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i bought parts and built my own pc recently, it started out with having power but not too much... it quickly spun outta control and i am here where i am now.

My problem is i believe i am bottlenecking my gpus and wanted to upgrade my processor.

my specs are:

(case)

Corsair Carbide Series 100R Silent Edition

(CPU)

i5-8500

Cooler Master RR-V8VC-16PR-R1 V8 GTS 

(motherboard)

gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 5

(RAM)

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 

(hard drives)

2 Samsung 970 evo M.2

Samsung 840 evo

(Power supply)

EVGA SuperNOVA 1200 P2

(GPUs)

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Hybrid Gaming

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 Gaming

(SLI)

MSI 2 WAY SLI HB BRIDGE M

(Monitor)

ASUS Full HD 1080p 144Hz 1ms

 

I bought the monitor most recently and found when trying to run games such as doom and warhammer vermintide 2 they wouldnt meet the 144hz refresh rate with only about 100-120 for both games on max graphics because why anything less with 2 1080ti. The CPU runs at 100% when trying to run the games so thats what will be updated. MY QUESTION IS should i buy a i7-8086K? since it is the best cpu on the LGA 1151 Socket my motherboard supports according to https://www.cpubenchmark.net/socketType.html#id10 OR SHOULD i buy another motherboard to support a better processor i can get? WILL the 8086K bottleneck my gpus enough to support switching motherboards? if there are any other bottlenecks anyone foresees lmk as well. my limit for new processor or/and motherboard is $1000. Thanks

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If you consider even upgrading the CPU i would live 3month with less FPS and get the 9900k when it gets released instead of buying a 8086k.

CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x3D | MoBo: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk | RAM: G.Skill F4-3600C15D-16GTZ @3800CL16 | GPU: RTX 2080Ti | PSU: Corsair HX1200 | 

Case: Lian Li 011D XL | Storage: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB, Crucial MX500 500GB | Soundcard: Soundblaster ZXR | Mouse: Razer Viper Mini | Keyboard: Razer Huntsman TE Monitor: DELL AW2521H @360Hz |

 

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I would normally just suggest the 8700K, but with the introduction of the 8086K Intel has greatly reduced the chances of you finding a really good 8700K. 

 

But really -- if money is no object then I would say just wait like @DarkSmith2 said and get yourself the real latest and greatest in the 9900K. 

AMD Ryzen 5800XFractal Design S36 360 AIO w/6 Corsair SP120L fans  |  Asus Crosshair VII WiFi X470  |  G.SKILL TridentZ 4400CL19 2x8GB @ 3800MHz 14-14-14-14-30  |  EVGA 3080 FTW3 Hybrid  |  Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB - Boot Drive  |  Samsung 850 EVO SSD 1TB - Game Drive  |  Seagate 1TB HDD - Media Drive  |  EVGA 650 G3 PSU | Thermaltake Core P3 Case 

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