New 4k monitor, now thinking about next upgrade steps, advice needed

[gupott]

I recently bought a Samsung Odyssey Neo G85NB 32" 4K screen for use on my desktop which I mainly use for games, internet use, office work, emails on windows 11, see specs below.

I can game relatively happily but the PC is pushed hard on certain games so I am starting to plan for a system update. Where would be the most beneficial place to start? With the GPU, or the CPU? I am not beholden to intel, so I could go AMD.

• CPU - Intel Core i9-9900K Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0GHz Unlocked LGA1151 300 Series 95W (BX806849900K)
• Mobo - Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard MB-577-GI
• GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GAMING Z TRIO LHR Ampere Graphics Card
• RAM - Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G360C8K)
• CASE - be quiet! Silent Base 601 Midi-Tower Case - Black Window CA-12H-BQ
• PSU - Corsair RMx 750w 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply (CP-9020179-UK) CA-23W-CS
• HDD 1 - Samsung 970 PRO Polaris 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive HD-23S-SA
• HDD 2 - Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB PCIe
• Cooling - Noctua NH-U12A High Performance CPU Cooler

Thanks for reading.

 

[gupott]

Thanks for all the replies!

Which games?

Recently, probably Cyberpunk and Horizon Forbidden West come to mind.

 

[gupott]

Thanks again for all the replies, it is much appreciated!!

ahh, the old, I upgraded to 4k, now I have to spend a **** ton of money to run it story

This was always the plan, to get monitor first and think about CPU/GPU after. This thread was to help my thinking as which way to jump first. And, no mad hurry, as performance is pretty good even now.

so if he wants very high fps in games, really he should drop down to a 1440, or even 1080p,

No, I am too old to take advantage of very high fps in games.

Each to his or her own, I think I'd rather have a 1440p OLED than a 4k IPS..

I have had an OLED a couple of years ago, an alienware that had a weird fault so it got sent back. What I did learn from the experience. OLEDs are amazing, but I was always worried about burn in/out. Mitigation factors aside, I just did not want that in my mind hence going IPS. I spend a lot longer on office/productivity (got to pay the bills), that this G85NB made more sense for me.