Norion said:
That's for sure a nice build that'll handle games really well for a long time. I finally retired my 2017 1080 Ti and 7700K PC late last month and now have a 5080 and 9800X3D one. That old PC already had 32GB of RAM so I got 64GB and am already benefiting from that and made sure to get a lot of storage this time since that aspect was kinda lacking with that one so there's a 4TB hard drive for storing things like media and two 2TB SSDs to make sure there's plenty of fast storage.
I thankfully got lucky and found the 5080 at fairly close to MSRP by pure chance after just a little bit of searching cause I was considering a 5070 Ti or 9070 XT due to the difficulty of finding a 5080 at a price that wasn't overly inflated but going down to that GPU tier wouldn't have felt great. The 5080 is still a disappointing GPU compared to the 1080ti but it's still a massive upgrade and going above that would've been too expensive so I'm happy cause if I want I can just get a new GPU in a few years and use the rest of the PC for potentially longer than my last one since it'll likely age better than it did due to the CPU being better and games probably not starting to require hardware beyond the PS5 in large numbers till like 2033.
Also I still have the same 165hz 1440p monitor I've been using since 2017 so will upgrade to a 240hz 4K one within a year or so. Upscaling getting as good as it has and high refresh rate 4K monitors getting as good as they have makes 4K a no brainer for a high end build now so once I get a monitor like that I'll be truly set for a long time. |
You won't regret going 4K, the only issue with it is that lower resolutions will start looking ghastly in comparison (especially on larger displays). As long as one has the power for it, 4K is the next obvious upgrade for PC enthusiasts. I played at 1440p about ten years ago, right when The Witcher 3 released. If the display exceeds 27-32", for me, higher resolution is a must.
