PCSpecialist Onyx Desktop Review (i5-14400F/4070)

Mat Mynett April 12, 2024 Featured Tech Reviews, Gaming PC, PC, Reviews

Rating: 8.0.

PCSpecialist has reduced the price of the Onyx prebuilt gaming desktop to £1249 until the 21st of April! The system features an Intel Core i5-14400F processor, a Zotac Twin Edge Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics card, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory and a 1TB Solidigm P41+ SSD. Today we run it through our benchmarks to find out how much bang you get for your buck…

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:37 Key specs and pricing
01:31 Processor and mobo
02:36 Graphics card / DDR5 memory / SSD
03:45 Power supply + CPU cooler + case
05:36 Build quality
07:05 ASUS Performance Enhancement – on or off?
09:30 CPU + System benchmarks
11:13 Gaming benchmarks
14:44 Thermals, noise, power
16:06 Mat’s closing thoughts

Specification

Case – FRACTAL FOCUS 2 ARGB GAMING CASE (BLACK)
Processor (CPU) – Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-14400F (Up to 4.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard – ASUS® PRIME B760M-A WIFI (mATX, LGA1700, DDR5, PCIe 4.0, Wi-Fi 6)
Memory (RAM) – 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card – 12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 – HDMI, DP, LHR
SSD Drive – 1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 2950MB/sW)
Power Supply – CORSAIR 650W CX SERIES™ CX-650 POWER SUPPLY
Processor Cooling – PCS FrostFlow 100 V3 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Operating System – Windows 11 Home 64 Bit – inc. Single Licence
Warranty – 3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

The core specs are confirmed in the following CPU-Z and GPU-Z screenshots: