Third Build - Future Proofing and Good Visuals

[Crazy Danish]

I'm looking for advice on my third build; both of the previous two were built with advice from here (thought can't find my original account) given it's the most helpful place online I know!

I favour builds that have long term resilience/upgradability so that they can last a while. Previous build was 7 years ago and I realise it's just not compatable with current tech without a lot of throttling.

• NZXT H440 New 2015 Edition Case - Matte Black
• Asus Maximus VIII Formula Intel Z170
• Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake)
• Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMD32GX4M4B)
• EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3967-KR )
• NZXT KRAKEN X61 280mm AIO Water Cooling Unit
• Corsair HX750i 750W Power Supply
• Samsung 1.0TB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E1T0B/EU)
• Intel 750 Series 800GB PCIe 3.0 X4 HHHL Adaptor NVMe Solid State Drive (SSDPEDMW800G4X1)
• Samsung 950 Pro 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
• WD Blue 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (WD40EZRZ)

For the new gaming rig, I'd like to prioritise future proofing it first. Concerns in picking parts are PCIe 5 and other upcoming standards I'm not aware of. Would any of my storage devices above be useful with such, or a full replacement?

Second is to achieve great visuals on new dual monitors (1x WQHD 3440 x 1440 and 1x QHD 2560 x 1440) and seperatly on my TV (4k). Ignore monitors for budget.

Budget ~£2-2.5k, but open to higher specs if it meets one of the two priorities above. I've been reading about the 7800X3D / RX 7900XT combo as a good cost/benefit ratio, but open to altneratives as I don't know the longevity of those.

Thanks!

 

[Tetras]

Would any of my storage devices above be useful with such, or a full replacement?

They're all fine to re-use, but I believe you need:
Case: 1x 2.5" bay and 1x 3.5" bay (assuming the HDD is full size and not laptop size).
Motherboard: a PCI-E 3.0 M.2 slot and a PCI-E slot with at least 4 lanes.

For the new gaming rig, I'd like to prioritise future proofing it first. Concerns in picking parts are PCIe 5 and other upcoming standards I'm not aware of.

I doubt it will have a big impact on future proofing with a high-end system, but your budget is large, so the cost is not important.

I've been reading about the 7800X3D / RX 7900XT combo as a good cost/benefit ratio

Here's an example:

My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core 5.00GHz (Socket AM5) Processor - Retail (SKU: CP-3DT-AM) = £368.99
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Ryzen Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00523) = £0.00
• 1 x Asus ROG Strix B650E-F Gaming WIFI (Socket AM5) DDR5 ATX Motherboard (SKU: MB-6JX-AS) = £255.54
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance EXPO 64GB (2X32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK64GX5M2B5600Z40) (SKU: MY-4DL-CS) = £199.99
• 1 x Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT Pulse 20GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-3A7-SP) = £699.95
• 1 x AMD - Starfield Radeon Game Bundle (SKU: DIG-AMD-00542) = £0.00
• 1 x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A013) (SKU: HD-3DX-SE) = £109.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P600S Glass Silent Midi Tower Case - Black (SKU: CA-08T-PT) = £152.99
• 1 x Phanteks M25 140mm PWM High-Airflow Chassis Fan - Black (SKU: FG-033-PT) = £9.95
• 1 x Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W Fully Modular Native PCIE 5 80 Plus Gold Power Supply (SKU: CA-1BN-TT) = £164.98
• 1 x Power Cable for Thermaltake GF3 850/1000/1200 Power supply (SKU: CB-000-TT) = £0.00

Total: £1,962.38 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

Cooler: this (under £50).

The motherboard has PCI-E 5.0 SSD and graphics, but there's a snag. If you re-use your Intel drive and place it in the bottom PCI-E slot (which has 4 lanes), you would lose the third M.2 slot. This is not a problem for now, because I included one drive and you already have one drive.