Which upgrade path should I take?

[aduman]

Hello everyone! Haven't posted here in a long time, it's good to be back though. So, I have a bit of a dilemma here. Here's my current build:

 

i7 2600k oc'ed to 4.2Ghz with a Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler.

780 Ti Classified

16 gigs of DDR3 ram.

I'm also running an Asus 27'' 120Hz 1080p monitor (VG278H) which is really fast but has terrible PPI. Want to try something different by upgrading to something like an LG 34UC88 ultrawide.

 

So here's the dilemma: I can either get an ultrawide 3440x1440 monitor and a 1070 and just swallow the bottlenecking caused by the 2600k, or I can keep the monitor, upgrade the whole rig and get an i7 7700k, a z270 motherboard and a set of DDR4 ram topped off with the 1070. Both choices would cost just about the same in Germany which is where I live. What should I do? Would really appreciate your input. Thanks!

 

Edit: I forgot the fact that I already have my setup listed in my sig lol

[knightslugger]

upgrade the whole thing.

[The Sloth]

2600k is still a good cpu get a 1070 or a 1080 for a good upgrade. wait for zen if that doesn't work out go into x99 for a proper upgrade. 

[Izumi Reina]

Personally I would go the first route you will have to suck up some bottlenecking but you can be relieved that CPU usage isnt very high compared to 1080p since this is important, at higher resolutions your graphics card with atleast a decent CPU will ALWAYS be the bottleneck higher resolutions is just really GPU intensive. So definitely go the first route with the monitor and the 1070.

[AnnoyedShelf]

8 minutes ago, aduman said:

Hello everyone! Haven't posted here in a long time, it's good to be back though. So, I have a bit of a dilemma here. Here's my current build:

 

i7 2600k oc'ed to 4.2Ghz with a Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler.

780 Ti Classified

16 gigs of DDR3 ram.

I'm also running an Asus 27'' 120Hz 1080p monitor (VG278H) which is really fast but has terrible PPI. Want to try something different by upgrading to something like an LG 34UC88 ultrawide.

 

So here's the dilemma: I can either get an ultrawide 3440x1440 monitor and a 1070 and just swallow the bottlenecking caused by the 2600k, or I can keep the monitor, upgrade the whole rig and get an i7 7700k, a z270 motherboard and a set of DDR4 ram topped off with the 1070. Both choices would cost just about the same in Germany which is where I live. What should I do? Would really appreciate your input. Thanks!

 

Edit: I forgot the fact that I already have my setup listed in my sig lol

OC the 2600k and go for the monitor and 1070.  You shouldn't experience very much bottlenecking. I'd only be worried if you had an old Nehalem i7.

[The Sloth]

4 minutes ago, Izumi Reina said:

Personally I would go the first route you will have to suck up some bottlenecking but you can be relieved that CPU usage isnt very high compared to 1080p since this is important, at higher resolutions your graphics card with atleast a decent CPU will ALWAYS be the bottleneck higher resolutions is just really GPU intensive. So definitely go the first route with the monitor and the 1070.

 

not really a bottleneck, its almost the same, not really a worthwhile upgrade. 

 

[Izumi Reina]

In the video there still was a decent increase (but minimal) in the video, and I did say 'some bottlenecking'.

[dizmo]

Almost makes me wish I'd never sold my 2700k

[SteveGrabowski0]

1 hour ago, aduman said:

Hello everyone! Haven't posted here in a long time, it's good to be back though. So, I have a bit of a dilemma here. Here's my current build:

 

i7 2600k oc'ed to 4.2Ghz with a Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler.

780 Ti Classified

16 gigs of DDR3 ram.

I'm also running an Asus 27'' 120Hz 1080p monitor (VG278H) which is really fast but has terrible PPI. Want to try something different by upgrading to something like an LG 34UC88 ultrawide.

 

So here's the dilemma: I can either get an ultrawide 3440x1440 monitor and a 1070 and just swallow the bottlenecking caused by the 2600k, or I can keep the monitor, upgrade the whole rig and get an i7 7700k, a z270 motherboard and a set of DDR4 ram topped off with the 1070. Both choices would cost just about the same in Germany which is where I live. What should I do? Would really appreciate your input. Thanks!

 

Edit: I forgot the fact that I already have my setup listed in my sig lol

No question whatsoever, get the monitor and the 1070. That will make a night and day difference. An i7-2600k at 4.2 GHz is still a god damn good cpu. A 780 Ti really isn't even a midrange gpu anymore for 1080p. Gamers Nexus just did a benchmark of how the 780 Ti is holding up now and it's usually on par with the 1050 Ti in new games. Man has Kepler aged badly.

[Matias_Chambers]

You don't really need to upgrade the CPU just for a 1070. Just overclock it. Sandy Bridge loves voltage. I've heard about people who have been running their CPU's at 1.5V for years.

[aduman]

 

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Thank you all for the responses. Really appreciate them! I made my decision, going with the 1070&monitor combo!  @nerdslayer1 that video was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks very much again guys. Nice to see that LTT forums is still awesome.

[aduman]

9 hours ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

No question whatsoever, get the monitor and the 1070. That will make a night and day difference. An i7-2600k at 4.2 GHz is still a god damn good cpu. A 780 Ti really isn't even a midrange gpu anymore for 1080p. Gamers Nexus just did a benchmark of how the 780 Ti is holding up now and it's usually on par with the 1050 Ti in new games. Man has Kepler aged badly.

Agreed... That video broke my heart a little. Don't want to start a shitstorm but there is no way a 780 Ti is on par with a 1050 Ti raw processing power wise. It was performing between 970&980 back when they launched.  Can't help but think that there's something fishy going on with the Kepler stuff. Nvidia just stopped caring about Kepler cards imo. which is kind of a big f you to the customers. I mean it was sitting at the throne 2 years ago, shouldn't be performing this bad...

 

Edit: The 780 Ti on that video was running at around 920 Mhz though, which is pretty low and Kepler cards really benefited from oc'ing so gotta keep that in mind as well.