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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
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Radeon RX 9070 XT

9.1% estimated share · builds

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RANK / PRODUCTESTIMATED SHARE · PRICE

Most popular CPU — November 2026

  1. AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D — est. 22.0% of builds
  2. AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D — est. 13.9% of builds
  3. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D — est. 7.4% of builds
  4. AMD Ryzen 7 5700X — est. 5.8% of builds
  5. AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D — est. 5.5% of builds

Most popular Graphics Card — November 2026

  1. AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT — est. 9.1% of builds
  2. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — est. 8.3% of builds
  3. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — est. 5.7% of builds
  4. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti — est. 4.4% of builds
  5. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB — est. 2.2% of builds

Most popular Motherboard — November 2026

  1. ASRock X870E Taichi — est. 17.0% of builds
  2. ASUS TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi — est. 12.1% of builds

Most popular Memory — November 2026

  1. Kingston Fury Beast 32GB DDR5-6000 — est. 21.8% of builds
  2. Corsair Vengeance 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30 — est. 2.4% of builds

Most popular Storage — November 2026

  1. Samsung 990 Pro 2TB — est. 12.1% of builds
  2. Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB — est. 6.0% of builds

Most popular Power Supply — November 2026

  1. MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 — est. 30.2% of builds
  2. Corsair RM850x (2024) — est. 3.0% of builds

Most popular CPU Cooler — November 2026

  1. Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE — est. 24.2% of builds
  2. Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE — est. 8.1% of builds
  3. be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 — est. 4.8% of builds
  4. Noctua NH-D15 G2 — est. 2.2% of builds

Most popular Case — November 2026

  1. NZXT H6 Flow — est. 4.0% of builds
  2. Lian Li O11 Vision Compact — est. 3.5% of builds

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