{"product_id":"vivarium-rx-9070-xt-16gb-ryzen-5-9600x-32gb-ready-to-go-gaming-pc-pc36","title":"Vivarium | RX 9070 XT 16GB + Ryzen 5 9600X + 32GB DDR5 | Ready-to-Go Gaming PC | PC36","description":"\u003ch2\u003e🦎 Vivarium\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmart money; lethal performance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere's no pillar in the front-left corner of this case. Two sheets of glass meet at the edge instead, so the first thing you see isn't a frame holding the machine in, it's... the machine. \u003cstrong\u003eVivarium\u003c\/strong\u003e is built to display the beauty and brains it was designed for. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's behind the glass is a Radeon RX 9070 XT with 16GB, which trades blows at 1440p with cards costing a good deal more, and a Ryzen 5 9600X well matched to it. Then there's the part that isn't obvious from a spec list: the motherboard and the power supply are both deliberately bigger than this build needs. A 14-phase processor power design and a fully modular 850W Gold supply are what you'd specify for a Ryzen 9 and a far hungrier card, and they're here on purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's the whole idea. This is the machine you buy now, enjoy for four or five years, and then slot in a simple upgrade or two without having to rebuy everything. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis PC is \u003cstrong\u003ealready built\u003c\/strong\u003e and ready to ship. The catch? Just \u003cstrong\u003eone in stock\u003c\/strong\u003e, and it will not be restocked. Our already-built PCs take advantage of supplier deals, which we pass onto you, but aren't repeatable ad infinitum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🧬 Built to last, designed to evolve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis system is built on AMD's latest AM5 platform, which offers one of the best upgrade paths available today. That means you can start with a great processor now and still have room to move up the stack later, while keeping the same motherboard, case, power supply and most of your core components. On this build that path is unusually wide open: the board's 14-phase power delivery and dual 8-pin CPU connectors will hold anything AMD sell on AM5 including the Ryzen 9 parts, and the 850W supply has been sized to take a considerably faster graphics card without a rebuild. Two memory slots and two M.2 slots are free as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e📃 Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003c!-- CPU --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🧠 \u003cstrong\u003eCPU:\u003c\/strong\u003e AMD Ryzen 5 9600X\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 cores, 12 threads of Zen 5, 3.9GHz base and 5.4GHz boost, with 32MB of L3 cache. 65W TDP, and it draws around 88W when every core is loaded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWell matched to the card in front of it.\u003c\/strong\u003e At 1440p this machine is limited by the graphics card rather than the processor in almost every game, which is exactly where the balance should sit at this price. Spending more here wouldn't have bought frames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZen 5 single-thread performance is strong, which is what competitive shooters at high refresh actually depend on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat 88W peak is well inside what the cooler fitted here is built for, so the processor holds its boost rather than backing off, and the fan never has to work hard to allow it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrated Radeon graphics are on board, which sounds irrelevant until the day a graphics card needs sending away and you'd rather still have a working PC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Cooler --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e❄️ \u003cstrong\u003eCPU cooler:\u003c\/strong\u003e APNX AP1-V, single tower air cooler with ARGB\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e165mm tall, with 5 direct-touch 6mm copper heatpipes and a 120mm PWM fan running 600 to 1800rpm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA sleek and smooth designed tower cooler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRated to 245W against a processor that peaks near 88W.\u003c\/strong\u003e That surplus is the point. A cooler running well inside its capability is what makes a machine last longer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFluid dynamic bearing fan rated for 80,000 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLit on the fan, synchronised with the rest of the machine rather than doing its own thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMounted with thermal paste applied by hand rather than a pre-applied pad, and the fan curve set before it ships\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Motherboard --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🔲 \u003cstrong\u003eMotherboard:\u003c\/strong\u003e MSI PRO B650-A WIFI (ATX)\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAMD B650 on a full ATX board, socket AM5, with a \u003cstrong\u003e14+2+1 power design using 80A power stages\u003c\/strong\u003e under a heavy plated VRM heatsink, fed by two 8-pin EPS connectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the half of the build that doesn't show, and it's why the machine has a future.\u003c\/strong\u003e The number of power phases and the current each one passes is what decides whether a board can hold a high core count processor at full boost for hours without quietly throttling it. 14 stages at 80A with dual EPS is specification you'd look for on a board sold for enthusiast overclocking, not one sitting under a Ryzen 5. It means a 9950X or a 9950X3D dropped in later is a real upgrade rather than a processor the board limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour DDR5 slots supporting up to 256GB, with two free, rated beyond DDR5-7600 with EXPO\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThree M.2 slots, all PCIe 4.0 x4, and only one is used.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two full-speed slots stay free, with an M.2 Shield Frozr heatsink on the primary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 built in with the aerial supplied, plus 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRear I\/O includes a 20Gbps USB-C, a 10Gbps USB-A, a 5Gbps USB-A and USB 2.0, plus HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, optical audio out and the 2.5G network port\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePC36 only uses motherboards chosen for stability and longevity. See our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pc36.co.uk\/pages\/trusted-brands\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTrusted brands page\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- RAM --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e📏 \u003cstrong\u003eMemory \/ RAM:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32GB (2×16GB) DDR5-6000 CL36, Lexar Thor RGB\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA matched pair at DDR5-6000 CL36-40-40-96, EXPO enabled, lit across the top edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDDR5-6000 on AM5 is the setting, not a compromise.\u003c\/strong\u003e It's the speed at which the memory controller runs in step with the memory rather than at half its rate, and it's where the platform is fastest. Kits with bigger numbers on the box often measure slower in games for exactly that reason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e32GB is what stops you thinking about memory again.\u003c\/strong\u003e A game, a browser with too many tabs, Discord and a capture running together, and still room for creative work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo of the four slots are free, so 64GB later is an addition rather than a replacement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn-die ECC and an integrated power management chip, both standard on DDR5 and both part of why it's more stable at speed than DDR4 ever was\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Storage --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e💾 \u003cstrong\u003eStorage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD (QLC), Biwin NV7200\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7,200MB\/s read and 6,200MB\/s write, rated for 400TB of writes with a five year warranty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 1TB runs at the same speed as the 2TB and 4TB drives in the range\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is not true of most budget families, where the smallest capacity is usually the slow one. At this size that's the figure worth knowing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQLC flash with a DRAM-less design, which is the honest tier at this price and quick for everything you'll do day to day. It slows only during very long sustained writes, such as moving hundreds of gigabytes in one go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSingle sided with a graphene heat-spreading label, so it sits neatly under the board's own M.2 heatsink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo further M.2 slots are free, both full PCIe 4.0 x4, so adding a second drive later costs nothing you've already bought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- GPU --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🎮 \u003cstrong\u003eGraphics card:\u003c\/strong\u003e AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB, PowerColor Reaper\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRDNA 4 with 64 compute units and 4,096 stream processors, \u003cstrong\u003e16GB of GDDR6\u003c\/strong\u003e on a 256-bit bus at 645GB\/s, backed by 64MB of Infinity Cache. 304W board power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the card that makes the price look wrong in a good way.\u003c\/strong\u003e In current multi-game testing it sits level-ish with NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti at 1440p and a few percent behind at 4K, in machines costing considerably more than this one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16GB of video memory, which is the specification that ages worst because you can't add to it later. Buying a card with enough of it is the single most effective thing you can do for how long a machine stays comfortable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupports FSR 4, AMD's machine-learning upscaler, which is a real step up from FSR 3. AV1 encode and decode for streaming and recording as well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeing straight about ray tracing:\u003c\/strong\u003e RDNA 4 is a large improvement on what came before, and it's still behind NVIDIA here. Ray traced games run well at 1440p, but if heavy ray tracing is your priority rather than raw frame rate, say so on live chat and we'll point you at an NVIDIA build instead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA triple-fan card that's only two slots wide and around 292mm long, in a case that takes cards up to 420mm. Power comes from two 8-pin connectors, with no adapters anywhere in this machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree DisplayPort 2.1a outputs and an HDMI 2.1b\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Case --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🧰 \u003cstrong\u003eCase:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thermaltake View 270 TG ARGB, Black\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e454 × 230 × 456mm on the outside, a little under 48 litres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe front-left corner has no pillar.\u003c\/strong\u003e Two flat tempered glass panels meet at the edge, so you look into the machine rather than through a window in the side of it. The lower section of both faces is steel mesh, which is where the air actually comes from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTakes boards up to E-ATX, which is well beyond anything this build needs and part of why it takes a rebuild or slot in upgrade so easily\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraphics cards up to 420mm and CPU coolers up to 180mm. Radiator support is 120 to 360mm in the top and 120mm at the rear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full power supply shroud, so the supply, the drives and the cable slack all live below the glass line rather than in view\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront I\/O is a 10Gbps USB-C, two USB 3.0 and a combined audio jack, mounted on the top edge. Two 3.5 inch and one 2.5 inch drive mounts, seven expansion slots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRealistically, it's a case you'd never need to replace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Cooling --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🌬️ \u003cstrong\u003eCase cooling:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 × 120mm reverse-blade ARGB side intake fitted by us, plus the 140mm ARGB rear exhaust included with the case\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReverse-blade fans are the detail that matters in a case like this.\u003c\/strong\u003e A normal fan shows you its hub and its wiring from the side you look at; a reverse-blade fan turns the finished face towards the viewer. In a chassis built around a pillarless corner, that's the difference between a tidy machine and an obviously improvised one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe case ships with a single 140mm ARGB exhaust at the rear. The two intakes are ours rather than the manufacturer's\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCool air comes in at the side directly onto the graphics card, which is the part making most of the heat, and leaves through the rear and the top mesh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll lighting is synchronised to the motherboard, so the fans, the cooler and the memory light as one piece rather than as three parts that happen to be lit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour-pin PWM throughout, curves set by hand before dispatch and verified through our standard stress testing rather than assumed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- PSU --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e⚡ \u003cstrong\u003ePower supply:\u003c\/strong\u003e Corsair RM850e 850W, fully modular\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCybenetics Gold efficiency, fully modular, with a 120mm fan that stops entirely at low load\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e850W behind a 304W card is deliberate.\u003c\/strong\u003e PowerColor ask for 750W; this machine has more than that, which means the supply spends its life in the quiet, efficient middle of its range rather than working near its limit, and a considerably faster card in a few years is a straight swap rather than a second purchase. For example, if you were to slot an RTX 5080 graphics card and Ryzen 79800X3D CPU in here, the PSU is still plenty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully modular, so only the cables this build actually uses are fitted and the rest stay in the box. Behind a glass corner that is worth having\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven year warranty from Corsair, which is longer than most units at this level and a fair indication of what they expect from it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Cabling --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🔌 \u003cstrong\u003eCabling:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black cabling, routed and tied\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack cables throughout, matched to the black interior. Routed behind the motherboard tray, tied down, and the excess folded into the power supply shroud where the glass doesn't reach\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBraided cable extensions in a colour of your choice are available. See the upgrade options below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Connectivity --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e📶 \u003cstrong\u003eWiFi \/ Bluetooth \/ Ethernet:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 and 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, included\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 are built into the MSI PRO B650-A WIFI. No separate adapter needed, and the aerial is supplied in the box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWi-Fi 6E adds the 6GHz band, which is usually far less congested than 2.4 and 5GHz if your router supports it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2.5 Gigabit wired Ethernet\u003c\/strong\u003e, which we'd still recommend over wireless for competitive play. To be plain about what that buys you: the extra bandwidth won't make a game feel different, because wired is about latency and consistency rather than speed. Where it earns its place is moving large files to a NAS or another machine on your network\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- OS --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🪟 \u003cstrong\u003eOperating system:\u003c\/strong\u003e As chosen by you from the listing options below. Windows 11 Home (OEM) is recommended.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Setup --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🧹 \u003cstrong\u003eSetup and optimisation:\u003c\/strong\u003e PC36 High-Class Standard. Full stress test with certificate, bloat-free installation, and BIOS set up properly\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePC36 High-Class Standard, included free with every build\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReady the moment you open the box.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your PC boots straight into Windows with a local account already set up. No account sign-in wall, no first-run questionnaire, no half-hour of setup before you can use the machine you just bought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBIOS updated and configured properly:\u003c\/strong\u003e manual fan curves, PBO enabled, EXPO enabled, Secure Boot enabled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVanilla Windows 11 installation\u003c\/strong\u003e if you choose Windows, with no bloatware added by us, and all drivers loaded and ready to go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFull stress test with certificate.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every system is torture tested on CPU, RAM and GPU before dispatch, and ships with the certificate to prove it. The same test our most expensive machines get\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePC36 Premier Optimisation, available in the listing options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCPU tuning to bring thermals and noise down with minimal performance loss, a deeper strip and debloat of Windows, and the case fans tuned by hand for the quietest operation the machine will hold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood value on this build. A 65W processor under a 245W cooler is already running cool, so the gain is mostly in the fan profile and the Windows work, and with a glass-cornered case sitting in view there's usually a desk beside it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePC36 Ultimate Performance Tune, available in the listing options\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvanced overclocking: memory tune, CPU tune and GPU overclock on top of everything in Premier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonest answer on this build: the graphics card sets the frame rate at 1440p, so a processor tune won't change it much. The GPU overclock and the memory tune are where the gains are, and the Reaper runs at reference clocks so there's genuine room in it. Real, but modest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!-- Warranty --\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e🛡️ \u003cstrong\u003eWarranty:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 years parts \u0026amp; labour (return to base)\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for deeper spec info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard 3-year coverage included, parts and labour both\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional extended warranties in the listing options below\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e👁️ Transparency notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBecause this one is already built, the specification is fixed\u003c\/strong\u003e (click or tap to read more)\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of what we sell is built to order from a series we can repeat. This one exists because several component deals landed at the same time, and the specification reflects that. Unlike our built-to-order machines we can't swap the case or the board for you, because this one is already assembled and tested. Memory, storage and cooling can still be changed. Anything else is worth asking about on live chat before you order rather than after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere's a lot of light in this machine, and all of it can be turned down\u003c\/strong\u003e (click or tap to read more)\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree ARGB fans and lit memory, all under motherboard control. Every part of it can be dimmed, set to a single colour or switched off entirely, and none of it affects how the machine performs. Tell us what you'd prefer and we'll set it that way before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe product images shown are real photographs of this exact PC.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🛠️ Popular upgrade options\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis machine is already built, which changes what is possible.\u003c\/strong\u003e Memory, storage and cooling can be changed, along with your choice of operating system, the optimisation tiers and an extended warranty. Everything else is fixed, so anything not listed below is a live chat conversation worth having before you order rather than after.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory upgrade to 64GB: available in the listing options below.\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for more info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth it only if you do heavy creative work, run virtual machines, or keep very large projects open alongside a game. For gaming at any resolution, 32GB is already past the point where more helps. Two slots are free, so it's an addition rather than a replacement, though a four-stick configuration usually runs a little slower than two sticks do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStorage upgrade: available in the listing options below.\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for more info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth it if you keep more than a handful of large games installed at once, since modern installs regularly run past 100GB each. You can also defer it, because both remaining M.2 slots are free and run at full PCIe 4.0 speed, so a second drive later costs you nothing you've already bought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperating system: choose from the listing options below.\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for more info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWindows 11 Home is what we recommend for a gaming machine and what almost everyone takes. Pro is worth it only if you need BitLocker, Remote Desktop or domain access. If you'd rather install your own, choose the no-OS option and the machine still arrives with the BIOS configured and tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePC36 Premier Optimisation: available in the listing options below.\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for more info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe better value of the two tiers on this machine. The fan profile is where the quiet comes from, and the deeper Windows strip is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBraided cable extensions: available in the listing options below.\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary\u003eClick or tap for more info\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth considering on this build specifically, because the glass turns the corner and the visible cable run is part of what you're looking at. On a solid-panel case we'd tell you to save your money.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtended warranty: available in the listing options below.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnything else: speak with us via live chat before you order. 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