Zotac MEK HERO G2 I2435F Gaming Tower Desktop
MEK HERO G2 I2435F by the Hong Kong based Zotac is a powerful gaming tower desktop computer with the Intel i5-12400F processor, NVIDIA RTX 3050 graphics card, 500GB Solid State Drive, 16GB DDR4 memory at 3200MHz, Windows 11 Home operating system and modern connectivity options including the latest WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.2.
The quarter one of 2022 release 12th generation 6-core Intel i5-12400F processor (12 threads with hyper-threading) has a base speed of 2.5GHz and a turbo speed of 4.4GHz. The average CPU Passmark benchmark score is an impressive 19811 for handling whatever you throw at it, both work and play. It offers decent multitasking power which is also helped by the high bandwidth dual channel 16GB DDR4 SDRAM (8GB x 2) at 3200MHz that allows you to run different browser tabs and apps simultaneously.
500GB Solid State Drive is a reasonable amount of local storage space if you don’t have too many games or videos to save. Windows 11 Home 64-bit operating system is pre-installed on this tower desktop and you have a user-friendly interface that is similar to Mac OS with the taskbar in the centre and the rounded corners etc. The typical TDP- Thermal Design Power for the processor is 65 watts. The tower desktop can be used with up to four display at up to 4K Ultra HD resolution at 120Hz refresh rate through the HDMI 2.1 port and 3 x DisplayPort 1.4a.
Connectivity options include the dual band 802.11ax WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, Gigabit Ethernet LAN for wired internet access, a USB 3.2 gen1 port, 4 x USB 2.0 ports, 7 x USB 3.0 ports, a microphone jack, a headphone jack, a reset button, a power button, an HDMI 2.1 and 2 x DP 1.4a ports. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 with 8GB GDDR6 dedicated memory is an advanced graphics card with a video card benchmark score of 12790. It will let you play the latest games at higher settings, resolutions and frame rates per second. It has the 600W 80Plus Gold Certified power supply, MSI PRO B660M-A CEC WIFI DDR4 motherboard.
In the package you’ll find the Mek Hero G2 gaming desktop, WiFi antenna, power cord, Windows 11 Home with the built-in OS recovery and customer care package. It is basically a plug and play type of a creator, game, VR and 4K ready machine that is easy to install and start using pretty much straight away. You need to ensure you’ve got the right 8pin PCIe plug into the graphics card from the PSU and you download the drivers. You can purchase the Zotac RTX 3050 gaming graphics card separately through the Amazon product page.
This is a great quality tower desktop computer that is easy to use, reliable and with high performance straight out of the box. It will let you perform all your daily and more demanding tasks quickly and easily. Please note that this system is designed, assembled, cable managed, tested and inspected for great reliability and the best system performance. You’ll get a warranty of one year for the parts and three years for labor with a customer tech support. It has an average user rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars by 155 customers at the time of this post release. March 3, 2022 is the date it was first available at Amazon.com and is ranked the 81st best selling tower desktop computer at the time of this review.
