it might be the high of seeing that "in-building" for the first time but what a lovely group of people on this forum, particularly following this thread has made it so much easier!
I LOVE YOU ALL 😍
thanks for your insights, the rig will also be used for my work and for video editing/streaming.
i checked benchmarks of what I wanted to play with these parts and I don't think I agree that the 3080 is overspend for 1080p. This is personal preference anyway, I'm not sure what you find...
i wish i had the money to get all the trimmings, but yes as scott said the main attraction was getting the GPU and CPU at the price offered in December. the mobo can be upgraded when I'm more financially able, the loss in performance in the mean time is not something I will lose sleep over...