26 Feb 2026

New Desktop

Antony

I recently bought a new GPU (an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT). While traveling last week, I saw a great deal on a parts combo at Newegg (CPU, DDR5, Motherboard and an NVMe drive). I had initially planned to just upgrade my existing PC, but then it dawned on me that I almost have an entirely new computer, so why not just finish it. Maybe I can give my old PC away. So I bought a case, power supply, and an All-in-one water cooler, and got to building. I then did a fresh Arch Linux install, which was much easier than last time thanks to the guided archinstall.

New computer specs:

Case: Fractal Meshify 3
Motherboard: MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
RAM: G.SKILL Flare X5 128GB (2x64GB) DDR5 6000 (PC5 48000)
GPU: Powercolor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Storage: WD_BLACK SN7100 4TB
Power Supply: Sama P1000W Platinum (rated A on PSU tier list)
Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 280 - AIO CPU Cooler

Here it is next to my old desktop