A token I bought at IEO prices (nahmii) has gone through the roof recently, so obviously, the first thing I'm looking to do is upgrade my system. PSU, case fans, and storage will all suffice for now.
The main upgrade I'm making all my other choices around will be the Raw S1. Fits my aesthetic perfectly, and as a gaming machine that sits behind my monitor, I'm not too bothered about acoustics.
It comes with a PCIE gen 4 riser, and my current 1070 will ultimately be replaced by whatever 3070 or similar (non FE - the blower style works badly in sandwich-layout cases) I can get my hands on.
However, with the recent 11th gen intel chips being badly reviewed, I'm thinking about going with the following combo:
i7 10700kf
Gigabyte Z490I Aorus
I.E. no PCIE gen 4 support; what I'm reading is that 30xx GPUs don't hit the gen 3 bottleneck, but M.2 SSDs do, so it's not that relevant to my system. Can anyone confirm this please?
My current cooling is a noctua tower-style blower and I'll be keeping that until I upgrade the case; at that point I'll be looking to get the Noctua NH-L12. Will this be enough to overclock a 10700kf?
When I upgrade the case I'll also need to upgrade my ram which is quite low frequency and not low-profile. The motherboard supports memory speed all the way up to 5000 MHz. Can anyone recommend a good LPX kit please?
Any other comments or queries on my upgrade path please?