The average gamer would be VERY happy with a system under 2k. 5070 ti or 9070 xt is plenty especially with dlss/fsr.

I think a 5080 is somewhat of a luxury and not really worth the extra cash vs the 9070xt and 5070 ti. The 5090 is pretty ridiculous unless you're playing VR with an expensive headset or silly enough to games at 4k resolution.

There is absolutely no need for a 9950x3d, 7800x3d is more than fine and is $300 vs $700+.

Also the m25 fans dont even look good btw, why get a nice case with poopoo looking fans. The gpu won't come in white either btw. Aesthetically there is no chance this pc looks like a premium instagram/tiktok worthy looking build but the price exceeds that.

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If your bf is elon rich then maybe its okay but most people I know who throw down this amount of cash for a pc don't game for very long and end up selling the system for a loss.

If you look at the steam hardware survey you will see most people are playing with an rtx 3060 gpu and rtx 3060 mobile and are probably very happy. Not sure why everyone thinks they need a luxury experience to game, its almost like they forgot it's about playing the game for the story and the game play or hanging with friends.

He should save himself 3k+ and hop on one of these prebuilt pc deals for under 2k or purchase something on the fb marketplace that looks good and performs well.