Difficulty EASY
Time 1 HOUR
SO THERE YOU HAVE IT folks, our carefully curated list of parts for your consideration. Now, we did have to dip into the Maximum PC kit cupboard at a few crucial moments to address some minor hiccups, but aside from that, the overall build process for this little beauty is fairly seamless. There’s no overly complicated cooling to deal with, no excess cables, no RGB to worry about (at least not really, although more on that later), and no major case shenanigans to contend with. At its heart, this thing is simple, and there’s a beauty in that.
Hyte’s Y40 chassis is a stunning piece of kit. It’s not without fault—there are some minor foibles that we consider fairly annoying (you’re still pushed into mounting your GPU vertically), but from a performance and aesthetic perspective, it’s a stunning bit of kit. The big question is that GPU, the RTX 4070 Super. It’s an interesting card, with plenty of additional hardware internally, and a revamped design, complete with a similar price tag, making it an intriguing pick.
On the surface, that should translate into some comfortable frame rates at 4K, at least if you’ve got the CPU to partner with it. That’s a big part of the reason why we decided to go with something a little more left-field in the form of Ryzen’s 7600X. It’s more reasonably priced, and if we’re honest, a CPU that should really be paired with a card like the RTX 4070 Super. We’ve got some more analysis on that and the Super cards later, but for the time being, let’s talk about that build.
ALL GOOD BUILDS…
…start with a stripdown. It’s our go-to build step for every system we resolve to create. In fact, you can readmight face problems, where you need to install component parts, and more. Honestly, a good chassis strip-down is half of what you need to do to review a chassis professionally for that very reason.
