ready to purchase now.
building a new pc for my son, he has monitor keyboard and mouse. Thinking build around a 4070

cad/euro/usd?
what resolution/games?
care about rgb/lights or just clean?

All the important details are always missing.

USD
Its for a 12 year old, trying to future proof it for 5 years or so.
rgb/clean- doesnt really matter

Resolution you intend on playing at? Makes a huge difference in price and hardware selection. If 1080p, 4070 is overkill. If 1440p, 4070 should definitely do the job.

1440p, wife will get im a new monitor for his birthday.

The 4070 is nearly identical in power to the 3080, and I used to run a 3080 paired with a i7-11700k and would get 144 fps 1440p on ultra settings on nearly every game.

As of writing this, bestbuy has the i7-11700k on clearance for $195. Crazy deal imo.

That's $800 right there, should pair it with a 750 to 850w psu, putting you at $1000. Add a corsair 280mm h115i AIO, any case you like, and a few more 120mm fans and good to go. Amazon had samsung 980 2tb ssds for $60 the other day. Prob a little more now.

That build right there is ~$1250, leaves you $250 for a 1440p monitor. Samsung - Odyssey G51C 32" LED QHD FreeSync Premium Gaming Monitor with HDR10 - Black is $229 right now @ bestbuy.

If your wife is getting the monitor herself later, use the remaining $250 for a decent ddr4 motherboard and 32gb ddr4 ram

Also, the most important part, make sure you actually get a 1440p monitor. Look for QHD on the box 2560x1440p resolution also.

Also future proofing is a lot easier these days with dlss.

This post was edited by Superstu96 on Jul 22 2023 01:37am

My first time here in the hardware subsection of D2jsp, holy shit, you guys are fucking legends. WOW.