Is it worth upgrading my computer?

[TheSlothness]

Budget (including currency): ~£1500 

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming on ultra settings and programming.

 

Current build: 

i5 6600k

ASUS GTX 1060 6gb ROG STRIX

ASUS z170 pro gaming motherboard

G.SKILL trident 16gb ram

EVGA G2 550W Gold

NZXT 340 midi tower case

 

Monitor 1

Samsung

34”

3440x1440

100Hz

Freesync

 

Monitor 2

ASUS

24”

1080p

60Hz

 

Question:

Would a full upgrade be worth it or should I just upgrade my graphics card?

 

I’m currently debating whether to get a RTX 3070 when it releases, or do a more complete upgrade:

 

Ryzen 7 3700X

RTX 3080

MSI B450 TOMAHAWK

EVGA G3 850W

 

 

[thebosserman34]

you should probaly just do a full upgrade for everything the i5 6600k is pretty old and underpowered and will be a bottleneck for a 3080 

[boggy77]

at that resolution, your cpu can probably do fine. get a 3070/3080 and overclock your current cpu if you haven't already.

if you go for 3070, your current psu is fine, for 3080 you'll need a new one.

if you decide to upgrade cpu and mobo, go for a b550 board and a new 5000 series cpu (5600x)

[boggy77]

Just now, thebosserman34 said:

you should probaly just do a full upgrade for everything the i5 6600k is pretty old and underpowered and will be a bottleneck for a 3080 

at 4k, even with a 3080 the cpu doesn't make a difference in gaming, so if only gaming, OP doesn't need a cpu upgrade.

[Dedayog]

Gaming at Ultra settings on a 1440p UW... You'll want a 3070 at least.  CPU should be fine for a bit longer.

[TheSlothness]

5 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

at that resolution, your cpu can probably do fine. get a 3070/3080 and overclock your current cpu if you haven't already.

if you go for 3070, your current psu is fine, for 3080 you'll need a new one.

if you decide to upgrade cpu and mobo, go for a b550 board and a new 5000 series cpu (5600x)

5000 series? As in the gpu?

[boggy77]

Just now, TheSlothness said:

5000 series? As in the gpu?

ryzen 5 5600x.

 

but again, for 4k gaming you don't need it, spend your money on a better gpu instead.