Budget: Trying to decide whether to upgrade just GPU or CPU/mobo/RAM, so about $500-600
Main uses of intended build: Straight gaming (RealTemp and MSI Afterburner running along with game)
Parts required: CPU or GPU upgrade
Previous build information (list details of parts):
i7 2600K @ OC'd 4.7GHz, Maximus IV Gene-Z, Noctua D15S, EVGA GTX 1070 Black Edition (OC'd), 16GB HyperX 1866MHz RAM
Monitor resolution: 1920x1080, 144MHz
Storage requirements: 1T SDD
Will you be overclocking: yes
Any motherboard requirements: If I need a mobo, then 3 fan headers in addition to CPU fan header
I been running this system for a long while, pulling about 80-90 FPS on CoDCW Zombies, without ray tracing enabled (which I'm okay with). My CPU runs about 70-75% (keeping an eye on all 8 cores in game), GPU about 75-80% -- both stats via RivaTuner. CPU temp is 68-69 degrees. So, from what I can tell, I'm not bottlenecked.
But, I've played with the idea of upgrading in order to achieve higher FPSs, looking at both the 8700K and Ryzen 5 5600x. Would rather upgrade CPU/mobo/RAM -- IF NEEDED -- instead of GPU (since these are ridiculously expensive).
I guess I'm wondering whether upgrading the CPU/mobo/RAM would be worthwhile if I kept the 1070. I mean, I want to see a huge increase in FPS. Or is it better to just keep the 2600K and upgrade my GPU.
Will be playing 1080p.
Thoughts?