Tax time gaming rig

[Myth96]

Budget (including currency): $4000 usd

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming

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): I play a vast diversity of games pretty much my taste changes day to day, I'm wanting to be able to play at the moment 1440p and 165hertz plus, been tinkering with builds and cant decide between intel/ nivida or going with amd, but I'm wanting to do kinda best of the best for this I don't know when the next time I can drop 4k on building a pc any ideas would be helpful thank you in advance on ideas

 

[Dr0idGh0sT]

Paying 4000$ in a PC and playing on 1440p monitor is waste of money, There is asbolutely no benefit in having 4K PC and relatively bad monitor, Your experience won't change much and top end gaming PC does not need 4K$, It simply will be wasted money to spend all of the money on overpriced PC parts instead of a good monitor. So here is a list of PC parts that include 4090 and perfectly capable CPU that will be more than enough for any game + one of the best, if not the best gaming monitor on the market. 

I'll say it again, There will be basically notifference in performance if you were to spend all 4K$ in just a PC and play on 1440p while getting best monitor affects experience the most. 

Also, If you can go to Microcenter u can get this combo, It'll gets you better CPU and motherboard + RAM for cheaper price. https://www.microcenter.com/product/5006230/amd-ryzen-9-7900x,-asus-b650e-f-rog-strix-gaming-wifi,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-combo

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($343.62 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool LS520 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($101.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  ($229.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  ($174.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Mushkin Vortex Redline 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: MSI GAMING TRIO GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card  ($1618.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($199.99 @ B&H) 
Monitor: Alienware AW3423DWF 34.2" 3440 x 1440 165 Hz Curved Monitor  ($1099.99 @ Dell Technologies) 
Total: $4029.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-07 06:21 EST-0500

[Queen Chrysalis]

1 hour ago, Myth96 said:

I don't know when the next time I can drop 4k on building a pc

For this reason, you really should not spend $4000 on a PC.

1. At the $2000 mark, there really isn't much to be gained performance wise by spending any more.
2. The 'spend it while you have it' mentality is incredibly bad, don't do that.  Especially on a luxury thing like this. 
3. You could do a system for $1500 that would have most of the game performance of a $4000 system, and at $2000 you can get a system that would game pretty much identically.

[Queen Chrysalis]

For $1550, this would play literally everything at ultra 1440p 165Hz:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($209.96 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($40.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Pro RS/D4 WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($65.98 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Asus TUF GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  ($799.99 @ ASUS) 
Case: Thermaltake V150 Tempered Glass ARGB Breeze MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Enermax Revolution D.F. 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1556.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-07 06:36 EST-0500

 

For $2070, there is really nothing you could get that would get a game running any (meaningfully) faster:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor  ($296.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  ($40.90 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock B760M Steel Legend WiFi Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory  ($146.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: XFX Speedster MERC 310 Black Edition Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  ($1079.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Thermaltake V150 Tempered Glass ARGB Breeze MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Super Flower Leadex V Platinum Pro 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($169.99 @ Newegg Sellers) 
Total: $2074.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-02-07 06:41 EST-0500

 

Those are without monitors, though.  Depending on what screen size and shape you want, any of these would be a good deal:

AOC AG323QCX2 31.5" 2560 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor (AG323QCX2) - PCPartPicker 

HP X27q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Monitor (2V7U5AA#ABU) - PCPartPicker 

ViewSonic VX2718-2KPC-MHD 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Curved Monitor (VX2718-2KPC-MHD) - PCPartPicker 

LG 34WP60C-B 34.0" 3440 x 1440 160 Hz Curved Monitor (34WP60C-B) - PCPartPicker

Lenovo 66A1GCCBUS 34.0" 3440 x 1440 144 Hz Curved Monitor (66A1GCCBUS) - PCPartPicker

[Myth96]

I already got 3 32 inch 165 monitors already just needing a tower to go with, this is why I wanted to reach out and get a basic build idea befor I put a little more into it for extra ssd for storage and what not, I do alot of the game hosting for friends and what not so I know imma need a bit more ram then 16 but other then that I was kinda at a loss of what exactly I wanted for cpu nd gpu, the plan is in the next year or so possible upgrading monitors on my set up and giving me wife the older ones since she really isn't a gamer but she does toy around with it