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It's true that there is an imbalance between the CPU and GPU, but looking forward, if the GPU you select meets the ceiling of your current demand, and you're staying within your budget, then this strategy actually makes more sense than any other. The reason is simple. CPU upgrades are rarely needed. GPU upgrades are the most commonly required. This is especially true since the current (Intel 8th) generation is the first core-shift in a decade, and while it looks like expanding cores is going to become more frequent, since it's become much more difficult to shrink the die size, I still strongly doubt that the i7-8700 won't meet the "Recommended" (above "Minimum") requirements for even AAA games for at least the next 5-6 years.
So buying a big overhead for CPU power while buying the minimum needed for your GPU right now may be imbalanced, but strategically optimal if you don't mind installing GPU upgrades in the future yourself (which is very, very simple).
About VRAM: more VRAM doesn't equal more speed. Either you have enough to meet your demands, or you don't. If you don't have enough for a certain setting, it will allocate the VRAM overflow demands to system RAM, which is
much slower, and that will tend to break your framerate, and force you to lower settings until they can fit within amount of VRAM you possess. 4GB is absolutely enough for 1080p settings right now. There's probably only a few games on the market currently that require more than that for Ultra@1080p. One thing that tends to suck up more VRAM than anything else are higher resolutions, first, and intensive modding (which sometimes uses textures rendered natively at a higher resolution, then downsampled).
To get an idea of current marketing prebuild pricing the Amazon Desktop Computer > Tower bestseller list tends to be a great eyeball reference:
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...ctronics/13896597011/ref=zg_bs_nav_e_4_565098
Right now that is:
- #4 -- [$799] CyberPowerPC (i5-8400 + GTX 1060 3GB + 8GB DDR4 + 120GB SSD + 1TB HDD)
- #7 -- [$779] CyberPowerPC (i5-8400 + RX 580 4GB + 8GB DDR4 + 1TB HDD)
- #27 -- [$1499] iBuyPower (i7-8700K + GTX 1070 Ti + 16GB DDR4 + 240GB + 1TB HDD, Overclockable)
- #34 -- [$1099] CyberpowerPC (i7-8700 + GTX 1060 3GB + 16GB DDR4 + 120GB + 1TB HDD)
Both the Newegg and ABS builds that you linked beat the pants off this green build in terms of value.
You can watch Slickdeals for other sales, and also scour Reddit's /buildapc:
https://slickdeals.net/deals/desktop/
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/
Unfortunately, it looks like you just missed this Slickdeal because I was too lazy to create this post three nights ago:
https://slickdeals.net/f/12175663-c...700x-16gb-ddr4-gtx-1070-ti-1139?src=catpagev2
- R7-2700X (w/X370 Motherboard = overclockable)
- GTX 1070 Ti 8GB
- 16GB DDR4 RAM
- 240GB SSD
- 2TB HDD
- 600W PSU 80+
- 802.11ac WiFi
- CPPC Keyboard + Mouse included
- Thermaltake Core G21 Case
- $1159 (included shipping cost)
I did spot a great sale coming up on Black Friday:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...eflyer-_-111918-112418-_-83-230-377-_-pg3pos4
- R7-2700X (w/X370 Motherboard = Overclockable)
- GTX 1080 8GB
- 8GB DDR4-3000 RAM (ADATA XPG Z1 DDR4-3000MHz RAM)
- 240GB SSD
- 1TB HDD
- 600W PSU 80+ (Thermaltake Smart Series)
- CPPC Keyboard + Mouse included
- CyberPowerPC Onyxia Black Gaming Case w/Window
- $1099 (on Black Friday)
Bummer it doesn't come with WiFi, but it's ~$15 for a USB 802.11ac adapter if you want that. You'll
definitely want to add a stick of RAM, but that won't run you more than $62 or so. Meanwhile, the GTX 1080 is nearly
twice as fast as the RX 580 4GB, and it comes with double the VRAM:
https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1080-vs-AMD-RX-580/3603vs3923