Should i upgrade my i7 6700? To what?

[andresbedrossian]

Hi everybody.

It came up the oportunity to make an upgrade to my pc.
These are my specs:

Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition
I7 6700
Mobo Msi Z170-A Gaming M3 1151
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8) 3200MHZ DDR4
Thermaltake 700W 80 Bronce

I think i should change my motherboard and my cpu.
Is it worth the upgrade to Intel 9th generation? Or i should go for 8th?
The money is definitely an issue. I can afford both, but i wanted to make sure it was justified.

Cheers!

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

I would upgrade your GPU before your CPU assuming you are mainly gaming on it.

 

[LordVile]

Depends what you do but I wouldn’t upgrade CPU from a good one until Zen 2 is out and we see how panicky intel gets. Due for summer this year so not too long. Rumours are a 5Ghz model and 16 core variants on the consumer line.

Kinda hard to reccomend intel with all the gens and chipsets they’re spewing out. Since 2017 we’ve had what 4 top of the line chips launched not including HEDT where we’ve had another 3.

 

[andresbedrossian]

I would upgrade your GPU before your CPU assuming you are mainly gaming on it.

Yes, i use it for gaming.
I have a 1080... If i upgrade to 2080 or something like that, wouldn't i have even more bottleneck than now?

 

[andresbedrossian]

Depends what you do but I wouldn’t upgrade CPU from a good one until Zen 2 is out and we see how panicky intel gets. Due for summer this year so not too long. Rumours are a 5Ghz model and 16 core variants on the consumer line.

Kinda hard to reccomend intel with all the gens and chipsets they’re spewing out. Since 2017 we’ve had what 4 top of the line chips launched not including HEDT where we’ve had another 3.

Well, this is definitly the kind of advice i was looking for. I'll keep it in mind.
Regarding the other parts of my pc, do you think i should invest in anything besides the cpu?

 

[LordVile]

Well what res you playing at and what games?

Ram seems fine, do you have an SSD?

 

[Captaingadget]

That rig you have is more than capable for gaming at 1440, so unless you're looking to go to 4k, or there are games you're having an issue with I wouldn't bother for the moment. Sit tight as recommended above and see what develops with Zen 2.

 

[jitendrad]

I will suggest you to wait for sometimes and let the new zen series come. Also your PC is stronger enough to handle all modern titles. I won't recommend you to upgrade it at this time

 

[andresbedrossian]

Well what res you playing at and what games?

Ram seems fine, do you have an SSD?

Yes i do!
I have a WD SSD m.2 1TB Blue

i play with a 1080p 144hz monitor

 

[andresbedrossian]

That rig you have is more than capable for gaming at 1440, so unless you're looking to go to 4k, or there are games you're having an issue with I wouldn't bother for the moment. Sit tight as recommended above and see what develops with Zen 2.

Ok! I'll do that. Thanks for your time.

 

[andresbedrossian]

I will suggest you to wait for sometimes and let the new zen series come. Also your PC is stronger enough to handle all modern titles. I won't recommend you to upgrade it at this time

All right, i think i may just do that... Thank you!