yes but the only way to get pcie gen 4 is on AMD chips which will also be out of date by the time it matters atm we arent even using half the bandwidth of a full x16 lanes of pcie 3, 16 lanes @ 1000MB/s is an incredible amount of data. We are some way off from this eventuality and its implementation.Dont think PCI-E 3.0 will matter much this gen but it may be a problem come the next gen
I mean the discussion here isnt for someone who wants to be at the cutting edge, that person can buy the latest everything every year. This is about getting someone, who clearly has half an eye on cost, from what was a pretty good gaming setop 6 years ago to something that will feel worth £1k.
And in my personal and professional opinion an 8th gen intel and a new GPU would be absolutely perfect.