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When you say you want a 4080 or 4070 Ti, I hope you mean the Super version of either of those, because the prices are much more favorable for the Super versions than the base versions, at least based on the listings on PCPP.
If you already have that AIO that's fine, otherwise that's just overkill for the 9700X. For half as much money as that AIO or even less, there's a number of air coolers from Thermalright, ID-COOLING, Arctic, or Scythe that can get the job done.
Yes I do plan on getting the super versions of whichever card I choose. I do have an AIO already but I'm planning on selling my old rig. I do prefer the look of AIOs but maybe I'll look at those air coolers.
It looks like the 7800x3d is in stock again, would the AIO still be overkill for that? My other goal is future proofing my system.
I'm personally of the opinion that air coolers are sufficient for most chips and builds, AIOs are better in smaller systems or with ridiculous things like the 14900K. That said, the 7800X3D does have a higher TDP and will potentially draw more power than the 9700X, so it's less overkill than it would be for the 9700X. Ultimately, if you prefer an AIO and don't mind spending the extra money (which it's not like you're on a super tight budget here given your choice of CPU and GPU), there's nothing inherently wrong with using an AIO on either of these CPUs.
I second what they said about spending a bit more for the super
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I'd scrap the 4080 super and get the AMD 7900xtx instead. You're paying way too much for the Nvidia for lower performance. The 7900 performance is slightly better at a much less price. As of the time of this comment, the RX7900 xtx is $870 on Amazon . It'll work perfectly with your CPU, too. Just my two cents. Save yourself $700 or so.
I'm not as familiar with and GPUs but are they able to do ray tracing? The new doom game supposedly will require a ray tracing GPU and if other games follow suit, I don't want to be stuck with a card that can't do ray tracing. I do like the pricing of the and cards and nvidia is getting too pompous at this point lol.
EDIT: I looked up reviews and see the 7900 does do ray tracing but still seems to be behind nvidia. I also plan to use DLSS, how does FSR compare?
FSR is definitely generally not as good as DLSS but it seems to always depend more on each individual games implementation of them. I don't think I've done a fair comparison of testing a cutting edge newer game built with both in mind using a cutting edge implementation of them both.
(Also of course if I'm testing FSR I'm doing it on an NVIDIA card which while totally functional isn't really the intended use)
They do ray tracing, but not sure how good it is compared to Nvidia. I like FSR personally, but I'm an extremely simple Linux gamer. The only "fancy" thing I have going on is my 4k HDR monitor that is 60Hz. I personally don't run after performance as much as others as long the picture is in 4k. So, I can't give you a great opinion on FSR (just being completely honest with you). It does work great for me. Example, I was playing god of war Ragnarok earlier and I was getting 32 fps on low settings, turned on Frame Gen by FSR ~~far~~, and my fps jumped to 60+ on medium. My GPU is on the low end, an RX6600. So, I'd imagine the rx7900xtx (AMD's highest GPU) would do much better on FSR? Make sure you do extensive research before deciding. You and I have different goals and different ideas about our gaming needs. I also look for cheap things and ok performance. I bought my GPU off of Facebook for $100. I don't care too much about the FPS as long as I'm getting something like 30 or a little higher. You might have different standards. So, again, do your research. To me, $700 savings is very good if you're in the mindset of not really caring too much about all these bells and whistles and just want to play a game and have fun. But that's me.