The HYTE Y70 doesn't fundamentally reinvent anything that the Y60 offers. Instead it manages to provide more room with a long list of refinements for an even cleaner and easier build experience. In terms of cost, the Y70 retails for $360 dollars, which is expensive of course, but that price tag stems from the embedded 14" touch screen. In comparison the Y60 had an MSRP of $200 at launch. Being smaller, but offering fans whereas the Y70 Touch does not, one could argue that the price difference for a larger, more refined chassis with screen is around the $140-150 range. From that perspective, the Y70 Touch is still not cheap, but the price point seems justifiable.

At closer look, besides the very obvious display, it borrows heavily from the very successful DNA of the Y60, with the same layout, hard drive support and design elements. As such the case is an accumulation of tweaks like the thinner exterior metal strip which provides more window surface or the redesigned fan and liquid cooling mounting areas. You may now also go for up to 4-slot GPUs as you now have the space to do so.

But back to the centerpiece of the Y70 Touch: the display. At 283 PPI and 1100 x 3840 pixels with an IPS panel and capacitive touchscreen, that screen really doesn't cut any corners. While there have been accessory screens for the Y60, HYTE has clearly spend a considerable amount of time and effort to offer the Y70 with a display that has none of the compromises and requires no modding with its seamless integration.

In the end the HYTE Y70 Touch is really an improved larger version of the Y60 at its core, with a gorgeous, capable display - even if the functional Nexus software may not match its beauty. Available in four colors, HYTE continues to push forward with their design language and refreshing guts to try new things while compromising as little as possible.