Treated myself to a platform upgrade, and will retire the AM4 parts to my living room PC.
Didn't want to pay a squillion $$$ for a high end ITX board so am living with a few compromises on this one but nothing significant, and it should still be a top performer.
-Gigabyte B650I AX
-Ryzen 7 9800X3D (using recycled Fuma 2 which bolted on zero issues or changes needed)
-Lexar ARES RGB DDR5 RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 6000MHz, CL30-36-36-68
-Silicon Power 4TB US75 PCIe Gen4 R/W up to 7,000/6,500 MB/s M.2 NVMe SSD (has a heatsink on it now - not pictured)
looking forward to seeing how it can help my 3080 stretch it's legs more when digging deep with DLSS's lower internal resolutions, and be a great platform for a potential RDNA4 or RTX50 card.
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