ThesystemonlyreachedthatpointwiththeCPUat 100
percentload,andthatwon’toftenhappenina PCthat
isn’tdesignedforhardcoreproductivity,buttheCPUcould
definitelydowithsomemorepotentcoolinginthiscase.
Conclusion
NoothersystemoffersanRTX 2070 Supersocheaply,
andthe AlphaBeta i5 RTC also serves up a stunning-looking
case. The low price does involve compromise on the
motherboard, memory and storage, but you can’t beat the
gaming performance if your budget won’t go over a grand.
If you’re searching for a smaller, more focused gaming
machine, this is excellent.
MIKE JENNINGS
and beyond in our tests. There’s no significant difference
between the AlphaBeta PC and its pricier rivals – the
Overclockers machine returned virtually identical scores.
However, while the Core i5-9600KF is fast enough for
gaming, it’s unable to compete with the AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
that’s routinely found in competing PCs. The 6-core Intel
chip was slightly slower in the single-threaded image editing
benchmark, but it was significantly slower in our heavily
multi-threaded Handbrake test. The Intel CPU returned an
overall system score of 154,468, but the 8-core AMD silicon
routinely scores beyond 220,000.
The AlphaBeta PC has enough CPU power to avoid
gaming bottlenecks, though, and it has enough pace to
handle web browsing, photo editing and everyday work. If
your main priority is gaming, then this CPU is absolutely fine.
The budget bites when it comes to storage though. The
Crucial MX500 could only manage read and write speeds of
558MB/sec and 517MB/sec. That’s several times slower than
the best NVMe drives, although it’s still much quicker than a
hard drive and it’s good to see 500GB of solid state storage.
Meanwhile, thermal performance is reasonable, but not
perfect, as those glass panels block airflow. It’s fine when idle
and gaming, where its peak CPU and GPU delta Ts of 44°C and
48°C are solid, and it was never loud. During a full-system stress
test, the CPU hit a delta T of 76°C, though, which is too high.
VERDICT
Incredible gaming performance for the price. You have
to compromise on the spec, but this is a fast and good-
looking rig if gaming is your top priority.
OVERALLSCORE
84 %%
PERFORMANCE
21 / 25
DESIGN
21 / 25
HARDWARE
17 / 25
VALUE
25 / 25
ALPHAFLIGHT
+ Greatgaming
speed
+ Verylowprice
+ Smart,smallcase
BETATEST
- Mediocrestorage
- HighCPU
temperatures - Underwhelming
motherboard
BENCHMARK RESULTS
GIMPIMAGE
EDITING
54,727
HANDBRAKEH.264
VIDEO ENCODING
322,567
LUXMARK
OPENCL
122,999
HEAVYMULTI-
TASKING
185,981
SYSTEM
SCORE
154,468
INTELPERFORMANCE
INDEX
134.96%
SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER
1,920x1,080,HighestDetail,TAA
0 50 100 150 200
AlphaBetai5RTX 93fps 131fps
2,560x1,440,HighestDetail,TAA
0 50 100 150 200
AlphaBetai5RTX 69fps 90fps
TOTALWAR:WARHAMMERII
1,920x1,080,UltraDetail,DX11
0 50 100 150 200
50 100 150 200
AlphaBetai5RTX 78fps 99fps
2,560x1,440,UltraDetail,DX11
0
AlphaBetai5RTX 59fps 72fps
BATTLEFIELDV
1,920x1,080,Ultrasettings, DX12,HighDXR,DLSS
0
AlphaBeta i5 RTX 67fps 78fps
2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS
0
AlphaBeta i5 RTX 53fps 60fps
50 100 150 200
50 100 150 200
Minimum Average