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I personally like the first build with the 3070 more, though the people pointing out that 8gb of vram isn't future proof have a fair point.
It's a significant step up over a 3060, though against the 6750 XT it's quite close.
I own a 3070 and it's still a good card at 1440p, so it should handle 1080p just peachy.
I also prefer the Nvidia software ecosystem, not that I ever use raytracing. DLSS is great, and most modern AAA games have that or FSR, which AMD supports.
IMO, see if you can afford the step up to the latest Ryzen 5 series processors or a current gen gpu. I'd wait for the RX midrangers like the 7700 XT myself, they just launched and seem like decent value.
If not, then option 1 has my vote!
I mean I definitely can afford it, I'm just generally allergic to spending more money than I have to on stuff like this. It's a fun purchase for me basically.
I suppose it's an investment in the future, but it's like hmm do I really want to spend an extra $300 or so just to get some slightly fancier hardware?
There's also the sunk cost of if the rig breaks before the end of it's usefulness, which IME is likely, it ceases to be a good investment to get better hardware. (Well not actually with modular parts but I'm lazy and hate to fix things)
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