What to upgrade first?

[will3211]

 

Budget (including currency): Will upgrade gradually but I guess the end budget would be around £2000

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Tekken 8, World of Warcraft, League of Legends.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I haven't upgraded my PC in a long time and I haven't kept up with any news for this kind of stuff either. I would like to know which components I should look to upgrade first. 

Current build is 

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A

RAM: Corsair Vengence 16GB 4x4gb DDR4-2400MHz

PSU: Corsair CV650 

Case: NZXT Phantom from 2010

 

 

[filpo]

1 minute ago, will3211 said:

I would like to know which components I should look to upgrade first. 

all of them

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£344.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£42.54 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: *MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£159.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£106.12 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G3 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£106.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (£1029.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case  (£59.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Power Supply: MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£144.95 @ AWD-IT) 
Total: £1994.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-28 17:36 GMT+0000

 

for a smaller build

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£344.99 @ MoreCoCo) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE WHITE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (£39.49 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (£142.00 @ NeoComputers) 
Memory: *TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (£106.12 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G3 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (£106.99 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Video Card: *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card  (£1029.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Jonsbo D31 MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£65.00 @ Computer Orbit) 
Power Supply: MSI A1000G PCIE5 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (£144.95 @ AWD-IT) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fans 5-Pack  (£27.39 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £2006.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-02-28 17:37 GMT+0000

[ChrisLoudon]

33 minutes ago, will3211 said:

Budget (including currency): Will upgrade gradually but I guess the end budget would be around £2000

Country: UK

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Tekken 8, World of Warcraft, League of Legends.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I haven't upgraded my PC in a long time and I haven't kept up with any news for this kind of stuff either. I would like to know which components I should look to upgrade first. 

Current build is 

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Motherboard: ASUS Z170-A

RAM: Corsair Vengence 16GB 4x4gb DDR4-2400MHz

PSU: Corsair CV650 

Case: NZXT Phantom from 2010

Hi buddy,

 

Yeh, as @filpo suggested, all of it could do with being changed.

 

Your 6700k and 980ti are both well overdue for an overhaul so its a perfect time to start from scratch. You could argue that the 6700k has a little life in it yet and you could 'brute-force' some games into submission with a 40xx series GPU and get some pretty high average fps numbers but your 1% and 0.1% lows will be horrific and might spoil the otherwise silky smooth experience.