@zingwilder9989
Optimally, building a new rig every 5 years is the goal. However, if money is an obstacle, just keep the 9900K and 2080Ti for as long as you need. There's nothing wrong with that hardware.
@jerryg4534
that current setup is great. i got a 9900k, 32 gb of ddr4 and a 6700xt, and it games at 1440P. us PC gamers get caught up in the upgrade wave cuz we only see mostly new hardware reviews and we never even appreciate of thoroughly use what we have. i like many others sold my old gpu, an rtx 2080 to try to upgrade to the rtx 3080 just before it came out, and we all know how that went. didnt have a gpu for close to two years. my nintendo switch saved me and made me appreciate to just play games and not worry so much about hardware.
@spreadneck2063
I'm sticking with my 9900KF and 3080 for at least another 2 years probably.
@rangersmith4652
Before Papa Deals spoke, I started typing. If you have a 9900K and a 2080ti and $1,000 to upgrade, don't upgrade. There's really no fully worthwhile upgrade you can get for a grand. When I feel the upgrade fever kick in, I build new and demote the old machine to a lesser role, maybe even handing it off to someone else.
@andrewweltlich9065
If you are looking for an upgrade for gaming a 9900k is still viable at higher resolutions. I could see a GPU upgrade making sense. An AMD 7900xtx could make a noticeable difference for $1000.
@Hypershell
I agree with Rogue, use case makes all the difference here. In most cases, Tech is spot on, but if there's an actual reason he needs an upgrade, 7900XTX does sound tempting. Although, the other big unknown is what his power supply can handle...
@skorpers
9900k + 2080 Ti is a good place to stick until the next console generation comes around. More/Faster ram and a better SSD is a good investment.
@Roman00744
My current PC (mostly because of your advice so TY) is 9900k on an Aorus Elite z390 with a Noctua nh12 cooler(surprisingly enough to cool the 9900k even at 5Ghz), 64GB of 3600 cl16 RAM (got 4000 cl18 bdie as well but only 32GB) running at 50ns latency, 1TB Samsung 970 evo+ (IMO gen3 is enough for now) as a boot drive, 1TB Sabrent rocket as a game drive(for me this amount of storage is enough, don't have more than a few games installed at a time), 2TB HDD for backup, 2TB external HDD for second backup and a few more nvmes, ssds and external drives that I bought last few Amazon sailes, Corsair hx1200i PSU, got a few GPUs, 2080ti, 3070, 6800xt, currently using the 6800xt, all in a modified 15-17 year old Enermax Phoenix case with Noctua and be Quiet fans(going to buy the Thermaltake CTE 750 soon) running on an Eaton 9e 2000i UPS. I play on a 4k 60hz TV and don't feel the need to upgrade anything, running 50+ chrome tabs without the memory saving thingy, many programs in the tray, don't close anything when I'm playing games, both Witcher 3 next gen and CP77 run at 4k 60 no problem and those 2 are the most demanding games I played recently, probably will be playing Starfield at some point (no rush, still got a backlog) but it looks like it will run fine 4k 60 on the 6800xt with FSR. IMO I will need to upgrade in about 2 year both the GPU and CPU for new games or just drop down to 1440p
@pauldevlin84
“I didn’t complain that much” ….. - Rogue’s face at exactly 1.50 🤣
@magburner
I built a 9900K gaming rig five years ago on the back of your sound advice. I am using that computer right now, it has been a stunning, but it is long in the tooth. It was a wow from the 2600k / Skylake computers I had, but I need the next generation wow. I am in a much better position financially than the first time around, having a well paid job, and no commitments. I am already calculating the effort that will be required to have an 'all five' tier one computer at some point next year. 'All five' being DDR5, PCIE5, 5090, and Intel 15th gen.
@LensofWyant
Thank you Papa Deals, great advice
@Blaquegold
My sons 9900k had a 1660ti and I upgraded the gpu to a 3070 for 1440p gaming. It’s easy to say I can further upgrade to a 4070 but I know the limit for the gpu. I agree with tech and Rogue a whole new system is needed. This is why I’m waiting for 2 years to upgrade his pc and hopefully my 10850k with 3090. Yes I know these are old now but they still do their job and is better than nothing.
@onomatopoeia162003
Someone like that should go to a MicroCenter if one is near. Get a bundle. If he only had 1k laying around.
@sanzieu
I built my system in 2020 with 32 GB of RAM, various graphic cards have come and gone since then, and now I'm upgrading to a Gigabyte Z390 Master and 128 GB DDR4 RAM. I'm also going to upgrade my present video card from and ARC A750 to an A770. With AI OC I'm running at 4.8 GHz which is air-cooled by a Redragon Reaver.
@j_ro
the law of diminishing returns has judged this question harshly
@Pezcore96
Please consider doing a home theater pc how to video. I have a "spare" PC right now and I would love a tutorial by yall
@4Leka
Yup, no point in upgrading your PC too often. You'll end up just wasting money for very little noticeable benefit.
@RenovateG
i followed your advice 5 years ago it was top tier
@murdered6046
I was thinking upgrading my i9-9900K and 2080S, but then I looked benchmarks and saw that this is really still good machine. No need to upgrade yet. Going to upgrade in few years tho, again, top of the tree components like I did when I build this pc like 2018
@tommyrotton9468