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I'm guessing since you're not including the monitor in your budget you'd be looking to upgrade that at another time. Check ohy Monitor unboxed on YT they have regular round ups for different monitors. Would recommend going 1440p. And to give my two cents on the two build lists already provided, go with the 7900xtx one if you don't plan on using raytracing and 4070 ti super if you do. I've never used raytracing so can offer any advice on whether or not I feel its worth the lower FPS.

Wow I'm impressed you got a much better cpu and gpu for less than what they had specd out. Great job!

Thank you. Got to know those thoughts regarding the cpu. I ended up choosing that cpu because at the I had an amd 1600 and was almost certain there had been an issue with the board from the start as I never managed to get to ram speed above the stock speed. Replacing the mobo, ram (had tried to get ram checked out as it was corsair with life time warranty but the ************************ company gave me the wrong address. And had brought the cheapest 8gb kit to use while it was gone.) And the cpu was going to be about 350nzd cheaper than the amd option. Think it was just after 5000 series released and nz pricing is weird as heck in terms of discounting previous gen stuff. If I remember correctly it was going to cost more for the 3600 over a 5600.

https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/zhCDFs Here's my suggestion on what I'd spend the money on. This though is assuming your current monitor is 1080p I never remember those HD variations. Now I'm thinking about tit though full HD might be 1440p. Slightly smaller monitor but Linus himself (despite no longer following his own advice.) Stated that 24" best for 1080p 27" for 1440p and 32" for 4k. If the monitor is already 1440p then probably https://be.pcpartpicker.com/list/wvprXk

Hello, I currently have a 5700xt paired with an 11400f. I'm looking to upgrade the gpu and my current thoughts and options are 7700xt for 900nzd 7800xt for around 1050nzd or a second hand 3080 for 600. I know the person selling the second hand 3080 so theres no risk of it not working but it has been used to mine for around 18months, dont think it had been underclocked either. As a secondary question how much do you think my current cpu will throttle these cards. Been trying to find an 11700/f but not having much luck either new or second hand. Will be purely for gaming at 1440p.

I used https://m.urcdkey.com/ with a code from either bitwit or techsource. If you want to add a layer of protection use a visa gift card for the purchase but I feel they're kinda legit just not selling an entirely legit key. The keys being sold are meant to be integrated into a prebuild, Microsoft offering the cheaper price as the customer is then stuck on their OS. Can't really comment on the OS version for a particular motherboard. You'll need to download the latest drivers from the manufacturer website for the products you have. Might be easier to download these all on the old laptop and use a USB drive to copy them onto the new system. I'm kind of confused though do you have some of the parts already but just waiting to buy the last few?

Are you asking because you're over budget and want to get it down? So suggesting the rx6650 to replace the 7600?

Well cheaper is cheaper, and cost is the only reason to suggest for going for non k. Even on a mobo that doesn't support overclocking it's going to boost higher than the non k. GPU can also be used for other things but you'll need to look up whether you specifically software can utilise them.

Yeah the cm212 ain't going to keep the 12700 cool when it struggles to keep 11400 under 90c

It does seem quite hard to find good information on this cooler, but it does sound like it'll be too small for an overclockable i7. This doesn't mean that the only next step is to jump to an AIO you'll just need to find something a bit bigger. Also note even if you plan to not overclock, the k series boosts higher so having sufficient cooling let's it use that extra power you're paying for for longer. Here's a couple of options I found at an ozzie retailer. https://www.umart.com.au/product/be-quiet-shadow-rock-3-120mm-pwm-cpu-cooler-54980 This should cover the potential heat produced by that CPU https://www.umart.com.au/product/azza-blizzard-pro-240-240mm-aio-liquid-cooler-74079 Have no experience with this company but its a 240mm AIO only $10. Just want to make it clear to you that the i7 is a great cpu but Intel is well know having iGPUs that are capable of display an image and not much more. You'll only be playing the most basic of games until you get a dedicated GPU. You could look at using an AMD APU which is more designed to have usable graphics processing, these are what's used in the PS5 and xbox series. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THAT VERSION OF WINDOWS. Use one of those key resale sites it'll be like $25usd or try find an old key and go through the windows upgrade process. May have shown me NZD pricing but it's basically three times what you're willing to spend on the cpu cooler. Your mobile doesn't allow overclocking. My reason for suggesting a better cooler than the one you listed is that I found an article saying it'll likely struggle to handle more than 65w, using a cooler master hyper 212 that has a heavier heatskin and bigger fan starts to throttle an 11400f which is a 65w part.

Curious about why you're choosing 4k over 1440p. I tried looking up the monitor you mentioned and only found it on amazon but couldn't work out if it was showing me NZD or USD. It was 1400ish so I'm going to assume NZD, (although when i searched for 4080s the price was about 800 less than shops in nz on amazon so maybe I should look at buying from them.) Just trying to work out why you're choosing that monitor before trying to fit something to your budget.

Nah I'm not looking to blame anyone. I was hoping for your wonderful voices of reason that'll convince me I don't it.

Because I'm a nerd and always geek out over the new tech, obviously I'm aware I can get everything and from my system history it's obvious I don't. But new shiny things are shiny.

My current system consists of a 11400f, 16gb RAM, 5700xt, and a b560 motherboard. It performs very well in my opinion and paired with my 1440p monitor I get pretty good FPS usually around the 100 mark as I do like to turn some settings up, of course that's a very rough estimate, but I generally play around with settings to get that kind of performance. I play a lot of different games so it's not easy to pick a few and say these are the games I play. Realistically I'm just wondering what all of you would suggest in terms of upgrades. I purely game, so don't think I really need more CPU power, but I'm not sure whether the 11400 would hold back a more powerful GPU. I got the CPU after the GPU and upgrading from a Ryzen 5 1600 to the 11400f I pretty much got a 100% increase in performance in every game I tested it was incredible to realize how much I'd been holding the GPU back.

Haha nah it's almost as budget as possible.