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This potent PowerColor RX 7900 XT is down to just $630 from Amazon USA

AMD’s RX 7900 XT bafflingly launched at close to $800, which made it quite overpriced when it first released, and thankfully we’ve seen prices drop on this GPU to much more acceptable levels. A case in point is this current reduction from Amazon USA on this PowerColor Hellhound variant, which has seen a big $100 price cut from Amazon USA to bring it down to $630, which is a seriously solid deal.

The fact is that the 7900 XT is a powerful graphics card for 1440p and 4K gaming, whatever price it is. In our 7900 XT review, we noted its performance was comparable to Nvidia’s last-gen RTX 3080 and 3080 Ti, and sits well against the 4080. It’s actually somewhat behind the 4070 Super in RT-based workloads, but pulls ahead in the likes of Control, compared against the 4070 Super and 4070 Ti non-Super at 1440p. At Doom Eternal, we recorded an average 4K frame-rate over 200fps, while in the more demanding F1 22 we saw over 150fps. Gears 5, Control and Red Dead Redemption 2 were all comfortably over 60fps at 4K too, even with settings cranked.

As well as being a great card for 1440p and 4K gaming, the 7900 XT also comes with a solid complement of features that also make this a formidable choice for content creation workloads. There’s support for AMD’s new media engine, which brings support for AV1 encoding. Moreover, the 7900 XT also comes with support for both HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1, the latter being a future-looking display standard that could give the 7900 XT better utility as new high-res, high-refresh displays are released.

This specific Hellhound model is also one of the more left-field choices compared to other options, with a grey colour scheme that’s accented by bright blue lighting on the card’s triple fan cooling setup. It’s got quite an interesting look to it, and would pair well inside a black build for some accented colour, or if you’re going for a meaner look.

At $630, the RX 7900 XT becones a much more compelling purchase, especially with Nvidia’s Super cards in mind. If you’re after an excellent GPU for 1440p and 4K gaming, then this is certainly a deal to consider.

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Build a budget gaming PC for under £750 thanks to these Black Friday deals

We’ve already covered a RTX 4070 Super mini gaming PC for £1300 based around Black Friday discounts, but what if you want something even more affordable – something that doesn’t require paying a premium for an extra-small case, power supply and motherboard? Here, we’re going to achieve a powerful enough machine for 1080p gaming at high settings, yet spend less than £750.

The starting point for this build is the extremely affordable Ryzen 5 5600X, which has been reduced down to £99 – a great value for a six core, 12 thread Zen 3 processor with PCIe 4.0 support. It’s got ample power for entry-level gaming and general productivity, and the inclusion of the Wraith Stealth cooler in the box means we don’t have to spend any time, thought or budget on a third-party CPU cooler.

Category Product Deal Was
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (with Wraith cooler) £98.63 £113.80
GPU PowerColor Fighter RX 6750 XT £282.52 £300
Motherboard Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite AX V2 ATX £100.98 £144.70
RAM Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4-3200 CL16 £28.98 £42.28
SSD WD Black SN770 2TB £92.99 £102.99
PSU Corsair RM850e (Used – Like New, Amazon Resale) £69.05 £86.32
Case NZXT H5 Flow (2024) £69.98 £89.99
Total £743.13 £880.08

Opting for a Ryzen 5600X means building on the venerable AM4 platform, with B550 motherboards offering the best balance of features and affordability. Luckily, there are options aplenty with on-board Wi-Fi and solid I/O for around £100-£120. One great option is the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 which costs £101 from Ebuyer and comes with Wi-Fi 6, support for PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs and speedy USB-C. That means we need some DDR4 RAM, and this 16GB kit of Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3200 CL16 is just £26 from Amazon. That hits the sweet spot for price to performance, and gives plenty of headroom for gaming and most content creation workloads too. The WD SN770 2TB NVMe SSD for £93 from Scan provides solid capacity and excellent performance with up to 5150MB/s reads and 4900MB/s writes, respectively.

As for the case, I’m leaning towards the NZXT H5 Flow, which provides solid room to build in, a clean aesthetic and handy extras such as decent front I/O with wider cable channels to make it easier for ham-fisted fellows like me to route cables to a reasonable standard. It also comes with two 120mm fans pre-installed for convenience, too. From Amazon, it’s £70 for Black Friday. The Corsair RM850e PSU might be overkill for what’s inside, but provides a reliable, fully modular 80+ Gold unit with lots of headroom for upgrading, and for £69 from Amazon with the Amazon Resale 20 percent reduction, it’s hard to turn down.

The piece of the puzzle that’s quite difficult to decide on is with my GPU choice. I’m aiming for something in the £250-£300 range to keep this build at around £750 excluding Windows, and I’ve narrowed it down to either the £283 AMD RX 6750 XT, or £240 Intel Arc A770 16GB model. Both cards have their merits, with the Arc A770 packing in an extra 4GB of VRAM, better RT performance and support for AV1 encoding, while the RX 6750 XT performs better and benefits from better driver support. With these reductions in mind, the £336 (w/ code CHILLY5) RX 6800 also becomes a viable choice in and around that budget, which betters both of these cards.

Building this PC is probably what’s going to occupy my time over the festive period, and I’m not totally scared at all! I shall return later on with a build update to see how it all runs.