Hey Jemc, I game on a Dell Wide-screen 1440p monitor.

It's always been my method when buying PCs, is to ensure the CPU is more powerful then the GPU. Might be just me but I feel a good CPU will always get the best out of your GPU and also allowing for an upgraded GPU down the line is necessary. 

It's also handy for none gaming tasks. I could have gotten the i7 or a 7800X but figured a 9 series CPU with a 9 series GPU just sounds like a better fit.

AMD 9 series all use the AM5 sockets so everything is replaceable for future proofing.

They had a 5080 in the shop, I was very tempted as I loved my 1080, but the price difference was huge. So I was considering the 5070Ti and decided the 9070XT seems to be where all the hype is at the moment.

You have a monster of a PC.

That's a beefy laptop. The CPU especially. 

What type of SSD are you running? Is it a M.2?

Whatever the laptop came with.  Not the fastest 3.5GB. Only keep programs on it and my data on external drives

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 I 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.

Nice upgrade!

I'm still happy with my 2020 PC and a few 2023 upgrades, currently no further upgrades planned:

• PC case: Fractal Meshify S2 with Noctua fans
• PSU: Enermaxx MaxTytan 800W
• Mainboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5800X3D
• GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4090
• RAM: 2x Corsair DDR4-3600 16GB
• SSDs: 1 TB Samsung 980 Pro + 2 TB Corsair Force MP510 + 7.68 TB Samsung PM983
• HDDs: a lot, most of them external

• Main display: LG OLED42C27, 4K@120 HDR, OLED, G-Sync-Comp.
• 2nd display: LG OLED55C9PLV, 4K@120 HDR, OLED, G-Sync-Comp.
• 3rd display: HP Omen 27, WQHD@165 Hz, G-Sync

Thanks, it wasnt cheap but wasnt super expensive either.

Many are saying the 40 series is the way to go with Nvidia, even through the 50 series has better AI, the lack of PhyX makes the 4090 a better card then the 5090 in my opinion.

Yeah my current one still looks completely fine to me but I can imagine stuff like text suddenly looking a bit crappy on it after getting a 4K one. A 32 inch display sounds nice but my current one is 27 and that size already feels kinda perfect with how close I sit though I can try it and return it if it's too big. Also I look forward to the 2030's since by then it won't just be enthusiasts since upscaling should get enough to make even modest cards fine for 4K.

Unless someone intends to play certain older games like Borderlands 2 and Mirror's Edge a lot then support for the 32 bit version of PhysX getting dropped will have minimal impact. It's still a shame though and does make the 4090 an even better GPU than it already was with it being the best one to support that. People who got one of those at MSRP within a few months of it coming out made a damn good purchase since it's gonna age extremely well with it still being the clear 2nd best GPU. Hopefully fans are able to create a workaround for those older games since I don't really feel like putting in a secondary GPU just for those effects.