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Budget (including currency): $2k-3k CAD

Country: Canada

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming and gaming at ultra settings at 1080p (for now)

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 am looking to upgrade my pc but i am concerned about cooling and power, any advice regarding better upgrades or anything else would be helpful!
my current build is

* Motherboard - MSI Z370 carbon pro gaming
* CPU - i7 8700k
* GPU - Gigabyte geforce GTX 1080
* PSU - Corsair RM750x
* Cpu Cooler - Phanteks PH-TC12DX (i beleive)
* Ram - 2x16gb corsair vengance lpx 3600mhz
* Storage - samsung evo 960 250 gb, xpg 1tb NVME, toshiba HDWE140 4tb and two other hybrid drives i snagged from a couple ps4 i helped upgrade
* Fans - 3x 120mm fans + 1x 200mm fan

I want to put in

* i7 14700K
* Rtx 4080 super
* Z790 motherboard

Do i have to worry about anything? i feel like my power supply and cooling might be inadequate.


Edit: in a cooler master storm stryker case

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That cpu cooler isn't going to come close to handling that unlocked 14 gen i7. Looking at your primary uses I would go with the locked 13 gen i7. A lot easier to tame while giving you near identical performance.  You want a 850W ATX 3.0 psu for that card.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($479.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool GAMMAXX AG620 ARGB 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($209.62 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: *Asus TUF Gaming 850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($140.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $889.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-08 01:21 EST-0500

 

A better look at those components.

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-B760-P-WIFI-DDR4  

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230491/intel-core-i713700f-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AG620-BK-ARGB-Dual-Tower-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/16082.shtml  

 

https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/power-supply-units/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-850g/

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8 hours ago, Why_Me said:

That cpu cooler isn't going to come close to handling that unlocked 14 gen i7. Looking at your primary uses I would go with the locked 13 gen i7. A lot easier to tame while giving you near identical performance.  You want a 850W ATX 3.0 psu for that card.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: *Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  ($479.99 @ Best Buy Canada) 
CPU Cooler: *Deepcool GAMMAXX AG620 ARGB 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler  ($59.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: *MSI PRO B760-P WIFI DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($209.62 @ shopRBC) 
Power Supply: *Asus TUF Gaming 850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($140.50 @ Vuugo) 
Total: $889.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-08 01:21 EST-0500

 

A better look at those components.

 

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/PRO-B760-P-WIFI-DDR4  

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/230491/intel-core-i713700f-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz/specifications.html  

 

https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AG620-BK-ARGB-Dual-Tower-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2022/16082.shtml  

 

https://www.asus.com/us/motherboards-components/power-supply-units/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-850g/

Thank you for your suggestion, i do want to “future proof” my pc for another 5-7 years so i was adding a bit of headroom with the cpu, thank you for your help and comprehensive list. 

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8 hours ago, 8tg said:

I wouldn’t oc either too hard but 750w will be fine for that.

Cooling will be more dependent on what cpu cooler you have, the 8700k is an ice cube in comparison to a 14700k, and that phanteks dual 120mm tower will probably just be enough at stock speeds. I would look for a larger cooler overall, dual 140mm air coolers. An AIO is off the table in that case unless you got a pretty substantial 280mm aio in push/pull.

Ive got sizable room for an aio but i will need to check the size of it just in case (no pun intended) from the comments im getting here and else where its looking like to be save i should still replace the power and cooling

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