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I was going to advise on the same thing, resetting the BIOS is the way to go here but remove the battery? Nowadays all motherboards have jumpers

If you can actually buy a 3060 Ti at around MSRP then I think it could be a good purchase yes.
 
Performance jump is expressive and you'll have latest driver support and DLSS which is even more performance on the table, the 3060 Ti is by all means a 1440p capable card, specially if your target is 60hz~75hz.
 
@boggy77 The 3070 is a bit of a harder sell, it's only about 8% to 10% faster than the 3060 Ti for a considerable price bump... So the RTX 3080 is the only way to go but supplies on that one aren't getting restocked any time soon.

 
Bottom line is... if the GTX 1080 suffices still then wait the market improve, if not and you really want something new *now* then buy the 3060 Ti

I was going to advise on the same thing, resetting the BIOS is the way to go here but remove the battery? Nowadays all motherboards have jumpers

Sadly Gamer Nexus hasn't made a 2020 video on the subject so we'll have to use the 2019's one:
This should give you an idea how certain programs scales in performance when using hardware acceleration from a video card, but as rule of thumb you should first make sure you got the best CPU you can afford.
 

The video below has every bit of information on what benchmarks are concerned you could possible need:
Here's a few things for you to consider:
 
The stock cooler on the R5 3600 is by all means sufficient for it meaning you'd not have to buy an aftermarket cooler already improving on pricing ratio.
The R5 3600 seems to fair better than the i5 10400F on 1080p high refresh, e-sports games and alike.
The B450 motherboard has better upgrade path.
 
So if you pricing ends up near enough the same the winner here is the R5 3600.

The GTX 1660 Super is a rather underpowered card and at 240 pounds I do feel it's more expensive than it should be... but given the current awful state of the market with shortages all around I understand you find yourself would of choices.
 
Are you willing to check on used market? Maybe you can find better deal for your money or even just get something much cheaper just to help you get by and later you buy the proper card you want

Would only matter if you had more workloads and more multi-tasking planned. For gaming performance alone even with the RTX 3080 you'll still be GPU bound at 4k meaning you'll get virtually the same performance in-game with a wide variety of processors, from cheap ones to the top of the line ones:

An i7 10700K or a R5 5600X aren't exactly low tier thou

Or even the i7 10700K for the matter if Intel pricing is better where they live, playing at 4k we all know he'll be GPU bound any ways.

It may be, but you're not looking at it from a value perspective.
Read this:
 

The video below has every bit of information on what benchmarks are concerned you could possible need:
Here's a few things for you to consider:
 
The stock cooler on the R5 3600 is by all means sufficient for it meaning you'd not have to buy an aftermarket cooler already improving on pricing ratio.
The R5 3600 seems to fair better than the i5 10400F on 1080p high refresh, e-sports games and alike.
The B450 motherboard has better upgrade path.
 
So if you pricing ends up near enough the same the winner here is the R5 3600.

Yes it is. Did you even bother to check the benchmarks. Also the 10400F only does 4ghz all core.

The video below has every bit of information on what benchmarks are concerned you could possible need:
Here's a few things for you to consider:
 
The stock cooler on the R5 3600 is by all means sufficient for it meaning you'd not have to buy an aftermarket cooler already improving on pricing ratio.
The R5 3600 seems to fair better than the i5 10400F on 1080p high refresh, e-sports games and alike.
The B450 motherboard has better upgrade path.
 
So if you pricing ends up near enough the same the winner here is the R5 3600.

I was going to advise on the same thing, resetting the BIOS is the way to go here but remove the battery? Nowadays all motherboards have jumpers

If you can actually buy a 3060 Ti at around MSRP then I think it could be a good purchase yes.
 
Performance jump is expressive and you'll have latest driver support and DLSS which is even more performance on the table, the 3060 Ti is by all means a 1440p capable card, specially if your target is 60hz~75hz.
 
@boggy77 The 3070 is a bit of a harder sell, it's only about 8% to 10% faster than the 3060 Ti for a considerable price bump... So the RTX 3080 is the only way to go but supplies on that one aren't getting restocked any time soon.

 
Bottom line is... if the GTX 1080 suffices still then wait the market improve, if not and you really want something new *now* then buy the 3060 Ti

I'm rather surprised you do at all, being perfectly frank xD'
Ah yes that's more in line, you can call me a fever dream from distant times~
 
But in all seriousness I used to be quite present in the forums in the past and even sought to be part of staff so I could sneak peak @TVwazhere and @Morgan MLGmanon the locker room :3 however I end up making the mistake of getting ahead of the administration of 2 popular imageboards (derpibooru and furbooru) which killed my free time.
Aaaww, I can see that I'm not the only one up to some blushing attempts in here! You're too kind! I can only thank you for all the great support in the past, specially on the Tier List projects.
Your favourite dudette has not yet forgotten about you! It is true it has been too long! But I might start poking around a bit more once again.
Had to leave the best for last! One day I'd be the one to manage it! Teheheh!
 
Feels like a pupil reaches the master scenario even :3
 
And for everyone's dear attention:
 

I'm rather surprised you do at all, being perfectly frank xD'
Ah yes that's more in line, you can call me a fever dream from distant times~
 
But in all seriousness I used to be quite present in the forums in the past and even sought to be part of staff so I could sneak peak @TVwazhere and @Morgan MLGmanon the locker room :3 however I end up making the mistake of getting ahead of the administration of 2 popular imageboards (derpibooru and furbooru) which killed my free time.
Aaaww, I can see that I'm not the only one up to some blushing attempts in here! You're too kind! I can only thank you for all the great support in the past, specially on the Tier List projects.
Your favourite dudette has not yet forgotten about you! It is true it has been too long! But I might start poking around a bit more once again.
Had to leave the best for last! One day I'd be the one to manage it! Teheheh!
 
Feels like a pupil reaches the master scenario even :3
 
And for everyone's dear attention:
 

Do as many weather simulations as you need, the clouds will always say you're cute :3
 
And @TVwazhereis still handsome

Awfully old CPU for such a new video card... odd incompatibilities while more on the rare side can still occur when you have such a gap between your hardware. That said learning more about your PSU like stated above is going to be needed.

While Velcade has nailed the matter I think you could enjoy a short read from Gamer Nexus on the matter:
https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3359-liquid-metal-aging-one-year-test-how-often-to-replace-liquid-metal
 
It's possible LM holds even better than high quality thermal pastes do, I wouldn't fear of it while your temperature numbers are in check.

If the liquid metal is between the die and the heat sink you do not need to reapply it if you haven't taken the CPU out of the socket.  Intel socket does a good job of holding the heat sink on the die.
 
Clean the paste off your heat sink top and apply new when changing coolers.

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I'm rather surprised you do at all, being perfectly frank xD'
Ah yes that's more in line, you can call me a fever dream from distant times~
 
But in all seriousness I used to be quite present in the forums in the past and even sought to be part of staff so I could sneak peak @TVwazhere and @Morgan MLGmanon the locker room :3 however I end up making the mistake of getting ahead of the administration of 2 popular imageboards (derpibooru and furbooru) which killed my free time.
Aaaww, I can see that I'm not the only one up to some blushing attempts in here! You're too kind! I can only thank you for all the great support in the past, specially on the Tier List projects.
Your favourite dudette has not yet forgotten about you! It is true it has been too long! But I might start poking around a bit more once again.
Had to leave the best for last! One day I'd be the one to manage it! Teheheh!
 
Feels like a pupil reaches the master scenario even :3
 
And for everyone's dear attention:
 

I'm rather surprised you do at all, being perfectly frank xD'
Ah yes that's more in line, you can call me a fever dream from distant times~
 
But in all seriousness I used to be quite present in the forums in the past and even sought to be part of staff so I could sneak peak @TVwazhere and @Morgan MLGmanon the locker room :3 however I end up making the mistake of getting ahead of the administration of 2 popular imageboards (derpibooru and furbooru) which killed my free time.
Aaaww, I can see that I'm not the only one up to some blushing attempts in here! You're too kind! I can only thank you for all the great support in the past, specially on the Tier List projects.
Your favourite dudette has not yet forgotten about you! It is true it has been too long! But I might start poking around a bit more once again.
Had to leave the best for last! One day I'd be the one to manage it! Teheheh!
 
Feels like a pupil reaches the master scenario even :3
 
And for everyone's dear attention:
 

That was horribly wholesome and heartwarming. How dare you.

I'm rather surprised you do at all, being perfectly frank xD'
Ah yes that's more in line, you can call me a fever dream from distant times~
 
But in all seriousness I used to be quite present in the forums in the past and even sought to be part of staff so I could sneak peak @TVwazhere and @Morgan MLGmanon the locker room :3 however I end up making the mistake of getting ahead of the administration of 2 popular imageboards (derpibooru and furbooru) which killed my free time.
Aaaww, I can see that I'm not the only one up to some blushing attempts in here! You're too kind! I can only thank you for all the great support in the past, specially on the Tier List projects.
Your favourite dudette has not yet forgotten about you! It is true it has been too long! But I might start poking around a bit more once again.
Had to leave the best for last! One day I'd be the one to manage it! Teheheh!
 
Feels like a pupil reaches the master scenario even :3
 
And for everyone's dear attention: