zotac RTX 4070 Super Twin Edge OC Review: An RTX 4070 Ti Killer?

Zotac has been well known to make cards of different sizes, but are the most known of all add in partners to go almost as small GPUs as possible. It's not the first time using a Zotac card considered short, small and compact. I used the GTX 750 Low Profile, a GTX 1070 Mini, and now this card that is considered small. Here's a new one by Zotac, and with a quick unboxing video of the card.

What came with the card is the simple documentation including Warranty, which is tied to Aftershock. The Double PCI-E 8-pin to 12VHPWR Adapter for it if your PSU doesn't have these types of cables right out of the box.

Bear in mind, the 4070 that I pulled out is 25cm long, still short in modern standards though not as short as the Zotac 4070 Super.

One thing I find absolutely hilarious that the Zotac 4070 Super was cute to say the least, being short and all while the PNY 4070 that came out of my Aftershock looks more aggressive. 

Zotac's RTX 4070 Super, with the attached adapter
above the PNY RTX 4070

At just over 23cm long, the Zotac Twin Edge variant is one people would go for in a small form factor. Especially in a case, that added space you get can be beneficial for air flow.

The RTX 4070 Super upgrades my Aftershock PC Level 4X to a Level 5 System.

GRAPHICS CARD SPECIFICATIONS
7168 Cuda Cores
224 Texture Mapping Units and Tensor Cores
80 Render Output Units
56 Ray Tracing Cores
1980 to 2475 Mhz (Zotac is at 2490MHz)
12GB of 1313 MHz GDDR6X RAM at 21GHz Effective Memory
220W TDP

The specs of the card are universal across all common RTX 4070 Supers. The only slight difference which may not sound a lot is that this GPU comes with a teeny tiny bit of overclock right out the box. Only 15Mhz but it is almost as good as stock already.

Should be noted that boost clock speeds will vary depending on application. Most typical it will hit around 2915MHz, but I do get a rare 3Ghz flat on couple occasions, especially on Fire Strike.

As you can see specs-wise, the 4070 Super has a good bump in the number of CUDA Cores over the 4070 (5888). A 20% increase is what gives the 4070 Super its muscle, which is well worth the slight TDP increase and power consumption increase of 20 Watts.

TEST RIG: Aftershock PC's AMD Level 4X System (Now unofficial Level 5)

AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
32GB DDR5 - PNY MAKO 6000 MHz DDR5 RGB
1TB nVMe Lexar NM790 PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD
Gigabyte B650M Gaming Wifi
Zotac RTX 4070 OC Twin Edge
750W FSP Hydro GD2 PSU

This Computer is powered by the excellent budget friendly Ryzen 5 7500F which is perhaps one of the best value for money CPUs in 2024. It is a mid-ranged to high performance 6 Core Aftershock Level 5 AMD PC that promises on performance at a reasonable budget, with most of it, I would assume, to be spent on your GPU. Some gaming benchmarks from other reviewers places it about as good as even the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. If anything, bottlenecks will be more apparent on 1080p resolution. In which case, pairing a high power GPU with low res monitor is a very stupid idea to begin with. Therefore, most titles are tested on UHD / 4K resolution when applicable using some of the highest presets to be completely GPU bound rather than CPU bound.

The card will be tested overclocked at 125 MHz OC on core, and 300 MHz Memory on MSI Afterburner and any comparisons will be up against the PNY 4070 that was also overclocked. Any higher and the card will not be stable.

DIABLO II RESURRECTED STRESS TEST
Maximum Settings Possible: 4K Upscaled to 8K.

The 4070 non Super pushed 24-25FPS. This card now is able to give me a more console like experience at 30-32fps which is the way to play although granted, 24-25FPS is passable if you're coming from the classic D2 experience.

DIABLO IV
Maximum Settings Possible: 4K

The latest iteration of Diablo does bring it's graphics to almost as dark a palette as Path of Exile. Diablo IV brings about some new features to your graphical settings including Frame Generation which requires a 40 series card. I don't have results of the 4070 as I sold it to buy this card even though it was brand new when I sold it.

The only time where FPS really tanks is when exploring in snowy weather. That is when the GPU really gets pushed very hard, which is not common for an RPG. So even with a card as powerful as a 4070 Super is not guaranteed to give 60 fps. So recommend switching DLSS on, at highest Quality control to kind of smooth things out just a bit which does help quite a lot. Although resolution scale can be brought to 200% like Diablo 2, the game is too demanding to making increasing past 100% worth it.

SKULL AND BONES (BETA, EARLY ACCESS)
Maximum Settings Possible: 4K no DLSS

Made in Singapore, guaranteed with their offices located over at Fusionopolis, Buona Vista area. Skull and Bones is an open world genre that also comprises of Real time Naval ship to ship combat. This Ubisoft early access title was only just announced for demo from Feb 8-11th February. So it gives me an idea on how it will fare for games in their early stages. Clocking at 2910MHz boost, I left all the settings at maximum as is, while turning off any scaling and leaving it at Temporal Anti Aliasing. I tested on the Naval Combat opening Chapter. And truth be told, it looks impressive. 50 FPS is good enough at this demanding section of the game.

Skulls and Bones blends a mix of open world and old school naval gunnery combat.

RTX 4070 Super Clocks in at 2910 MHz

THE FINALS
Maximum Settings Possible: 4K with Dynamic Ray Tracing at Epic

The Finals is resembles a present day version of Overwatch. A lot more demanding than the latter game as the Finals uses the Unreal Engine 5. It looks mighty impressive to say the least and extremely well optimized to be run on budget hardware. As for graphics performance, the Super Variant can do around 55 fps without any dynamic scaling applied. However as a fast paced E-Sports title, it can do with some. 40 series GPUs have a distinct advantage with Frame Generation and notebookcheck has covered that when they benched the Finals. nVidia DLSS set to quality and Frame Generation coupled with nVidia Reflex Low Latency mode on, makes playing even at 4K extremely responsive and snappy.

4K Maximum settings are possible...

though I'd recommend turning on DLSS Quality and Frame Generation.

90-100 FPS is very doable at this settings. Yes these screens are from the Practice range but I've already played a round at 4K Max with DLSS Quality and Frame Generation and Ray Tracing Epic which I won and it was plenty smooth and snappy yet still look beautiful and gorgeous at these settings, especially for a free to play game. That would be the settings I would go for.

Unigine Superposition:
1080p Extreme

A bump from 9553 to 11974 nets an impressive 25% gain, which is more than the 20% scaling from a CUDA core perspective. 

Definitely a CPU bottleneck as the Guru3D net a 97 fps average compared to my 89.5. But I'll take the hit, and besides I game on 4K more often than not.

3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score: 53230 vs 44724

Comparing GPU score, a score of 53230 is the first time I have ever hit past 50,000. This is a nice bump compared to 44724 of my PNY regular 44724, overclocked mind you.

A close to 20% performance increase is nothing to scoff at. 

3DMark Time Spy
Graphics Score: 21115 vs 17592

Again a 20% bump over the 4070 in scores is quite noticeable. A score 21115 puts it inline with a RTX 3090 Ti which is weirdly pleasant and a whopping 60% above my RTX 3070 I just sold. A significantly better bump than Guru3D review's 7% increase from the 4070 Ti to the 4070Ti Super, and  2% from the 4080 to 4080 Super. I'm using Time Spy to compare since Guru3D uses it as standard. Therefore you can look this up yourself.

THERMALS:

The short cooler does limit the cooling slightly but not to the point I would consider as a concern. Sure, 78 to 82 Degrees C while gaming is not great, let's face it, it's what you'd expect from one of the smallest 4070 Supers in the market. To be fair though, that's because I maxed the power limit and overclocked it quite a bit without touching the fan curves. It is not that all bad all things considered, and fan is not annoying at load. Noise is never an issue for me as I always have a fan blowing above me that drowns out any noise and potential coil whine. Speaking of which, it's not really anything to speak of or anything noticeable.

Cooling is therefore adequate to say the least, good enough considering its size.

BOTTOMLINE: 4070 Super, the only saving grace of the 40 Supers release. Performs more like a 4070 Ti and a 3090 than a 4070.

If you ask me, the Super Series I would say it's.... meh. However doesn't hide the fact that the best step up from the regular to the Super Variant is the 4070 line, which is this series' only saving grace. It feels a lot more bang for the buck compared to the 4070 Ti and 4080 Supers even though the latter is meant to make the 4080 cheaper by a noticeable amount.

The extra cores allows the 4070 Super to make up a lot of ground as far as performance goes. It is nearly as fast as the RTX 3090 and even the 4070 Ti and it is nice to see that it is much closer to that than to the base 4070. It nets a good 40-60% jump in performance from a 3070 depending on the title while keeping the same power envelope as a 3070 and a full 140W less than a 3090 which is crazy efficient. Although aimed at 1440p, it is 4K ready. While the 4070 does provide an acceptable 4K gaming experience, the increased power from the Super is a difference between passable and smooth / fluent. 

Power Supply-wise, if you have been chugging a PSU that handled a 3070 without stability problems, you don't need to upgrade the former to run a 4070 Super. As long as you have at least 2 8-pin PCI-e pins on your cables (needed to use the 12VHPR adapter include), then it should be fine. 

I don't think you need to worry so much about bottlenecking if you're on a Ryzen 5 7500F as that basic 7000 series chip pairs very well with this card. However, if I was to nitpick or complain about one thing, is that it should have come with 16GB of VRAM instead of 12 especially if you're upgrading from a last gen 3070 and you intend to game at 4K UHD like I usually do. 12GB for now is gonna cut it a little close but if I need fluid gameplay down the line I'll just lower the resolution to 1440p.

In all though, it is as powerful enough as it needs to be and also a powerful and mid-high end GPU for a mid range pricing. It still has to fend off competition from the Radeon 7800XT but I think we can cut the 4070 Super some slack here since it is performing so well in a bracket of GPUs that are not much more powerful than it for a lot more money.

Aftershock PC's Level 4X AMD Desktop review: Ryzen 5 7500F, PNY RTX 4070.

*UPDATE*: The RTX 4070 that was in there has been sold to be upgraded to a Zotac RTX 4070 Super!

Aftershock PC's one of those PC DIY enthusiasts in Singapore you may have heard before as they have been in the business for at least 10 years. I know them because I did win an Aftershock X11 laptop which is a rebadged Clevo W110ER laptop in their very first giveaway in March 2013. 

So fast forward 10 years on, it is time to replace my desktop as it is exhibiting quite a few stability issues. When I just do random things on Google Chrome, it'll randomly hard lock and hard crash and reset itself. Besides the Ryzen 7 1700X is getting a bit long in the tooth so it's a good time to upgrade.

NEW AFTERMARKET BUILDS: Should you go for it? Pros and Cons

These days there are several different ways to buy / build your PC, both old and new. If time is not a factor, you can always gather the parts yourself and spend a day or two for the build. But let's say time is not a luxury you have in this fast environment or your skills as a builder are not up to snuff, there are alternatives. You can still buy the parts from some shops in Singapore, like Fuwell in Sim Lim Square, then have the shop assemble it for you which was what I did for my very first Sandy Bridge build in 2011.

My new Aftershock Level 4 AMD mATX System sits on my ITX build.

The other options are builders who are focused on PC Builds like Aftershock. That is usually the best and cheapest options. The 2nd best are brands  Dell, Asus, Acer, Lenovo and Gigabyte that sell prebuilds although plenty of them would always have a price mark up for some reason. Most of them are online accessible so you can do this from your own home. 

This one will need a bit of research on your end and abit of patience. Because you never know what kind of parts PC Builders usually supply and you're under their mercy with regards to their service and their parts they use. Therefore you need a bit of luck.

However the two big advantages are:
First, do save you a lot of time and hassle to build your own computer for a better out of the box experience. Then all you have to do is plug in a monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers and away you go.

Additionally, the second advantage is for shop built DIY PCs and prebuilds is that the warranty for everything is tied to the shop or brand instead of individual parts then everything should be bore by the shop(s) during the warranty's duration

With that said, if you'd feel like going for PC builders like Aftershock, Dreamcore, Manta builds, Dynacore, etc... my recommendation is to compare prices with the full build they do as well as the prices of parts should you build it yourself. Moreover be patient because promotional prices will always be available, especially the end of the year for the following:

Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals
12.12 Deals
Christmas Deals / Last ditch deals.

The Christmas Deal is where I got this desktop at its promotional price of SGD 1495 instead of its base price of 1869. In comparison if I was to build and gather stuff using similar comparable parts from Fuwell it'll be around the 2100 mark. Moreover it is cheaper than prebuilds offered by the more known brands. Understandably most of Aftershock PC's parts are some of the cheaper / no-frills options but if you are not so much into overclocking, this is usually fine.

REVIEW:

The PC comes with the following components:

Ryzen 5 7500F
Gigabyte B650M Gaming Motherboard
32GB PNY XLR8 DDR5 6000MHz RAM
1TB Lexar m.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD
RTX 4070 12GB PNY Verto Dual Fan
750W FSP Power Supply
Aftershock's own mATX case and Tower Coolers

It's kinda almost like a PNY / Aftershock focused build. But the base RAM that the rig starts with is a different brand and at 16GB instead of 32GB which I upgraded to. 32GB of DDR5 on a 6 core may sound overkill but it does give a bit more breathing space if you are having alot background tasks that hog RAM space.

RYZEN 5 7500F
(6 Cores with SMT for total 12 Threads: 3.7GHz Base Clock, 5.0 Turboboost)

The Ryzen 5 7500F in a nutshell is a very slightly underclocked 7600 without integrated graphics, meant for the China Market. Compared to the previous generations of all Ryzen CPUs, the 7000 series start with a boost clock of 5.0 minimum, the 5000 series could only boost to max 4.9. So right off the bat, it has decent enough single threaded performance.

It was received to raving reviews and many would recommend this if you can find it cheap. Yes it is a 6 core but the cumulative differences over my former Ryzen 7 1700X do add up to be almost 50% faster on all cores. Moreover the 7500F brings a lot more features to the table over the first gen:

- DDR5 RAM Support over DDR4, potentially doubling Memory Bandwidth
- Double the L3 Cache, 32MB over 16MB
- Up to PCIe 5.0 Support Maximum which also depends on your Chipset of the Motherboard
- 65W TDP, 30W less than the 1700X
- First Generation on the new AM5 Platform

Like all F series of CPUs of both Intel and AMD, Ryzen 5 7500F does not come with Integrated graphics, which makes sense if you're building a gaming PC with a dedicated graphics card. This brings the price down to well below 200 USD while it is able to outperform the 13400F and trade blows with the 13500. If my motherboard wasn't locked in the first place, it can definitely clocked itself and perform as well as even the 13600K cause' I know I have the cooling capacity to do it. 

The only catch is that the CPU is not normally found in major CPU retailers and as said before, meant for the China market and exports. That means, AliExpress. However you can find it there for as low as 155 USD and it is a good first stepping stone to get onto the AM5 platform on the cheap before considering to upgrade to something better down the line like the Ryzen 7 7700 / 7700X.

And truth be told, if you're in Singapore and already using a 7500F, you'll be very happy and can at least hold onto this CPU for a few years before you need an upgrade.

Techspot / Hardware Unboxed has covered a VS battle between the 7500F and the 13400F in great detail, so you can look it up: https://www.techspot.com/review/2728-ryzen-7500f-vs-core-13400f/

GIGABYTE B650M Gaming Motherboard
AM5

One of the few most basic B650M Motherboards available in the market. Although classified as a mid-ranged board, the PCIe Specifications are locked to 4.0 and there is a lack of USB C on board. There is a PCI-E 1x Slot, that could potentially where I'd might add a type C Port to it. Another bummer is that this B650M board does NOT have Overclocking capability for some dumb reason which is a shame as I do like to push things a little bit. I tried turning the PBO settings, but doesn't do anything, not even Ryzen Master recognises it as overclocking ready.

The 7500F even if at stock is pretty powerful but I really wished that a new Overclocking BIOS is rolled out on this thing. The Chipset is not locked but the motherboard itself is.

32GB DDR5 RAM: PNY XLR8 MAKO
6000 MT/s

This is my first time using DDR5 RAM and the AM5 platform is built solely with this in mind and at 32 Gigs. This is supposed to be fast ram tuned to 6000 MHz or 6000 MT/s. This version is the updated version with RGB lighting over the first release of this RAM in 2022 by PNY. By default the RAM comes stock at timings of CL40 although overclockers would want to tighten the CAS Latency down to the mid to low 30s. 

If buyers didn't opt for the RAM upgrade, the installed RAM will be Team Group's T-Force Vulcan 16GB rated at 5600 MT/s which in itself will be sufficient for most needs.

12GB nVidia GeForce RTX 4070: PNY XLR8 VERTO DUAL FAN

The RTX 4070 have been released to big acclaim compared to all the mixed reception of the other GPUs of this generation. Anything in this line will make a lot more sense as they feature some of the best and craziest power efficiency over its 3000 predecessors. 40% more performance thereabouts than the RTX 3070 for 15% less power. 15% less power may not sound a lot but it'll mean savings off your power bill. Some specs as follows:

5888 Cuda Cores
184 Texture Mapping Units
64 Render Output Units
46 Ray Tracing Units
184 Tensor Cores 
200W TDP
12GB GDDR6X VRAM at 1313Mhz for 21GB/s effective.
1920Mhz - 2475Mhz Core Clock

RTX 4070s are the most powerful GPUs you can squeeze into a shorter and smaller card. As such, this specific RTX 4070 is one of the smallest high end GPUs in the market, at the time of writing with the PNY at 25cm long, the MSI Ventus 2X at 24.2cm long and the smallest being the Zotac's famous Twin Edge at 22.5cm. 25cm long compared to the longer ones at 28-30cm may not look much, but having this compact reduced length does add compatibility with slightly smaller and shorter computer cases. In respect to having that in a normal size case does allow abit more air flow. Anything more powerful than the RTX 4070 will need a much bigger, chunkier probably even a triple slot cooler, at least on air.

Other interesting feature that you don't see in other 4070s is using of a standard 8-pin connector and are the most powerful GPUs that still use it. Most of the other RTX 4070s and 3090, 3090 Ti then the 4080, 4090, especially the Founders Editions use the newer 16 pin. This doesn't, interestingly enough. That is actually a huge advantage when you yourself put together a PC so you don't need Power Supplies that use the unique connector or upgrading from a GPU that still uses standard PCI-E connectors. Moreover the 8-pin connector is still more reliable after stories of the 12VHPWR connector melting on 4090s.

Again being a no-frills GPU, it's power limit is understandably locked so overclocking is quite limited, and purely on thermals at this point. However if you're someone not into overclocking and just wants to plug in your PC and go, usually that is a minor shortcoming. That is not to say the performance is bad, it is actually impressive with a 40% improvement in frame rates for 15% less power over the 3070 it replaces.

Chassis: Aftershock Rapid 

Been a while since I've gone back to a more traditional mini tower build. It's a good thing I went for an mATX build instead of an ATX build. The entire computer feels lighter that I thought, making transporting back in my car easy because of its light weight.

The case measures 365mm long, 216mm wide, and 405mm tall which is surprisingly abit narrower and shorter than my ITX Coolermaster Elite 120 build. (401mm long, 240mm wide, and 207mm tall). That makes it take abit less area on my desk despite the case being taller. 

BENCHMARKS:

Nothing too crazy with this rig. Little overclocking on the GPU if any. However, if you're looking at the basis of plugging in everything and go, this is what you get.

Cinebench R23 and CPU-Z

Some of the synthetics and benchmarks that I will show now that uses the 7500F will explain why the 7500F is probably the best budget processor for the money in 2024. Just to put it outright. 

Now I want to draw to your attention, because the scores quite surprised me, for stock. For reference please look up Iceberg Tech's video on the 7500F for his scores. His CPU-Z scores were right in line with mine. But there's a bit of a huge discrepancy from Cinebench R23, not that I'm complaining as my score was 14323 points, Stocked locked compared to his 13000 points. And I did ran multiple times. Also noteworthy that mine was on an air cooler instead of his on water! 

CPU-Z Benchmark of 5705 puts it in line with Iceberg Tech's scores.

But receives a surprisingly higher score of 14323, about a 1300+ higher.
Still a massive 60% uplift from the Ryzen 7 1700X.

Having said that though, scores on synthetics and favoring CPU doesn't matter much if you game. However having a good 6-core does go a long way. 

Cinebench 2024

All Tests: GPU, CPU (Single and Multi)

The newest Cinebench allows you to add the GPU to the stress testing. You can refer to the scores in the images and other comparable CPUs and GPUs. There's more to come with this 7500F, because the performance quite surprised me.

The RTX 4070 Supers blitzes alot of the default scores for the GPU.
While the general 7500F gives it a respectable multi-core score on par with the 8 Core R9 5800X along with better single threaded performance.

3DMark FireStrike

Fire Strike was impressive to say the least. 34291 after a very minor tweak to the RTX 4070 Clock Speeds. 44724 on the Graphics score is very high with 26527 points on Physics is no joke for a 6 core. This is an improvement from my best 1700X and 3070 run of 23210 score: Broken down to 32404 on the GPU, 18472 on the CPU, a much lower score considering it is a 8-core. Yes Fire Strike is an old benchmark now. But hey, who doesn't love big scores?

Comparison of the uplift from a 1700X and 3070 to a 7500F and 4070.
Note that both GPUs were overclocked, although the former has abit more headroom.

The scores improved by: 

47% on the final score.
36% on the GPU score
45% on physics even though has 2 less cores.
77.5% on the combined score.

3DMark Time Spy

The newer benchmark also net big gains from the better hardware. Time Spy is a DirectX 12 based benchmark for more demanding games in today's modern landscape.

The GPU score of 17592 puts it within margin of Error with Guru3D's 4070 Founders Edition review sample. A 35-45% boost in scores in each component is significant.

DOOM Eternal
Maximum Settings (Ultra Nightmare)

Doom Eternal may be getting a bit older in 2024 and considered easy to run nowadays. Heck, even RTX 3050 Ti 40W on my Acer Swift X14 can chug along nicely at 1080P High with Ray Tracing. However, it is still a very popular and actually cool looking game today. The RTX 4070 has absolutely no problem with 4K completely maxed out (Ultra Nightmare Preset) with Ray Tracing without needing DLSS or any resolution scaling to achieve playable frame rates. Even with it maxed out it only used about 8.5 Gigs of the 12 GB memory.

4K Ultra Nightmare, Ray Tracing? Easy work for the RTX 4070.

PATH OF EXILE
4K Maximum Settings

The rival to Diablo II, III and IV and this free to play game is still doing a job. Path of Exile may be a Super Old Game at this point. I was even testing the game 12 years ago during the Closed BETA testing. However Grinding Gear Games has been updating it heavily and has support for 4K. That's why it can still be relatively taxing for GPUs at High Resolutions. 110+ FPS may not sound a lot as a result, considering it's 13 years old now. 

Diablo II Resurrected
Maximum Settings: At 4K, 100% native resolution and 200% resolution scaling to 8K
No nVidia DLSS

This is the only game in my current lineup that allows you to really play around the resolution scaling to your hearts content. 100% Resolution Scaling on Maximum settings without DLSS is easy work for the RTX 4070, at least until you really push the resolution past it. Rendering at 200% scale essentially upscales the detail from 3840 x 2160 all the way to 7680 x 4320. Interestingly 8K doesn't even fully saturate all 12 Gigs of VRAM, but performance obviously really tanked. That said, if you've been used to the 24 fps framerate from the classic for years, I guess it is still playable-ish at 8K? The frame rate is more acceptable when indoors and other small maps. You can use DLSS to help things around in 8K which brings up the framerate to around the mid 40s in the open fields. That would be probably how I would play D2R on 4K on this card.

Unigine Superposition

Another synthetic benchmark that tests the limits of your GPU even at 1080p. The card hits a score of 9553 and an average framerate of 71.46. Guru3D's average FPS was 78fps. It may suggest a processor bottleneck but it's not a huge deal.

CONCLUSION: The Aftershock PC Level 4X 7500F PC is a good high end system that doesn't cost a lot. 7500F is a surprise.

This Computer does strike a good balance of performance, size and even efficiency compared to my older system. The RTX 4070 has hit the sweet spot in terms of amount of VRAM, cost and efficiency curves as well, giving excellent 1440p performance but can also cope 4K with Ray Tracing at close to max settings in lighter titles with its good amount of VRAM. The Ryzen 5 7500F CPU is no slouch either which surprised me quite a bit for a 6 core. It IS the ideal CPU to form a solid foundation on the newer AM5 platform. And for the amount of power it has in it, the desktop is actually nicely compact for a mini tower and the entire thing was actually fairly light to transport from the collection center and fit in my boot of my Mercedes A180 for the journey home.

But back to the subject of builders. Cause' at the end of the day, it is still important you do your Math right and your research. I went for Aftershock as it is a proven Singapore PC builder (and from my experience with my Laptop) that also found itself expanded its shores to Australia down under as well. Also with the GeForce 40 Super series of GPUs coming out just around the corner, chances are that prices may further drop a little. The RTX 4070 however will still do the job at this price point.

If there are complaints I need to make, it will be mainly towards the Motherboard for obvious reasons. The lack of a USB-C Port necessitates an Add-on PCIe card, while there is seriously no overclocking on this.

For now, the Level 4X AMD Desktop will be a my main daily rig. It is also an ideal platform for testing some mid range hardware. It still has a good upgrade path, even though frankly it doesn't need it. For example, it can go for a more powerful CPU like the Ryzen 7 7700, and the RTX 4070 Super without changing the Power Supply.

*UPDATE*: The RTX 4070 that was in there has been sold to be upgraded to a Zotac RTX 4070 Super!