Evounic RGB Keyboard & Mouse, Core i7-9700KF, 16GB, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD

The Evounic pairs a genuinely excellent i7-9700KF with an outdated RX 580 GPU. Great for esports and CPU-heavy work, bad for modern AAA gaming. At $719 USD, you're paying too much for a GPU that should have been retired years ago.

The i7-9700KF is the star of this build. It sits in the 96th percentile in our database, which means it's still one of the best CPUs we've tracked for single-core performance. That's great for gaming, streaming, and everyday multitasking. The 512GB NVMe SSD plus 1TB HDD combo is also solid, landing in the 81st percentile for storage. But the RX 580 8GB is where things fall apart. It's in the 63rd percentile overall, which sounds okay until you realize it's a 2017 card trying to run 2024 games. You'll manage esports titles at high frame rates, but anything demanding will have you dropping to medium or low settings at 1080p. The 16GB of DDR4 RAM is fine but unremarkable, sitting in the 33rd percentile.

Stacked against the Lenovo Legion Tower 5a Gen 10 or HP OMEN GT16-0364, the Evounic gets embarrassed. Those machines come with modern GPUs that run circles around the RX 580. The Apple Mac mini M4 Pro is in a different league entirely for productivity, though it's not a gaming machine. The Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 and ASUS ROG G700TF-U7KF5070 both offer better overall balance. The Evounic's only real advantage is that i7-9700KF, which still punches above its weight for CPU-bound tasks. But a great CPU paired with a weak GPU is like putting racing tires on a minivan.

At $719 USD, this is a tough sell. You're paying for a strong CPU and decent storage, but the GPU is the most important component in a gaming PC, and the RX 580 just doesn't cut it anymore. You could build something with a used RTX 3060 or RX 6600 for around the same price and get dramatically better gaming performance. The included RGB keyboard and mouse are probably cheap throw-ins, not real value-adds. If this were $500, it might make sense as a budget esports rig. At $719, you're overpaying for outdated graphics.

The Evounic RGB Keyboard & Mouse desktop is a weird mix of old and new. You get a genuinely strong CPU from 2019 paired with a GPU that was mid-range back in 2017, all wrapped in a case with Wi-Fi 6 and Windows 11 Pro. It's like someone put a fresh coat of paint on a used car and called it new.

For $719 USD, you're getting an i7-9700KF that still holds up surprisingly well for gaming and general use, plus a decent storage setup. But the RX 580 is the bottleneck here, and it's a big one. This is a 1080p machine at best, and even then you'll be turning settings down on newer titles.

Skip this if you want to play modern AAA games at anything above medium settings. The RX 580 is the bottleneck, and no amount of CPU power fixes that. Also skip it if you need lots of USB ports or rock-solid reliability, since both of those scores are near the bottom of our database. If you're buying a gaming PC for anything beyond esports titles, put your money toward something with a modern GPU.

This is a machine for someone who needs a decent CPU for work or esports and doesn't care about playing modern AAA games at high settings. If you're a competitive gamer who mainly plays Valorant, CS2, or League of Legends, the i7-9700KF will serve you well and the RX 580 can handle those titles at high frame rates. But if you want to play Cyberpunk 2077, Starfield, or anything graphically demanding, look elsewhere. The gaming score of 14.5 out of 100 in our database tells the real story.