The purpose of this article is to provide my review of the Skytech Blaze 3.0. In this review of the Skytech Blaze 3.0, I will share my thoughts on the options for this prebuilt PC and ultimately my recommendation. I will discuss the hardware included and its performance against modern AAA games, like Warzone 2 and others. The end of this article will show a list of all the games you can play. It will list your ideal graphics and resolution settings for performance.
I am only going to focus on the hardware that’s important to performance and gaming. I’m not going to go into the PC case, cooling, motherboard or network connectivity. Instead, I will be discussing the processor, graphics card, hard drive, and RAM.
Review of the Skytech Blaze 3.0
The Skytech Blaze 3.0 has four options to choose from (below). I will order these options from 1-4 starting from left to right. These options are very different from each other and will provide different results in gaming performance. Each build has something unique about it that you should be mindful of because it will limit or enhance your options.
Skytech Blaze 3.0 Option 1 Review – ST-BLAZE3W-0281-SK
At a high level overview, this Skytech Blaze (ST-BLAZE3W-0281-SK) is meant for entry level gaming on modern AAA games at 1080P or 1440P resolution on high graphics settings. It is the least expensive and the least powerful of the mix but it will do its job and do it well. The Intel processor is two generations behind (currently on 13th generation but very soon 14th generation will be mainstream). However, this can be overclocked if needed and is a powerhouse of performance anyway even compared to today’s generation.
Additionally, the graphics card is one generation behind on NVIDIA’s product-line. However, the RTX 3070 Ti is a very good graphics card and will be able to handle any modern game on 1080P resolution and will likely allow you to play on 1440P resolution for games quite well. 2 Far Tech posted a video on their YouTube channel demonstrating how the Intel i11700K with an NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti could dominate these games on 1080P resolution with max graphics settings:
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Fortnite
- PUBG
- Apex Legends
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Doom Eternal
- HITMAN III
- Valorant
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
This build comes with 1TB of NVME storage and 16GB of DDR4 3200MHz RAM. Ideally, you would not want any less than either of these system specifications as most games today are recommending 16GB of RAM and some sort of SSD storage.
Skytech Blaze 3.0 Option 2 Review – ST-BLAZE3-0708-W-SK
The second option for Skytech Blaze 3.0 (ST-BLAZE3-0708-W-SK) receives a better review due to the increase in RAM and better graphics card. The difference between the Intel i7 11700K and the Ryzen 5600X processors are pretty minimal but the Intel i7 11700K on average does beat out the Ryzen by a small margin on most games as depicted by Testing Games YouTube channel.
That being said, the AMD Ryzen 5600X plus the NVIDIA RTX 4070 is a much better performer than the previous option, which had the Intel i7 11700K and the RTX 3070 Ti. Due to the increase in memory and graphics card, this build unlocks gaming where immersive graphics are required, like Hogwarts Legacy. This build will provide fast FPS (over 60) on a number of games on 1440P resolution, including
- Fortnite
- GOD OF WAR
- GTA 5
- Rainbow 6 Siege
- Elden Ring (50-60 FPS)
- Forza Horizon 5
- Valorant
- Hogwarts (minus ray tracing)
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Resident Evil 4
Skytech Blaze 3.0 Option 3 Review – ST-BLAZE3-0503-B-NE
The third option for the Skytech Blaze 3.0 (ST-BLAZE3-0503-B-NE) has a high end NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics card and pairs it with a high end AMD Ryzen 7 5800X processor. This is probably the best combination for performance gaming out of all the Blaze 3.0 options in my opinion. Although the RTX 3080 is one generation behind the 4070, it still arguably provides better performance when paired with the Ryzen 7 5800X processor and the 32GB of RAM.
With this prebuilt PC, you unlock 4K gaming. You should expect 50-70 FPS on this build at 4K for many games, including
- STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor
- Elden Ring
- The Witcher 3
- The Callisto Protocol
- Tom Raider
- Metro Exodus
- Miles Morales
- Sifu
- Ghost Recon: Wildlands
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Dead Island 2
- Lost Judgement
- Prey
Skytech Blaze 3.0 Option 4 Review – ST-BLAZE3-0503-B-NE
Last and least (in terms of performance) is option number four. The Blaze 3 ST-BLAZE3-0471-B-AM is really at the bottom of the list when compared to the other prebuilt Skytech Blaze computers. That being said though it’s actually a really good entry-level gaming PC. If you care about performance and good graphics but not resolution, then this PC is absolutely for you. The RTX 3060 paired with the Intel i5 12400F is a good combination that will provide you with exceptional performance for modern AAA games. It comes with 16GB of RAM which is perfectly acceptable for gaming PCs today. You should be able to play these games on 1080P resolution on high graphics settings and have a great experience:
- Valorant
- Apex Legends
- Fortnite
- COD MW3 / MW2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- GTA 5
- Forza Horizon 5
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Elden Ring
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Far Cry 6
- Spiderman Miles Morales
Hard Drive Storage
The maximum amount of storage you get with the Skytech Blaze 3.0 PCs is 1TB of NVMe storage. This storage is performance-based storage and really is geared towards fast requirements of modern games and operating systems. You should not be storing big files, media files, photos, backup data, etc on this drive. You should instead consider opting for an external hard drive for these files and data. I recommend the Buffalo LinkStation as it provides 2TB of usable storage after RAID 1 / drive mirroring (4TB total).
Conclusion
The Skytech Blaze 3.0 is one of the better gaming machine product lines from Skytech Gaming. You would not be able to build this gaming PC for any less by doing it yourself in my opinion and you end up saving a lot of time and hassle by buying a prebuilt. It also comes with one year of support. If anything goes wrong in that first year, you can submit a claim and work with U.S. based support. These gaming PCs, depending on your goals will treat you well for the next 3-5 years without needing to upgrade.