PC upgrade recomendation

[yavy]

Hi guys,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my PC, I currently have :

I7 6700k @ 4.5 on asus z170

16 gb gskill ddr4 @ 3200

Nvidia EVGA 980ti 

Using a Asus ROG PG348Q @ 95hz

Samsung EVO 970 NVMe PCIe m.2

GPU and CPU in an single Open water loop

 

My issue is that with a $700 budget this year to upgrade I'm not sure which of this 2 options would benefit my system better:

1. Upgrade to i9 9900k with z390

2. Upgrade to a nvidia 2080 

 

I'm currently playing FFXIV, WoW, ESO and any good triple A title that comes by. Also sometimes I do record my gameplay for upload later. Not streaming atm.

 

 Thanks in advance.

[Mira Yurizaki]

My thoughts depending on which path you take

• Upgrading the CPU: This is handy if you do extensive editing of whatever you capture and you can take advantage of the higher CPU power if you use x264. However, you're not likely going to see any general improvement in games since what you have is a good balance already.
• Upgrading the GPU: You should be able to see a boost in performance and/or graphical quality. You can also use something like Shadowplay to have the GPU do the encoding. Though if you were aiming for high frame rates, like comfortably above 120 FPS+, there might be some issues. And also, any editing after the fact will take longer.

[Eastman51]

Get a new GPU.

a 2070 will be fine, the 6700k is still a good CPU (especially with an OC).

[steelo]

45 minutes ago, yavy said:

Hi guys,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my PC, I currently have :

I7 6700k @ 4.5 on asus z170

16 gb gskill ddr4 @ 3200

Nvidia EVGA 980ti 

Using a Asus ROG PG348Q @ 95hz

Samsung EVO 970 NVMe PCIe m.2

GPU and CPU in an single Open water loop

 

My issue is that with a $700 budget this year to upgrade I'm not sure which of this 2 options would benefit my system better:

1. Upgrade to i9 9900k with z390

2. Upgrade to a nvidia 2080 

 

I'm currently playing FFXIV, WoW, ESO and any good triple A title that comes by. Also sometimes I do record my gameplay for upload later. Not streaming atm.

 

 Thanks in advance.

I would try selling the GPU and buy the 2080. Maybe buy the 9900K i9 next year after the next gen comes out and it is discounted.

[yavy]

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking in selling the 980ti to cover for the gpu waterblock but knowing that I could reuse my ram and cpu waterblock was clouding my judgement.

[BigRom]

The 9900K being bottlenecked by a GTX980 Ti is likely a worse gaming experience for you than having the RTX2080 being strangled (not that much) by your still quite capable 6700K CPU