1. I don't buy into the "gaming" marketing hype. I look at core count and my workload needs.
2. I plan on waiting on Intel and AMD's next move. Not sold on DDR5 but prices are dropping fast.
3. If you want to game now it will not come cheap even though GPU prices are dropping. my Zotac...
Just a money grab
https://www.kitguru.net/components/power-supplies/joao-silva/80-plus-testing-and-licensing-fee-increase-may-affect-pricing-of-power-supplies/
As a scientist I would look at MTBF for long term reliability decisions, I have never had a PS fail, again I do not go cheap on brands(EVGA, Seasonic branded units only).
EVGA has recently introduced the fully-modular SuperNOVA G7 80 PLUS Gold-certified ATX power supply series with integrated system load indicator LED bars. The power supplies measure only 130 mm deep while featuring a half-bridge LLC Resonant Controller with a DC-DC design and 100% Japanese...
Yeah I understand extending the life as much as you can with supply and pricing going nuts. I do Analytical chemistry for a living and I would take the temp sensor readings with a grain of salt. There is a Intel white paper explaining how the CPU thermocouples/sensors are highly inaccurate at...
I like to tinker around too with undervolting and OC but if you are spending approx. 1900 for a GPU the cost of electricity should not even be an issue. Now if you are running an asic mining farm like my son does power savings correlates to increase profit.
The only increase in performance...