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You could go for something price-wise that falls in between your two lists (@ $3965), but will perform the same as the more expensive one with a 9800X3D and 5080. In your second list, you added some more expensive parts that aren’t going to provide any performance benefit in games. If you wanted, yo

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF 4.2 GHz 14-Core Processor $277.61 @ Amazon Australia CPU Cooler Thermalright Aqua Elite ARGB 66.17 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $69.61 @ Amazon Australia Motherboard Gigabyte B860 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE ATX LGA1851 Motherboard $269.00 @ MSY

Suggestions below that upgrade the CPU to a 9800X3D and the GPU to a 5080 for just $170 more, still keeping an AIO, aquarium style case, plenty of aRGB, plus some other improvements. CPU: Upgraded to the 9800X3D. Won't provide a large difference in performance (only about 3% better at 1440p based on

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D 4.1 GHz 6-Core Processor $499.99 CPU Cooler Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $48.90 @ Amazon Canada Motherboard Gigabyte B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard $0.00 Memory TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan 32

CPU is available at this price when bundled with a motherboard on MSI's webstore. 7700 has similar performance to 9600x, great value at this price. Decent dual tower cooler for cheap. Could upgrade to ID-Cooling A620 PRO SE or Thermalright Phantom Spirit Decent cheap Motherboard. Could upgrade to so

The P310 uses QLC flash, which has low durability and becomes noticeably slower after a few years. Get a better drive with TLC flash like the Patriot P400 Lite, TeamGroup Z330, or TeamGroup G70 Pro.

The P310 uses QLC flash, which has low durability and becomes noticeably slower after a few years. Get a better drive with TLC flash like the MSI Spatium M450, TeamGroup G70 Pro (under a heatsink), or Acer Predator GM7.

PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 3.7 GHz 24-Core Processor $539.77 @ Newegg CPU Cooler Thermalright Frozen Warframe ULTRA ARGB 70.84 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $93.90 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ICE ATX LGA1851 Motherboard $199.99 @ Amazon Memory

Suggestions for the best gaming components available, in an all black non-aRGB build, paired with a very high refresh rate 27” 1440p monitor for $4268. CPU: The 9800X3D is the best gaming CPU available. CPU Cooler: Very good air cooler, more than capable of cooling the 9800X3d under gaming load. Mot