All-AMD Gaming PC Review – Ryzen 9700X + RX 9070 XT prebuilt!

UPDATE: PCSpecialist have got in touch and let us know the Zircon Nova R is actually retailing for £1899, so £100 less than the figure we used in this review. As such, we have increased its score from an 8/10 to 8.5/10. You can check out the written review here: https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/mat-mynett/pcspecialist-zircon-nova-r-prebuilt-9070-xt-9700x-review/ The Zircon Nova R desktop from PC Specialist goes full AMD with a Ryzen 7 9700X processor and a Gigabyte Radeon 9070 XT graphics card – how is gaming on a Team Red machine in 2025? Those AMD components are paired with 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM, a 2TB Samsung M.2 SSD and a Gigabyte AORUS Elite WiFi 7 motherboard. Costing £1899 – does the Zircon Nova R deliver on its 2 grand price tag? System Specs Case – Lian Li LanCool 205 Mesh C (Black) CPU – AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Motherboard – Gigabyte AORUS Elite WiFi 7 Memory – 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 5600MT/s CL40 GPU – Gigabyte Radeon RX 9070XT SSD – 2TB Samsung 990 Pro Evo M.2 NVMe SSD PSU – Corsair 850w RMx ATX 3.1 CPU Cooler – PCS Frostflow 150 Series Air Cooler Operating System – Windows 11 Home You can buy the system here: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/639/ - KitGuru does NOT make any money from any sales of this system. We never offer affiliate links or take percentages of product sales. If we say the product is good or bad we mean it. Our Editor in chief wrote about why you should value this and how the industry is rife with fake reviews from 'influencers' - read here https://bit.ly/3pXzaw4 00:00 Start 00:36 Pricing / Warranty 01:22 Specification 02:23 Memory / Testing 03:02 SSD / Testing 04:09 Mobo 04:42 Rear I/O 05:31 PSU 06:04 CPU Cooler / Fans 06:48 Case 07:45 Front I/O 08:08 Mats thoughts/ Cable Management 08:40 Software side 09:03 Assassins Creed Shadows (4k) 09:27 Cyberpunk 2077 (4k) 09:45 Hogwarts Legacy (4k) 10:11 Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 (4k) 10:30 A Plague Tale Requiem (4k) 10:51 Black Ops 6 (1440p) 11:12 Space Marine 2 (1440p) 11:29 Forza Horizon 5 (1440p) 11:50 Black Myth Wukong (1140p Max) 12:14 F1 2024 (1440p) 12:29 Temps and Fan Noise Sound Test 13:23 Total System Power Draw 13:37 Closing Thoughts Buy our merch from here: https://kitgurutech.myspreadshop.co.uk Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/4cqFSWY Steam Community https://steamcommunity.com/groups/kitguruofficial Be sure to support us on PATREON https://www.patreon.com/kitgurutech and read our MANTRA on HONEST REVIEWS Here: http://bit.ly/2BopnF9 Visit our facebook page over here! https://www.facebook.com/KitGuru.net/ Visit our Twitter page over here! https://twitter.com/kitgurupress?lang=en #pcspecialist #9700X #9070XT #amdsystem #pcgaming #pcbuild