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I am upgrading my pc since my friend cannot afford a new one and I will give the old parts to my friend and keep my GPU, monitor, and hard drive. I am rushing before my country raises the taxes. this is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rBzFxs I will upgrade the monitor and GPU later
. another thing I like to protect my pc from power cut so what UPS should I buy I was thinking PCE 2500 UPS M8 Series https://www.pcepower.com/products/ups/line-interactive/m8
 
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Do you have any particular attraction to liquid cooling?

Maybe 1000 watts is unnecessary on the power supply?

I'd certainly try to avoid spinning drives unless budget is a problem.
many people say liquid cooling is more efficient than air cooling plus RGB is a plus
1000 w is to keep room for gpu upgrade instead of paying 2 times for psu
I have spinning drive from before so extra storage will not hurt instead off let this drive sit and collect dust plus it is usefull for none gaming use
 
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Best processor you can afford for 1080p, high refresh.

AM4 platform, with DDR4 great value at the moment.

General rule, don't pay a premium now to ward off some future issue.

A Corsair 850w PSU should be able to handle GPUs for some time.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor ($368.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler ($55.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B450 Steel Legend ATX AM4 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston A1000 960 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 2 TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300A Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Lenovo Y25F-10 24.5" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $782.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-09-25 00:33 EDT-0400
 
Future proofing isn't going to work out well on a psu. With your build, I'm assuming you are looking at 40 series nvidia, which will require an ATX 3.0 psu with correct gen5 connectors. A standard ATX 2.0 current psu will not work with the 40 series, even adaptered, as there's also data connections along with the power connections.

If that's the case, I'd get a cheaper psu, just enough to run that 12700k and 1070ti, then get the better psu when you get your gpu.
 
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I am upgrading my pc since my friend cannot afford a new one and I will give the old parts to my friend and keep my GPU, monitor, and hard drive. I am rushing before my country raises the taxes. this is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rBzFxs I will upgrade the monitor and GPU later
. another thing I like to protect my pc from power cut so what UPS should I buy I was thinking PCE 2500 UPS M8 Series https://www.pcepower.com/products/ups/line-interactive/m8
What country are you located?