Fierce PC Witch Doctor GTX 1070 Water Cooled Gaming PC Review

Peter Donnell / 7 years ago

Final Thoughts

Pricing

Fierce PC has provided us with a fantastic gaming PC for review. It’s available now from them in this exact specification for £1579.95, including VAT and UK mainland delivery. That’s pretty competitive with other system builders out there, and the price is reflected by the fantastic gaming performance. You can easily reduce the ticket price with a few tweaks if needed. If you choose a more affordable chassis and opt out of the HD Armour options, for example, you can get the price closer to £1500.

Price: £1579.95 including VAT and UK mainland delivery

How Much to Built it Myself?

FREE – BullGuard Internet Security 100Mb, 3 Users, 1 Year 0 – £14.75
GameMax Draco RGB Black Midi Case – £73.99
Intel Core i5 7600K Quad Core CPU – £215.36
Custom Watercooling Loop – £185
ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ROG Strix Graphics Card – £504.95
ASUS ROG STRIX Z270F GAMING Motherboard – £161.44
16GB ADATA XPG Z1 3000MHz DDR4 Black Memory (2 x 8GB) – £171.55
512GB Western Digital WD Black M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive – £179.97
2TB Seagate FireCuda Solid State Hybrid Drive – 5x faster than HDD – £84.95
Game Max GM600G 600w 80 Plus Platinum Modular Power Supply – £49.99
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit – £99.98

Self Built Total = Approximately £1741.93

Of course, if you build yourself you’re missing out on the 5 Year Prestige Protect Warranty (Return to Base – 2 Year Parts, 5 Year Labour, Carriage Free for first 6 months). You won’t get the HD Armour, you won’t get the pre-applied overclock, and you’ll have the time cost of sourcing the parts and self-building. Of course, if you swap for an AIO cooler, ditched the second HDD, and assume you’ve already got your own OS, you could easily take that down to £1432 for a similar build, but with the quality of this build and warranty, I think you’re going to struggle to beat the overall value for money on offer here.

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Overview

The biggest win before we even discuss performance is the price. Fierce PC is offering a very well rounded system at an extremely competitive price. When you factor in how clean their overall build is, the choice of components, and the overclocking, it’s a steal! Of course, not everyone is going to self-build with a heavily overclocked and custom loop water cooled CPU. However, for under £1600, getting all that is very appealing to any PC gamer who wants the best performance.

Gaming

Throw any game at this system with ultra settings and you’ll have no issues at 1080p or 1440p resolutions. This is also good news for those who game above 60Hz. 4K performance is pretty decent too, and VR performance won’t be far off that either, just drop the quality settings a little and you’ll be hitting perfectly playable frame rates in no time.

Home and Office

This is a fast system, no doubt about that. However, the use of a straight up quad-core CPU with no Hyperthreading does feel a little lacking. It’s not, but I guess I’ve been spoilt in the world of core counts recently with the new Skylake-X and Ryzen range of CPUs. While this system does excel at gaming and plows through day-to-day tasks, it doesn’t quite have the multitasking edge I’d like. That’s not a problem, but those wanting to render videos may want to look at a less gaming orientated CPU, obviously.

Build Quality

Fierce PC has done a stunning job on this build. From the cable routing to the choice of components, to the HD Armour, it looks and feels superb. The RGB lighting controls are a nice touch and give it that premium gamer vibe too. The use of a chassis that features tempered glass is always welcome, and the matching Gamemax Platinum rated PSU is certainly welcome too. Of course, if you wanted another chassis, there are other options available in their store.

Pros

Ideal for gaming at 1080/1440
Great for VR
Blazing fast OC applied to CPU
Custom loop cooling for CPU
4 x RGB fans with controller
Tempered glass chassis
HD Armour graphics on front panel
Exceptional value for money compared to self-build.
Fast M.2 and SSHD combo
80 Plus Platinum PSU
Very competitive warranty

Cons

None

Neutral

Quad-core (not HT) CPU may limit some rendering tasks

“The Witch Doctor from Fierce PC is not only one of the coolest looking systems we’ve ever reviewed, it’s also one of the best value high-end gaming PCs on the market today. Highly recommended!”