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Hi folk, need advice on building a top end gaming system around a recently purchased Geforce RTX 3080 Ti.
The build is for a friend who finally got hold of the 3080 and now wants to purchase a decent system for gaming only. No mining here.
Currently he is gaming at 1080, but wants to buy a 4K monitor at a later date. So would be looking to purchase the rest of the build apart from the GPU and monitor.
He's a hardcore FPS gamer currently into WarZone (very competitive and FPS is everything in his world), but wants a build that can handle any game currently out now and in the near future.
I was going to suggest an AMD system around the Ryzen 5 5600X/5800X, but not so sure now? Would this be good enough? He wont be using the System for anything else, but gaming. Would also need a decent case with good air flow. I think price wise he will pay for what it takes so long as his system does not restrict the GPU performance and I know the 1080 resolution will, but he wants to purchase a 4K monitor at a later date.
Cheers HT
The build is for a friend who finally got hold of the 3080 and now wants to purchase a decent system for gaming only. No mining here.

Currently he is gaming at 1080, but wants to buy a 4K monitor at a later date. So would be looking to purchase the rest of the build apart from the GPU and monitor.
He's a hardcore FPS gamer currently into WarZone (very competitive and FPS is everything in his world), but wants a build that can handle any game currently out now and in the near future.
I was going to suggest an AMD system around the Ryzen 5 5600X/5800X, but not so sure now? Would this be good enough? He wont be using the System for anything else, but gaming. Would also need a decent case with good air flow. I think price wise he will pay for what it takes so long as his system does not restrict the GPU performance and I know the 1080 resolution will, but he wants to purchase a 4K monitor at a later date.

Cheers HT