Thermaltake LCGS View 9870T-270 Black 2025
Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Silver 2025
What Buyers Say
Thermaltake LCGS View 9870T-270 Black 2025
This prebuilt gaming PC receives mixed reviews. Several buyers praise its performance, quiet operation, and clean build with quality components like an ASUS motherboard and Zotac 5070 Ti, running games at ultra settings. However, a significant number of units arrive dead or fail within hours or months, with no display output and poor customer support, leading to returns. The overall sentiment is sharply divided between excellent value and critical reliability issues.
Pros
- Excellent gaming performance at ultra settings
- Quiet and cool operation
- Quality components (ASUS motherboard, Zotac 5070 Ti)
- Clean cable management
- Minimal bloatware
Cons
- High rate of DOA units
- Fails within hours or months
- No display output on arrival
- Poor customer support
- Unreliable warranty
Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Silver 2025
The Mac Studio M4 Max is overwhelmingly praised for its blazing-fast performance in video editing and music production. Users highlight the seamless setup, quiet operation, and compact design as major strengths. A few note the high price and lack of included peripherals as minor drawbacks, but overall sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- Blazing-fast performance
- Seamless setup
- Quiet operation
- Compact design
- Excellent for video editing
Cons
- High price
- No bundled peripherals
- Not for gaming or CUDA workloads
Scores
Specifications
| Thermaltake LCGS View 9870T-270 | Apple Mac Studio M4 Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU* | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X | Apple M4 Max★ |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | ||
| Cores | 8 | 14★ |
| Frequency | 4.7 GHz★ | — |
| L3 Cache | 96 MB★ | — |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti★ | Apple M4 Max 32-core |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | discrete | integrated★ |
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | — |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 | Unified |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 32 GB | 36 GB★ |
| RAM Generation | DDR5★ | — |
| Storage 1 | 2 TB★ | 512 GB |
| Storage 1 Type | NVMe SSD★ | SSD |
| Build | ||
| Form Factor | full-tower | mini |
| PSU | 850W★ | — |
| Weight | 14.98 kg | 2.74 kg |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 1 | 6★ |
| USB Ports | 10★ | 2 |
| Thunderbolt | — | Thunderbolt 5 x 4 |
| HDMI | 1 x HDMI | 1x HDMI |
| DisplayPort | 3 x DisplayPort | 0 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3★ | Bluetooth |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet | 1x Ethernet |
| System | ||
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS |
Pros & Cons
Thermaltake LCGS View 9870T-270 Black 2025
- Strong port selection (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong ram (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong gpu (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong storage (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Below average reliability (11th percentile)11th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (12th percentile)12th %ile
Apple Mac Studio M4 Max Silver 2025
- Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong reliability (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong port selection (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong user sentiment (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average storage (31st percentile)
Verdict
Scores 88 overall, wins 4 of 8 usage categories and 6 of 26 specs.