AMD RX 9070 XT Drops to US$504 in Newegg Combo Deal — But Should Malaysians Care?
If you’re planning a high-end gaming PC build, this AMD deal is the kind that makes you pause your Shopee scrolling for a minute.
Tom’s Hardware spotted a Newegg combo that bundles an AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D with an ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT for US$978.99. The interesting part: after the combo discount, the GPU’s effective price works out to just US$504, which is US$95 below its MSRP. Total savings are listed at US$196.
For Malaysian readers, that US$978.99 bundle is roughly around RM4.6k before shipping, tax, and forex fees if you use a rough RM4.70-to-US$1 conversion. The GPU’s effective US$504 price lands around RM2.37k before extras. Of course, Newegg deals are US-centric, so local availability, warranty, import cost, and whether the seller even ships cleanly to Malaysia all matter. But as a market signal? This is worth watching.
The RX 9070 XT is not some random low-end card being cleared out. It is an RDNA 4 GPU with 64 compute units, 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM, a 254-bit memory bus, and 20Gbps memory speed. The specific card in this bundle is the ASRock Challenger model, with a triple-fan cooler, RGB lighting, and a nickel-plated copper base.
Performance-wise, Tom’s Hardware positions the RX 9070 XT as a strong 1440p and 4K gaming option. It is not trying to fight the RTX 5090, and honestly, it does not need to. The more relevant comparison is Nvidia’s mid-range RTX 5070 Ti space, where AMD’s value angle becomes much more interesting. For SEA gamers who care about ringgit-per-frame, that matters a lot.
The 16GB VRAM is also a big deal. We’re already seeing modern games become more demanding, especially if you like high textures, ray tracing tweaks, or keeping Discord, browser tabs, and capture software running in the background. Compared with 8GB cards like the RX 9060 XT, this gives your rig more breathing room for stable frame rates. Funny enough, Tom’s Hardware notes that the US$504 effective price is around the same ballpark as what some buyers might pay for a lower-spec RX 9060 XT separately.
The CPU side is just as spicy. The Ryzen 7 9850X3D is an eight-core Zen 5 chip using AMD’s 3D V-Cache tech, with 96MB of L3 cache. That extra cache helps reduce in-game latency and push steadier frame rates, which is exactly why X3D chips have become so popular among competitive and high-refresh gamers.
Specs-wise, the 9850X3D has a 4.7GHz base clock and can boost up to 5.6GHz. It is also fully unlocked, unlike older X3D chips, so overclocking is on the table if your motherboard, cooling, and patience can handle it.
Newegg is also throwing in a GAMDIAS Aura GL240 240mm AIO cooler for free. That cooler normally costs US$59.99, and it comes with dual fans, ARGB lighting, and a rotatable pump cover.
For Malaysian PC builders, the takeaway is simple: even if this exact Newegg combo is not plug-and-play for everyone here, it gives us a good benchmark for what strong AMD value looks like in 2026. If local retailers start reacting with similar bundle pricing, a Ryzen 7 9850X3D plus RX 9070 XT setup could be a proper beast for 1440p high-refresh gaming and very respectable 4K play.
Just don’t forget the boring-but-important stuff: local warranty, PSU capacity, case airflow, motherboard compatibility, and final landed cost. A cheap US deal can become less attractive fast once shipping and taxes masuk.
Source: Tom's Hardware
