The Hyte Y70 Silver Wolf PC Is Large and Beautiful

The Hyte Y70 Silver Wolf edition PC tower is a behemoth of a machine and it’s perfect for any Silver Wolf or Honkai: Star Rail fan. Though I don’t place my PC tower on my table, it’s beautiful enough that I would consider permanently changing my set-up in the future to accommodate for it. However, know that it demands quite a bit of real estate from those who’d want to purchase it.

To start with, the box that the Silver Wolf Y70 from Hyte comes in is adorable. There’s a delightfully retro design that’s similar to the Pixel World occurrence from Simulated Universe, and I felt really excited when unboxing it due to both this design and its sheer size. It felt like Christmas came early. The box that it came in was such a tight fit that I needed to flip the PC over, and the hallway I decided to do this in was so narrow that I did smack my leg up a few times. So make sure you unbox this PC tower in a wide open space.

First impressions? Wonderful! It’s unabashedly nerdy and I love it for that. Everywhere I look, I see Silver Wolf. Even the back of the machine has a chibi v version of her, meaning that you won’t miss her no matter how you set this thing up. When a design is this busy, it risks looking gaudy. Under my definition of the word, it manages to avoid that due to how each surface only has one particular design on it. It’s not as if this is a collage, per se, and if you went out of your way to purchase this, you obviously wanted it for the Silver Wolf artwork.

My favorite part of this is the grate, which is a lovely blue-and-purple color. It’s a color scheme I personally really enjoy, and I look forward to when and if Hyte ever decides to make a March 7th version. Yes, my favorite characters are Dan Heng and Blade, but March’s color scheme is right up my alley. This PC also comes with fan shrouds. For those like me who don’t know what fan shrouds are, they’re more for aesthetics than functionality nowadays. There’s also a keychain that’s a pre-order bonus, and the design resembles a USB. It’s pretty discreet in that it doesn’t look like Star Rail merchandise at first glance, which is unfortunately a negative for me.

The one thing that might give people pause before purchasing the Silver Wolf Y70 from Hyte is the size. My PC tower and my desk in my current set-up is a Hyte Y40 and the Mittzon electric desk from Ikea. This desk is pretty large, and there’s an outlet for easy cord access. However, because of the little items and organizers on my desk, I can’t actually place the Y40 on it, let alone the Y70.

Here is a size comparison between the two (note my Y40) is on a stand, as well as pictures of the extras the PC comes with:

It’s pretty big, isn’t it? I do believe that if you’re the type who keeps a pretty minimalist desk (as in, you don’t have random organizers, lights, dolls, or a diffuser), it’s not a big deal. If you’re going to buy a gaming PC tower, you most likely have a large desk anyway. The size isn’t even really a bad thing, as this means you don’t have to worry about your graphics card and such fitting inside.

It really is too bad that I outsourced my PC build, which means that I’m not familiar with the ins and outs of my own machine. That was what made me too scared to take it apart and put everything in the Silver Wolf PC, and I couldn’t get a timely appointment with my store. In the future, when I move what’s inside of my current PC over to the Silver Wolf one, I’ll definitely reorganize the desk so that I can admire it like Hyte intended me to.

Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. The Hyte Y70 (Silver Wolf edition) is available on the website, and you can also pre-order the keycap and desk pad bundle.