Pixel Series

Pixel 1080p Ultra

Ultra-settings 1080p with extra headroom.

About this system

The Pixel 1080p Ultra is built to push beyond standard expectations and deliver a level of performance that feels effortless under pressure. At its core, the Ryzen 7 9700X provides expanded processing power with additional cores that keep gameplay smooth while handling background tasks, streaming, or heavier workloads without compromise. That performance is paired with the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360, an oversized cooling solution that ensures the CPU maintains sustained boost under real world conditions, not just short bursts. The result is a system that stays fast, stable, and consistent even when pushed harder than typical 1080p demands.

That strength carries through the entire platform. The Asus ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI provides a more advanced AM5 foundation with expanded bandwidth and stronger power delivery, while 32GB of G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 at 6000 CL30 keeps memory performance optimized and responsive. The Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card is the defining upgrade, delivering significantly higher graphical performance with the headroom to run higher settings, maintain smooth frame rates, and stay consistent as demands increase. Combined with the WD Black SN850X 2TB NVMe, the system feels instant at every level, from system startup to game loading to in game transitions, with no slowdowns or interruptions.

All of it is housed in the Lian Li Lancool III RGB, a larger, airflow focused chassis that allows the system to breathe while maintaining low noise and stable temperatures over extended sessions. The Super Flower Leadex III Gold 850W provides clean, reliable power with the headroom required to support higher performance components under load. With Windows 11 fully installed and ready to go, the Pixel 1080p Ultra arrives prepared for immediate use with no setup and no waiting. It is a system built not just to meet expectations, but to exceed them, delivering smooth, consistent, high performance 1080p gameplay with the stability and headroom to go further.

About this system

About this PC

Who it's for and why the hardware suits them

For the high-refresh 1080p gamer with a 240Hz monitor, the part-time streamer who wants to stop juggling settings, and players ready to cross over into 1440p without buying a new system. If you want frame-rate headroom that survives the next few years of releases — and a card with 16GB of VRAM for modded textures and ray tracing — this is the right step up from base Pixel.

Why the Ryzen 7 9700X

Eight Zen 5 cores means the CPU can stream, encode, run capture software, and still have plenty of headroom for the game itself. That extra core count matters specifically for content creators who want a single-PC setup, where the previous 6-core CPU would start showing encoder hitches on demanding titles.

Why the Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB

The defining choice. 16GB of VRAM keeps modded games, very-high-resolution texture packs, and 1440p ray-traced workloads from spilling out of memory. RDNA 4 raster performance is excellent at 1080p high-refresh and very strong at 1440p, so this PC scales with your monitor instead of being defined by it.

Why the ROG STRIX B650E-F and Pro 360

The ROG STRIX B650E-F brings PCIe 5.0 NVMe support, ROG-tier VRMs, and stronger USB connectivity for capture cards and pro audio interfaces. The Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 is the strongest cooler in the ARCTIC line, which is what allows the 9700X to hold its all-core boost during long streaming sessions without throttling.

Why the SN850X 2TB and 850W

Modern AAA installs are 100-200GB each, and 2TB on the SN850X — a top-tier PCIe 4.0 NVMe — gives room for a real library without juggling installs. The 850W Leadex III Gold has the headroom required by the higher-power 9070 XT under transient spikes, and leaves margin for a future GPU step-up.

Series: Pixel Series
Coverage: 3-year coverage against manufacturer defects