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I know right? my 1080 Ti Founders Edition feels so tiny nowadays lol

Imagine thinking covid19 will ever end.

AMD's current Navi architecture handles 1080p better than nVidia's Ampere architecture, these benchmarks shows how far these processors can take the GPU and the RX6800 is simply going a bit farther.

I don't think so, to be honest. Can still run plenty of (old)games though...

The RTX 3080's 10gb of vram is by all means 100% sufficient for 1440p gaming, VRAM hasn't much weight as it seems to be honest. Like stated I'd go with the 3080 since DLSS and RT... the 6800XT is on pair rasterization wise so why not get the extra nVidia goodies.

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.

How many % would this one be: It's not good to deal with absolutes, all in all the statement that the processors are on pair of one another stands. To be fair everyone who has ever had an Intel Stock Cooler under operation knows that thing is as loud as it gets, it is clearly inferior to AMD's and it can get to really bothering levels. Also again with this "something that is slower" there's no objectively faster or slower answer in here. Having the alternative means you can at some point bother yourself to learn and do it, this options is simply not present on Intel which be as much team blue as possible you cannot deny how much a bummer that is. Now this is the moment you kinda show your bias... the R5 5600X can be used on the Motherboard of choice by OP and that's a processor that does reach and sometimes even surpasses the i9 10900K already making your "beats anything AMD offers" claim false. To add salt to injury, note you just advised OP to consider an i9 10900K, a 10 cores power house CPU, to be used on the "cheapest B460" you can buy. How's that a senseful upgrade path?

I sense some unnecessary bias in here. The reality is that the 10400 and 3600 are too close to one another to really matter, your own "better methodology" benchmarks shows a variance within 1%~2% meaning OP won't be gaining or losing significant performance regardless what they choose. So we get back to the fact that if they are paying the same price, potentially cheaper with the Ryzen if they stick to stock cooler, there's the notion AMD is still a better pick thanks to not locking CPU/Memory overclocking and having a superior upgrade path (without mention actual better performance on other content creation applications should OP ever want those).

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.

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.

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

What kind of adapter it is? I'm afraid that is your issue, if it's a passive adapter then it will not work regardless what you do since DisplayPort is a digital signal while VGA is an analogic signal. You need an active adapter which is quite rare or for a better solution since the monitor seems to support DVI (which is a digital signal) is use a DP to DVI cable.

I have looked up on google and I cannot seem to find a lenovo ls1951 that actually has DisplayPort. How exactly is the video card connected to it? Are you using an adapter? If so... what kind of adapter?

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

What monitor are you using exactly? Adding it's model and specs is helpful. Your computer has iGPU, does it work fine with it? Did you install the nVidia latest drivers fresh new? As in was there no other video card on this system prior?

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.

As Dizmo said, your parts selection looks as solid as it gets. I'd just be wary of potential temperature issues when this machine is at full steam. Ever considered a mATX build instead? can still make it fairly compact and would ensure better cooling potential.

Any particular reason why these components in specific? Is the GT 1030 the GDDR5 or the DDR4 variant? Be careful with that one since the DDR4 variant is an extremely underpowered piece of hardware. All that aside the i3 9100F will allow the GT 1030 to meet it's full potential in gaming and be okayish for 1080p, still not a very good combo though when there should be better video cards for similar price, second hand if anything.

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

Tough place to be in mate, to be fair I doubt you'll be able to buy a FE at msrp any time soon. You might have to reconsider this deal you arranged with your friend and just return them the money you took and they return your video card to be fair.

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.