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- Dec 27, 2008
If he is building this for gaming then he only needs a 9600k. A 9700k paired with a 2070 is a complete waste of money. Even paired with an overclocked 1080Ti or 2080 it's still not the limiting factor. The cost difference between the 9600k and 9700k is substantial but the performance for gaming is basicaly the same. He would get far more out of getting a slightly cheaper motherboard and put the extra money from the mobo savings and 9700k savings toward a 2080 which would give him way more performance. A 2070 absolutely will not power 1440p at 144 Hz if you want to max out the settings. Even a 1080Ti would struggle with that in most titles. The only card that can reasonably do that is a 2080Ti if you want to keep the settings on max. So since he will be highly GPU bound, the best bet for his money is in getting a 2080 over a 2070.
SPL Tech, this is a Ryzen build.