GPU Advice

[Macaw]

Budget (including currency): 2500USD

Country: US 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, (heavily modded Kerbal Space Program), etc

 

Development including heavy compilation tasks

 

Other details 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jybNkf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($386.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9A-AM5 CHROMAX.BLACK 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock A620AI WiFi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory  ($532.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.16 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($199.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V850 SFX GOLD 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1608.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-01-18 09:35 EST-0500
 

 

 

mostly looking for a Gpu, but general improvements are appreciated, yes I want mini ITX, An AMD GPU please for their better Linux support and 16GB VRAM for future proofing, 2 monitors: 1080p@75 and 1440p@180

[PDifolco]

9070XT, not even questionable   

[Macaw]

Thank you!

[Why_Me]

3 hours ago, Macaw said:

Budget (including currency): 2500USD

Country: US 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, (heavily modded Kerbal Space Program), etc

 

Development including heavy compilation tasks

 

Other details 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jybNkf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($386.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9A-AM5 CHROMAX.BLACK 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock A620AI WiFi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory  ($532.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.16 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($199.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V850 SFX GOLD 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1608.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-01-18 09:35 EST-0500
 

 

 

mostly looking for a Gpu, but general improvements are appreciated, yes I want mini ITX, An AMD GPU please for their better Linux support and 16GB VRAM for future proofing, 2 monitors: 1080p@75 and 1440p@180

Get the best your psu can handle which would be the RTX 5070 Ti 16GB.

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/video-card/#c=589

[Why_Me]

3 hours ago, PDifolco said:

9070XT, not even questionable   

OP has a $2500 budget and a 850W ATX 3.1 psu. Why would you choose the 9070 XT over the 5070 Ti?

[Macaw]

2 hours ago, Why_Me said:

OP has a $2500 budget and a 850W ATX 3.1 psu. Why would you choose the 9070 XT over the 5070 Ti?

Because OP asked for AMD

[PDifolco]

1 hour ago, Macaw said:

Because OP asked for AMD

Because he's on Linux he wants AMD

[Why_Me]

2 hours ago, Macaw said:

Because OP asked for AMD

 

51 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Because he's on Linux he wants AMD

I missed that part of the post (facepalm).

[K3ttleonfire]

On 1/18/2026 at 2:39 PM, Macaw said:

Budget (including currency): 2500USD

Country: US 

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming, (heavily modded Kerbal Space Program), etc

 

Development including heavy compilation tasks

 

Other details 

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jybNkf

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($386.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9A-AM5 CHROMAX.BLACK 33.84 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock A620AI WiFi Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Pro 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL40 Memory  ($532.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($149.16 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($199.99 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master V850 SFX GOLD 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply  ($139.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1608.07
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2026-01-18 09:35 EST-0500
 

 

 

mostly looking for a Gpu, but general improvements are appreciated, yes I want mini ITX, An AMD GPU please for their better Linux support and 16GB VRAM for future proofing, 2 monitors: 1080p@75 and 1440p@180

9070xt if you’re going with that beefy of a cpu. No questions needed