New PC advice

[Buckleheid]

My son is looking to build a new PC in the next few months and as we got great advice on a build from here the last time a few years back, here i am again.
Whats the current market on GPUs and CPUs in relation to anything to wait for, ie a new iteration/model that would be worth waiting for over current market if you know what i mean?
He would have a budget of say 3.5k and up to 4k at the highest if it was worth that extra wee bit for something special, and will include a widescreen monitor in that cost , its a decent chunk of money so i think theres plenty options out there hopefully.
I think hes leaning towards an AMD GPU and whatever best CPU to go with that, also a WIFI Mobo is a must.
Any advice on anything above would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

 

[Buckleheid]

That sounds good, he's pretty flexible on the monitor, I think he would need to see some in the flesh before making a decision.
Plenty options out there for sure, once we get an idea of the basics of the build I will post a list of potential components, more than happy for anyone to spec a build going forward based on amd gpu and cpu, an aio cooler is preferred with rgb ram but that's it for the rgb, keep it minimal.
We don't have an issue with flashing mobo prior to build as per last time even though it was nerve-wracking
Thanks

 

[Buckleheid]

Sorry if already mentioned but is this a pure gaming build?

yes, pure gaming and the usual but no work etc being done

 

[Buckleheid]

You really don't need to spend that much. Even if you factor in a £600 OLED, £3500 is just too much.

You can get a decent PC for a lot less.

was thinking of future proofing as much as possible as well

 

[Buckleheid]

some great suggestions, will show my son and go from there, gonna look at 32" monitors in the flesh so he knows whats the difference in panel tech etc

 

[Buckleheid]

no such thing as future proofing, but there is a thing called overspending.

That doesn't mean buying a 8GB RAM quad core either

fair point i suppose, its hard for us to find the sweet spot of best bang for buck as it seems like it changes all the time , ive been guilty in the past of chucking money at something ie most expensive so it must be great type of thing so hes maybe got that from me

 

[Buckleheid]

we are getting a newer desk, he has all other peripherals needed for gaming, already has VR set