Hyte Y70 Touch Chassis
TOM CLANCY’S FAVORITE PC CASE… PROBABLY. Cases have been, for the longest time, pretty dull. They house your components, and that’s about it. Some come with the odd flicker of RGB, or some nice cable management touches, but usually that’s it. There’s no flair, flamboyance, or excitement.
Hyte’s Y70 Touch, though? This is different. The company took the world by storm with the launch of its Y60, throwing the rulebook into the scrap heap and building something entirely different. It not only looked incredible; it didn’t cut any corners when it came to both build quality and feature set. From intelligent cable management and small, subtle features you didn’t know you needed, to PCIe 4 risers and more, it subverts expectations, and then some. But how do you improve on perfection? From such incredible dynamism? From toptier engineering and marketing prowess? Simply by releasing this, the Y70 Touch.
Is it affordable? No, you could buy a midrange GPU for that price, or a solid Core i7, or Ryzen 7. But is it beautiful? Yes. One tiny addition to this case has made it an absolute standout, and the lengths Hyte have gone to refine its first market-defining icon to a point beyond perfection is nothing short of incredible. Without further ado, let’s take a look shall we?
1 BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
Unlike other case manufacturers, Hyte has also introduced an LCD DIY kit for its Y60 chassis as well (for $150). If you already own the last model, and don’t want to change everything out, you can swap that angled panel for the upgrade kit instead. That said, you lose out on the better cooling capacity and slightly larger volume if you go that route.
2 COLOR SCHEMES GALORE
Hyte sell the Y70 Touch in four separate colorways: all black, white and black, all white, and red. But there’s more to it than that. This isn’t just a cheap old finish; this is a powder-coated gloss finish that’s fit for royalty.
3 CRYSTAL CLEAR DISPLAY
That’s right, the Y70 Touch comes with its own built-in 14.1-inch 1100x3840 IPS touchscreen. Running via a passthrough directly into your GPU via DisplayPort, this 60fps beauty can run everything from Doom to Windows, as well as all of Hyte’s integrated and intelligently designed widget setups. The versatility on this is insane.
4 BEYOND COOL
By design, the Y70 Touch can house a total of 10 fans: three in the floor underneath the
GPU, three on the side, three in the roof, and one in the rear of the case. On top of that, it has a removable radiator bracket in the roof, and a removable fan tray underneath that makes building in it a dream.