upgrade or not?

[Bryce123]

I have a 1080ti and i have a I7-6700k do you think this will bottleneck it and if i were to upgrade to a I7-7700k would it benefit the performance noticeably or should i stick to my current?

 

[AniChatt]

No it will not bottleneck the 6700K. just overclock it and you will be fine. To check it install rivatuner and display on screen display to monitoring to check the cpu usage during gaming and of course turn off vsync. If cpu usage remains close or a bit more than 90-95% then it will bottleneck. If so then max out the graphics and it might help you to reduce bottleneck.
But I think it will not bottleneck 1080ti by any means. Specially when overclocked, not a chance.
You don't need a i7 7700k. It will not be a note worthy improvement. Stick to your cpu for now and upgrade after few years as per requirement.

 

[jr9]

You only stand to gain 10% more performance with this upgrade. The Skylake/Kabylake socket is also been left behind by Intel starting with the 8th generation series so you are only putting money into an already abandoned socket. 6700k will not bottleneck you for a while. In 3-4 years I would be looking at Cannon or Icelake.

 

[BigBoomBoom]

i7-7700k is basically a higher clocked i7-6700k there is no sense in upgrading. Even then some i7-6700k can reach 5.0 Ghz - 5.1 Ghz so the difference is pretty minimal. There is some minor difference like Intel Optane but it won't benefit you in gaming.