Radeon 9070XT Build

[Quammis]

Hey team,

I am looking into getting a new system as my current one is 5 years old and is now starting to show its age a little bit. I do not really have any requirements apart from it has to be a Ryzen CPU
and the new 9070XT. Could any one pit some ideas on how to get the best bang for my buck at 1440p gaming? I want to spend between £1500-£2000 if possible.

 

[Tetras]

Here's a max budget 9070 XT build.

Please note that the Nitro was the only card I was able to add to the cart, I'm not suggesting you buy one (if it was me, I definitely would not, due to their use of a 16 pin connector).

If you want USB4, you'll need to upgrade the motherboard to X870. I have purposely avoided ASRock due to the X3D issues recently reported in the tech news, but they do have cheaper B850 boards.

An easy way to cut costs would be downgrade the storage from 4TB to 2TB (the 2TB T500 is £100) and lose 32GB of memory (or go with a 48GB kit instead).

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core 5.20GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: PRO-AMD-03517) = £479.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B850 EAGLE WIFI6E (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MOT-GIG-03859) = £179.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-48000C30 6000MHz Dual Channel (SKU: MEM-CRS-02841) = £179.98
• 1 x Sapphire Nitro + Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GRA-SPR-03987) = £699.95
• 1 x Crucial T500 4TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive (SKU: STO-CRU-02889) = £237.95
• 1 x Montech AIR 903 Base Midi-Tower Tempered Glass - Black (SKU: CAS-MON-01227) = £49.99
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix 1000W Gold Aura Edition Modular 80+ Gold ATX 3.0 PCIe Gen 5.0 Power Supply (SKU: CA-068-AS) = £144.95

• 1 x Arctic Freezer 36 120m Black CPU Cooler - 2x 120mm (SKU: COO-ARC-02420) = £22.99

Total: £2,007.78 (includes delivery: £11.98)​

 

[RamboFB]

Ahh this is the brand new card??? Hope whatever you choose you enjoy your system.