Thanks to Mist over in the GPU thread, I was able to get myself a 3080ti, and as such I things like CPUs and rams to get those sweet sweet FPS's. Would appreciate some advice, both on the level/performance of what I've chosen but also the price, like if it's currently overlisted.
After brief research I feel like the 12700K(f) is the sweet spot for performance and price. Amazon has the KF for $351, and I saw Microcenter has a deal for the K for just $300, but it's in-store only and the nearest MC's are in Dallas and Houston, an equal 3 hours away from me in Austin. I don't think that's worth it, with the exception that if other parts in my list could be acquired for better deals than Amazon/newegg, I'd make a daytrip.
Along with this I found the MSI Pro z690-A for $232, which lets me use that snappy new processor but also cheap and reliable DDR4 memory (and also the integrated wifi and bluetooth would see use). Assuming this is a wise choice (avoiding DDR5), what the heck ram to choose? There's a zillion listed and the price range seems relatively tight, the cheapest 32gb I saw being about 120 with lots of options at 140/160/180, which are all possible choices, so if someone could just say "____ is the one you want" that'd be great.
Similarly, for hard drives, no idea what to choose. I'm currently using a 1tb SSD with 4tb storage, but the storage was used entirely on downloading torrents and I've switched almost entirely to streaming stuff, and I don't keep a wide dearth of games installed so I'm thinking a nice 2tb nv.me would do me solid. Is raid still a thing? Should I be looking at 2x1tb drives?
Power supply I'm guessing like 850 would do the trick, and I'll figure out the case situation later, as I'm currently using an open-air one I like a lot but I see lots of new options. Right now I just wanna get the guts all sorted out.
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