[SOLVED] Opinions on PC upgrades?

Snandy

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I am looking to upgrade my current setup from what I had previously. I am already have these parts for my future PC.
Current:
Seasonic X650 Gold
WD Black NVMe 500GB (also have PCIe3 x4 adapter)
WD Black 1TB
Rosewill Dualband Wireless Adapter
Windows 7 (Will most likely be upgrading to 10)

Where I am stuck at is the GPU/CPU/RAM combo. I will be using it mainly for gaming on two 1080 devices. Though I am considering higher resolutions with all these new games coming out. The MOBO isn't a huge issue to me, so long as I have the PCIe slots to support what I need. I am looking to future proof my build and am hoping to stay under $1200. I'm not in a major rush, but shooting to be done ~2 months.
What I am leaning to is:
CPU: i7-8700
GPU: RTX 2070
RAM: 32 GB
What are you opinions? Is this fine, or should I downgrade some parts? Also, any MOBOs you would go out and recommend? Thanks in advance.
 
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I'd take the 2700X over the 8700 as it's a better price to performance choice.

For under $1200 this is what I'd go with.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($308.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($128.90 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($115.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB DUAL OC Video Card ($489.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1043.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-17 12:35 EST-0500

WildCard999

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I'd take the 2700X over the 8700 as it's a better price to performance choice.

For under $1200 this is what I'd go with.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor ($308.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard ($128.90 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($115.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB DUAL OC Video Card ($489.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1043.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-17 12:35 EST-0500
 
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assasin32

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Future proofing and high resolutions don’t go together as it uses a lot more resources. To use two extremes you can have a setup that does a steady 60fps in a game at 720fps, but if you bump up the resolution to 4K it may be closer to a slideshow.

In your case with dual monitors it’s the same issue but a bit more extreme if you plan in keeping the dual screen setup for every game for the life of the build. In your case if I were going to replace the monitors I go freesync with lfc especially with how nvidia cards are now compatible at the same 1080p resolution.

My personal plan for future proofing around this situation is 1080p monitor, 4k DSR (or amd equivalent) when I can. 1080p native when I can’t, and setting the monitors resolution to 720p with no scaling to retain pixel perfect output to the display so it’s not blurry and distorted when I can’t even run it at 1080p.