Researching and saving for new pc by end of this year.

[Alagix]

My budget will be 2-3k. I am looking to build around a 5080 ideally. A 4k gaming monitor is part of the budget too.

I'd like it to be as "future proof" as possible, if possible. I have been out of the tech loop for many a year now. Is it reasonable to think that my budget will get me those two items, as well as a top tier cpu/psu/storage etc? Of which I know nothing much about atm, just about to start researching them.
My aim is to play games such as the new Indiana jones on full, as an example.

Should I extend my timeframe and save more?

 

[TonyCarter]

Depends on the price of the 5080 and 4k monitor, but £2k is barely 1440p level nowadays (for just the PC). A 4k GPU is £800-£1200 on its own.

This is a very good base for longevity…excluding GPU and monitor…
Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER ATX CASE - WHITE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Eight Core CPU (Up to 5.2GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7 (AM5, DDR5, M.2 PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NONE, I ALREADY HAVE A GRAPHICS CARD
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1200W RMx SHIFT SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR ICUE LINK TITAN 360 RX RGB HIGH PERFORMANCE CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
NONE OR ONBOARD Wi-Fi (MOTHERBOARD DEPENDENT)
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (6 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Price: £1,761.00 including VAT and Delivery
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So the question becomes, can you get a 5080 (or 5070Ti) plus a decent 4K monitor for £1200? I don’t think you’ll manage a 4K OLED though.

 

[SpyderTracks]

My aim is to play games such as the new Indiana jones on full, as an example.

Be careful of this also, there is no such thing as "full graphics" in PC gaming, you optimise settings to get best performance vs quality, this is especially important now that all developers have stuck their fingers up to nvidias draconian limitations, and a lot of modern titles will barely reach 60fps at 1080p with a 5090.

There are many settings where reducing them or even fully disabling them doesn't affect graphical fidelity much if at all, yet gains huge performance

In PC gaming, Ultra / Full graphics is only used in benchmarks

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Also be aware, what we'd recommend now, won't be what we'd recommend when it comes to purchase time as prices and components will have changed by then if you're not talking about the next month or so.

 

[Alagix]

Thanks for your reply's guys. Yeh I get what you're saying, the takeaway I'm getting, is to just save for now and start looking closer to the time... and save more too lol

 

[Scott]

£3k is a great budget, including the monitor may cut it a bit fine but if you could stretch to £3.5k you could likely have it all.

It's too early to be even considering anything though, by the end of the year we will be in a completely different position.