Velztorm Pilum Black
The Radeon RX 9070 XT with 16GB VRAM drives high frame rates at 1440p, complemented by an 8-core Ryzen 7 5700X processor. Its 2TB NVMe SSD and 2TB HDD provide 4TB of total storage, while a 120mm RGB liquid cooler keeps noise in check. This mid-tower is ideal for gamers who want strong rasterization performance and expansive storage over compact form factors.
About This Desktop
The Radeon RX 9070 XT with 16GB VRAM drives high frame rates at 1440p, complemented by an 8-core Ryzen 7 5700X processor. Its 2TB NVMe SSD and 2TB HDD provide 4TB of total storage, while a 120mm RGB liquid cooler keeps noise in check. This mid-tower is ideal for gamers who want strong rasterization performance and expansive storage over compact form factors.
- CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- RAM 32 GB
- Storage 4096 GB
- GPU AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
- Form factor mid-tower
- Psu 750 W
- OS Windows 11 Home
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong port (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong gpu (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average reliability (12th percentile) 12th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 3.4 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 96 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage 1 | 2 TB |
| Storage 1 Type | NVMe SSD |
| Storage 2 | 2 TB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | mid-tower |
| PSU | 750 |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 0 |
| USB Ports | 9 |
| HDMI | HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 1 Display Port |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Ethernet | RJ-45 |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
Value & Pricing
Price History
vs Competition
| Spec | Velztorm Pilum | Lenovo Legion 90Y6003JUS | HP OMEN GT22-3080 | Dell XPS EBT2250 | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 | MSI EdgeXpert EdgeXpert-11SUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | Intel Core Ultra 7 | Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | NVIDIA GB |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 64 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 128 |
| Storage (GB) | 4096 | 2048 | 2048 | 4096 | 2048 | 4000 |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture |
| Form Factor | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini |
| Psu W | 750 | 1200 | 1000 | 460 | 850 | 240 |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | NVIDIA DGX OS |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velztorm Pilum | 62.8 | 77.1 | 62.9 | 77.9 | 96.9 | 12.4 | 47.5 |
| Lenovo Legion 90Y6003JUS Compare | 97.8 | 88.2 | 96.6 | 90.3 | 83.8 | 71.7 | 78.9 |
| HP OMEN GT22-3080 Compare | 95.9 | 88.2 | 82.3 | 94.1 | 83.8 | 71.7 | 92.3 |
| Dell XPS EBT2250 Compare | 89 | 69.6 | 95.8 | 80.1 | 98.3 | 71.7 | 99.6 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 98.8 | 77.1 | 94.3 | 97.7 | 91.1 | 40.1 | 70.4 |
| MSI EdgeXpert EdgeXpert-11SUS Compare | 99.6 | 95.4 | 98.8 | 88.5 | 97.8 | 40.1 | 83.8 |
Usage Scores
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