Review: Gaming Viking BF20 | WASD

Gaming Viking BF20 is a pre-assembled gaming PC system sold by PC Garage. In this article we will see together how this PC manages some of the most recent titles on the gaming market and, in addition, we will add a series of synthetic tests to evaluate its productivity capabilities.

Certainly not everyone appreciates pre-assembled configurations. That’s why, if you agree, this system probably doesn’t suit you. The pre-assembled configurations are aimed at those who do not have the necessary conscience to assemble a PC, or who does not want to worry about something like that. In addition there is also guaranteed technical support for a period of at least 2 years, granted with the purchase of the product.

Now that we have established these aspects, let’s see together what Gaming Viking BF20 is and what it can do.

As the name suggests, Gaming Viking BF20 is a gaming system.

Specifications

At the heart of this PC system is an Intel Core i3 10100F processor. This processor is manufactured by Intel and belongs to the 10th generation of Intel Core processors, Comet Lake. The processor has 4 physical cores and HyperThreading, for a total of 8 virtual cores. The socket compatible with this processor is LGA1200. The base frequency of this CPU is 3.6 GHz, reaching TurboBoost up to 4.3 GHz. The total power consumption (TDP) of the chip is 65 W.

The cooler chosen to cool the processor is an Inter-Tech Argus SU-800 RGB. This cooler can dissipate the exerted heat up to 110W, being ideal for this system. The fan connected to the radiator has 120mm, has RGB lighting and its speed can be increased up to 1800 RPM. At full speed the fan produces a noise of around 30 dB, making it quite quiet even when the processor reaches slightly higher temperatures.

The motherboard that we find inside the Gaming Viking BF20 is a Gigabyte H410M S2H. It is a mid-range card based on the H410 chipset and has two RAM slots, a PCI-E x16 port, 2 PCI-E x1 ports and 4 SATA III ports. Keep in mind that if you want to add some RAM in the future you will only have two options: either you will need to buy a new kit of 2 cards with a total capacity of 32GB or more, or you will have to replace the base card with one that has more slots , most commonly 4.

The PC is equipped with 16 GB of DDR4 RAM at a frequency of 2666 MHz. The two modules of 8GB each are manufactured by Adata with the XPG Gammix D10 2666MHz CL16 model. Personally I consider them ideally paired with this i3.

The graphics capabilities of the Gaming Viking BF20 are offered by an Nvidia Geforce RTX 2060. In the case of the system we received, it is the version offered by Zotac. The card is more than capable of running any game smoothly in FHD and QHD resolutions at maximum detail. The GPU has 6GB of GDDR6 memory. The graphics processor is manufactured on 12nm and includes 1920 Shader cores, 120 TMU cores, 48 ​​ROP cores, 30 RayTracing / SM cores and 240 Tensor cores. RTX 2060 works on the PCI-E 3.0 x16 interface. The base frequency of the graphics chip is 1365 MHz and can be increased to 1680 MHz.

The powering of the Viking BF20 Gaming components is made by a non-modular 550W Gigabyte source, unfortunately. The product name is Gigabyte P550B, with 80+ Bronze efficiency.

This PC system comes with a 480GB SSD manufactured by Apacer. Apacer SSD AS350 PANTHER 480GB is an SSD that runs on the SATA III interface and has a 2.5 “form factor.

The case supplied with Gaming Viking BF20 is a Segotep Polar Light V2. The side panel with which the case is normally delivered has been replaced by the guys from PC Garage with a plexiglass panel that gives a complete picture of the components. The system is also equipped with a set of 3 AQIRYS Aries ARGB 120mm fans that optimize the passage of air through the housing, thus keeping the system cool even under high load conditions.