That motherboard (Z790-Plus WIFI DDR5 version) is $250, not $280. If you are mainly going for Dual USB Type-C, that ASUS TUF and the MSI Z790 Tomahawk WIFI are the two best options you have.

• If you don't need Type-C, there's two better options, MSI Z790-A and Gigabyte Gaming X AX, both should be priced at $235
• If you are going based on Thunderbolt... The ASUS ProArt Z790 is the """cheapest""" one you can get with the connectors, otherwise you only get a header for a PCIe Thunderbolt Card.

For RAM grab a 2x16GB kit, even for light tasks you might be limited sometimes by 2x8GB, and productivity, lots of tabs open etc, more RAM will be better.

• Teamgroup has 2x16GB 5600 CL32 (better for gaming) and 2x16GB 5600 CL36 kits for $85, upgrade to that instead.

That SSD is $52-53, the Samsung 970 Evo Plus is a much better SSD for the same money, and the 980 Pro is only $5 more (PCIe 4.0, a bit faster if you move files a lot), i would be looking at any of the two instead.

For the PSU i would take a look at the Thermaltake GF1 850W, it's on sale right now on Amazon for $109, that's only $10 more than another excellent PSU, the Corsair RM750e (2023).

• Any of the two is great, both high-end PSUs

I'm seeing $324,99 on the CPU for some reason on Newegg, is that correct? because that is a $260 CPU.

Case is excellent, if you can get it for $84,99 even better, if not, any Corsair 4000D, NZXT H5 Flow, Lancool 216, Fractal Pop Air or similar will be as good.

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As someone who is watching prices almost daily, that's the lowest prices they ever got at.

• SSDs and CPUs (12th gen) are at all time low, especially the 980 PRO.
• Case prices usually don't change
• Same for motherboard, except a deal or two you can find, but so far it has been for DDR4 and B-Chipset motherboards.

So i don't think you will get better deals on anything if you wait longer, if you need the PC now, i would go for it, the prices are already really really good, and i don't see anything going any lower.

With the exception of the GPU (maybe), RTX 4060 8GB launches in 3-4 days for $299,99, so we might see the RTX 3060 12GB going around $269, again, maybe.

• The maybe is mainly because of the 12GB VRAM in the 3060. With the 4060 being 8GB, we might not see much changing, it's only a few days away from launching, we should have seem some reduction by now, so far it has not changed.
  • Even the 4060 Ti had changes in prices, so that's worrying for the 3060 pricing.

See if you can get/lock the prices for the other components, maybe wait until the 29th, just to check if the 3060 12GB will get a price cut.

Thoughts on this one?
Asus TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQD58D96?tag=pcpapi-20&linkCode=ogi&th=1&psc=1