Yoyotech Warbird RSG1

SCORE ✪✪✪✪✪ PRICE £667 (£800 inc VAT) plus £15 delivery from yoyotech.co.uk

The Warbird RSG1 is taller and shallower than your typical desktop PC, but the mesh-wrapped Aerocool QS-240 case is certainly eye-catching. It also offers three front-facing USB ports, which we’re always happy to see.

Internally, the Intel Core i5-7400 makes another appearance, as does the 3GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060. Together, these deliver the performance you’d expect: the Warbird RSG1 achieved a score of 101 in our tests, precisely on par with the Chillblast. In fact, in our gaming test, Yoyotech’s system managed to pull slightly ahead of its competitors, with an average of 54fps in Metro: Last Light Redux at 1080p and maximum detail settings. Perhaps that’s thanks to its superfast 3,000MHz DDR4 RAM – but it’s not a big enough difference to get excited about.

What sets the Warbird more decisively apart from its peers is the MSI B250M Pro-VDH motherboard. This offers six USB ports at the rear, including three regular USB 3 sockets and one USB Type-C port – a connector that’s growing in usefulness. There’s also an internal M.2 connector, should you wish to upgrade the storage, but you’ll have to get your screwdriver out to access it as it’s tucked away behind the graphics card. If the supplied 8GB of RAM isn’t sufficient for your needs, the board also offers two spare DIMM slots.

While this is all good to see, Yoyotech provides a mere 120GB SSD as its system drive. That’s not a comfortable amount of headroom for a system that will – we very much hope – last you at least three or four years. Yes, it’s partnered with a mechanical drive for your documents and personal data, but at 1TB that’s not particularly generous either.

Otherwise, the Warbird RSG1 has plenty going for it – but once you start loading up on applications and games we can foresee housekeeping becoming a regular chore. If you’re taken by the overall concept, we recommend you skip this base configuration, and pay an extra £27 for a 240GB SSD – or, consider the £896 configuration that comes with a much faster 256GB M.2 drive.

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KEY SPECS 3GHz Intel Core i5-7400 8GB RAM GeForce GTX 1060 graphics 120GB SATA SSD 1TB hard disk 1yr RTB warranty (30-day C&R) plus 2yr RTB (labour only) 209 x 372 x 419mm (WDH)