Why this comment is downvoted is beyond me, it’s very accurate as far as GPU goes , the cpu recommendations however I would not follow.

Well I love my z790 dark hero. It’s got great features , aesthetically pleasing, and solid build quality. Not to mention asus bios is by far the best on the market as far as I’m concerned. Other choice would be a z790 apex encore.

12700 or 13500

Oh my that is literally the buggiest windows there is, was such a nice upgrade when we got windows XP!

It’s pretty complicated to install especially on asus boards, I’ve yet to get it working….

Jesus a Noctua NHU9S is better than a 120 AIO

For the V/F curve in tweakers paradise my 14900k is stable at -0.1V for all 11 steps, not sure if it’s the same as I’m new to Intel.

There is an upgrade for sure , and APO is only supported by 14th gen. I have the 14900k and love it , I upgraded from a 5800x3d and my 4090 can fly free now

Depends what you want to do but the z790 e gaming or the Msi carbon wifi max or the z790 tomahawk max ddr5 would be some good choices, the tomahawk is good but cheaper as it has no Q code, the other two do. I’m using a z790 dark hero and quite like it.