Hello,
I've never built a PC before, and despite being a heavy user I've literally always had hand me downs or refurbs that went terribly. I want to build for the first time and thought boxing day would be a good time for deals.
My friend who knows a lot more than me made this list https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/xb8bLc
But I frankly know nothing, they would describe the differences between 14600KF and 14700K and something about unlocking, and top rated TDP, and clocking. Transparently, I want to be able to turn it on and have it just work.
I'm going from an i7-4790K and 1070, so everything on market is an upgrade, but I'm also hoping to make a purchase that can stick around for a long time since it's a lot of money for me. I'm probably upgrading higher than necessary but it would be nice to have something that actually runs good settings.
My main goal is to have something that comfortably runs Monster Hunter Wilds when it drops, and can survive long enough to not need serious upgrading for a number of years. Outside of Wilds, it's been exceptionally rare for me to launch something that runs bad enough for me to have a serious problem on my existing machine but I can tell it's struggling. Like I'm still on 1080p 60hz, so it would be cool to see what the upgrade is like, but if I'm building something that will struggle on 1440 or 144hz then it seems silly to push for that at all (I'd have to get new peripherals anyway which would take some time to save for).
So my ask is this:
-How's the list they built? Is there any duds in the list that should be swapped because they just aren't that good of quality, or perhaps a deal that's missed that could beef it up without a huge price increase? Or anything that should be brought down for more savings as it won't make a difference?
-Secondly, I don't need this extremely urgently, I know the new GPUs are coming (i've been told January) and will likely push the 40s down. If I should be waiting for that, is there anything else on this list I should wait on or is it better to buy now since it's only a month away anyway? I definitely can't afford a 50 series but how certain are we that this is coming before end of February? I have until my PC either gives out or Wilds drops.
Thanks for the help, I genuinely know so little so anything helps reduce the anxiety.
Edit: I should add, I've talked to people about intel and AMD graphics cards and the savings available. I have had a bad experience with games not working because of lack of compatibility, not sure if I just have bad luck or if I just play enough unusual games to have run into it multiple times, but it's worth noting that I have some degree of willingness to pay more for the GPU to avoid that concern.