HELP - Building New PC within budget

[AmericanVampire]

I am looking to get the best build for my money.  I am looking to spend about $1,600 give or take a little on a new PC with the best product I can purchase also with the ability to be upgraded at anytime.  I purchased an Alienware Aurora R7 (Dell) last year which is a decent PC but its ability to be upgraded is VERY limited. I am sure most here already understand my frustration.  my current PC has the i7-8700 GTX 1080 32gb ram still original HDD and SSD with some additional HDD's I've added.  I purchased this PC for a very low price (Not going to say how much) it was practically brand new.  any information helps.  I know I would like to move up to the i9-10900K series-  or at least I think I do.. not knowing if an i7-10k is just as good or better or some other CPU.  please and thank you in advance. 

[Skiiwee29]

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[AmericanVampire]

1 minute ago, Skiiwee29 said:

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Sorry & Thank you.   I should have looked around more.  I have been watching LTT for months just jumped into the forum tonight.  

[Skiiwee29]

1 minute ago, AmericanVampire said:

Sorry & Thank you.   I should have looked around more.  I have been watching LTT for months just jumped into the forum tonight.  

No worries!! And, welcome!

[SorryBella]

34 minutes ago, AmericanVampire said:

my current PC has the i7-8700 GTX 1080 32gb ram still original HDD and SSD with some additional HDD's I've added.  I purchased this PC for a very low price (Not going to say how much) it was practically brand new.  any information helps.  I know I would like to move up to the i9-10900K series-  or at least I think I do.. not knowing if an i7-10k is just as good or better or some other CPU.  please and thank you in advance.

I would stick with that 1080 like a glue until the GPU shortage horror is over, or scalp it on ebay so you can get one now. This is my value 1500$ 1440p gaming build, with some tweaking according to the part that you own now:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-11400F 2.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$174.99 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler	$79.98 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI MAG B560 TORPEDO ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	$169.99 @ Walmart
Memory	Crucial 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Team T-Force Cardea Zero Z330 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$94.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Enermax Revolution D.F. 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$129.50 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1444.44
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-02 01:33 EDT-0400