[SOLVED] RTX3080 or RTX3070+I5-9600k?

[Cleric_Style]

I have about $800 to spend on a PC upgrade mostly for gaming, some graphic design. I currently have a good mobo, psu, ram, and monitor setup. Currently, I have an i5-8400 and a gtx 1060 6gb. Bottleneck wise, I'm trying to decide biggest bang for my buck. Do I go the rtx 3080 route and when I have disposable income again upgrade the cpu(and probably the mobo too at that point) at a later date (probably not till some time later next year), or do I go the rtx 3070 Route and upgrade to an I5-9600k? I have ran some calculators, but the results hardly look any different from what I can see. I am not looking at doing 4k or 8k gaming, 1080p (as I have a predator monitor that is 240hz .1ms gsync) is fine for me as long a the frame rate /refresh rate is consistently High. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in Advance!

 

[Barty1884]

First off, avoid 'bottleneck' calculators. They're terrible at the best of times, let alone for products that haven't even launched yet.

I'd highly recommend waiting for independent reviews.
At 1080p, I'd suspect the 8400 will be slightly limiting in some titles, but it shouldn't be bad

I'd avoid the 3080 in your case, if Nvidia's claims for the 3070 are proven to be true. 2080TI performance for ~$500. You could take a look today at how a 2080TI performs in the titles you play at 1080p today....., 240Hz shouldn't be much of an issue.

No guarantees on the 3070, it's a first-party claim afterall, but chances are fairly good I'd think.