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Ya I see what you're saying. But I'd rather not bridge. Can just make due with my current build and play AAA titles on PS4 if I have to. Next upgrade I'd like to go much closer to top tier, but just not sure if now is the time to do that.

Currently gaming a 4670k + 8GB + GTX 760. Kinda ignored gaming for a while but getting back into it now. Actually just picked up some PS4 games because I talked myself out of a PC upgrade this holiday weekend. Playing AC Odyssey on PS4 and honestly the game is great but it's reminding me of why I prefer PC. I'm tempted to throw together a 1080 ti build right now (Ryzen 2700 or 8700k, 16-32 of 3000/3200, etc.) but just not sure it's smart. RTX cards should get cheaper over time and perhaps drive down prices of Pascal series, but also new AMD CPUs coming in a few months. 1080 ti isn't exactly a new card so I'm not sure about dumping money into a new build with 'older' (sooner to be outdated) tech. Goal would be a few years of ultra settings and then coast for a few more at whatever. At 1440/60 right now but plan to move to 1440/120 eventually. Ideally 5-7 years before another upgrade again. So, in my shoes, would you move now and see what 2019 holds?

NiP, though it's been rough lately. But I got into CS way back in like 2000. I remember watching the early X3 vs NiP CPL Finals and even the first ESWC, which was one of the first ever live-streamed CS events if I remember right. Anyway, I like a number of players/teams these days but NiP was my first 'fav' team so I'm always rooting for them.

Used to be big into games and then I spent a number of years only playing a handful of titles. Thinking about making an effort to go back to the best of what I missed. What is your top game for each of the last 5-10 years? Assume I haven't played any AAA titles (mostly true) and recommend one game per calendar year. What were your can't miss games?

Wrote that wrong, I meant GPU. 2600x should be good for the time frame (4-5 years) I'm looking at, so more a question of trying to 'futureproof' the video card or just go the 1080 route and expect to upgrade it and the monitor is maybe 2-3 years.

I don't NEED it now, no. Aside from Fallout 76, I'm not playing (or planning to play) anything that I can't run (though not always at best settings). I'm still not sure if I can run Fallout 76 at playable frames. Feel like aside from the GPU this build would achieve my build fine. So really it's uncertainly around that one component that makes me wonder if I should wait.

Input requested here. Current build is an i5-4670k, 8GB DD3, GTX 760. Basically haven't upgraded it in about 5 years and some components like PSU are 8+ years old. Feeling like I'm finally motivated to upgrade, especially since I'm running a 1440p (60hz) monitor and performance in newer games isn't great. To be clear, I'm not really hardcore into games anymore. Generally don't buy the latest big titles (sometimes though, like I'll probably buy Fallout 76 with new rig). Spend more time playing stuff like Grim Dawn. Point of upgrading would be to give myself another 4-5 years of 'comfortable' gaming, with the ability to play new titles at max settings for a little while and then coast for a few years at reduced settings. At some point I would like to upgrade the monitor to 144hz, but I like my monitor a lot and don't want to spend the money on that now. With that in mind, my plan is to pick up a Ryzen 2600x, 16GB DD4 (3000) and a new GPU as the core of an upgraded build. I can't decide on the GPU. Canadian dollars, I can get a 1070 TI for $530 or a 1080 for $550. Seems like a logical choice there, so plan was to go with a 1080. That would be perfect for 1440p/60 but that's also still a decent chunk to spend on a 2 year old card, one that wouldn't be great if/when I step up to 1440/144. Canadian pricing for a 1080ti is $800 and a 2080 is close to $1000. Those are big jumps and would kind of be wasted on my current monitor, but if my goal is to keep this system for 4-5 years I wonder if it makes sense to spend more and 'future proof'. Of course I could always buy a 1080 and sell it when I upgrade my monitor and upgrade my GPU again then. Sorry, lots of rambling. Any thoughts or suggestions? What would you do? Goal is mostly best bang for buck overall.