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Budget (including currency): Around $1000 USD

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly gaming Cyberpunk, RDR2, Grounded, Halo, and civ

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Current:

CPU: Intel I7-7700k overclocked to 5GHZ

RAM: 16gbs DDR4 2x8

Power: Corsair RM850x

Storage: 256gb m.2 for boot, 1tb m.2, and 2tb HDD

Monitor: 27.0" 1440p 165 Hz Monitor and 4k tv

Motherboard: ASRock Z270 Taichi

 

I am hoping to upgrade my PC and get a RTX 3080 to play at 4k and at 1440p at 165 Hz when playing competitively with friends but should i change my CPU to avoid Bottlenecking? and if so what should i get?

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civilization benefits from more cores, but just to get faster AI turns. RDR2 would see a good performance increase, and cyberpunk is likely to be core-heavy, but you should get the 3080 first and see if performance meets your standards.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explainedgroup reg is bad

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