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Ah thanks, that's a no-brainer then!

Something I might consider as a compromise to my spending self is a small upgrade to the 7700X (£40 more) but we'll see. I've read reviews that suggests that runs a little hot; so perhaps it's not worth the "upgrade" from the 7700.

Your arguments make sense; thanks for laying them out so clearly. I'm leaning more towards the 7700 as, if I'm honest with myself for my use cases, it should be plenty for a good few years. Thanks again!

Thanks for that; I see what you're saying. I'm certainly leaning towards an AMD build now very similar to what you've suggested. The one question left is whether I chuck that extra money at the 7800X3D after all. You make a good argument against it though. Hmm......

Ah... that spec has given me plenty of food for thought; thanks @sck451! The AMD options you give weren't ones I had considered yet. Good point on the Windows license too - sadly, I'll need to get a new Windows license I think as the old PC is going to get redeployed elsewhere in the house I...

Oh and to answer the question asked further up: the budget I'm looking at is around £2000 for the entire rig.

Cheers @SpyderTracks - I'll definitely research into that card for my spec this evening!

Thanks folks. Yes, sorry the term "upgrading" is misleading - I mean replacing. Annoyingly, I've just gone back to me quote and it's already disappeared which is odd given that they're supposed to last for 5 days - maybe there some promotion that has expired... Anyway, I'll post the full quote...

Hi folks, I'm looking to upgrade my existing PCS to something that will fulfill the following main use cases for the next 4-5 years: * Running the latest games - RPGs with a smattering of FPSs for the most part. I'm not necessarily looking to ramp up the resolution to the max but I'd like to...