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Been thinking about your question for a few hours now... honestly, when I built my current setup, I made the mistake of putting almost my whole budget into the gpu. I thought it wouldnt matter as much for 1080p gaming, but I was so wrong. I remember my first build had this budget chip that technically met the specs, but in games like valorant, my frame times were a total mess. Even if I was getting high average fps, it felt choppy. It wasnt until I switched to the one I got now that I realized how much the cpu architecture actually matters for stability. I learned that for those esports titles, you really cant cut too many corners on the processor or youll just end up with a bottleneck that ruins the high refresh rate experience. The way the cpu handles draw calls for those high-action scenes is basically what determines if you win a fight or lag out at the worst moment. Kinda wish I had just spent a bit more upfront instead of having to tear the whole thing apart six months later to fix it.

TIL! Thanks for sharing