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Hello.
I have a pc that I would like to upgrade for higher fps (probably widescreen) gaming.

i7 2600k
P67A-D3-B3 motherboard
24GB DDR3 1600MHz
256GB SSD + 1TB HDD 5400rpm
gtx 560

I'm looking for the best upgrade in terms of performance per dollar.
The goal is 100+ fps on 1440p and higher, or a 1440p widescreen.
Clearly the first thing to upgrade is the gpu. I can get a gtx 1800 ti, but I'm not sure if my cpu will bottleneck the whole thing. In case that I will upgrade the cpu - it will probably be a ryzen 1800x as its way cheaper then equivalent i7. So I'll need to change the motherboard also, which brings me to the idea of getting a whole new build.
The question is: How will my system work in gaming after the gpu only upgrade?
What can you recommend me to upgrade (high performance/dollar) to get high fps gaming in this situation?
Thank you.
 
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Upgrade your mobo, overclock your 2600k, and get a 1080 or the ti if you want. Get a maximus IV and 1866 or 2400 mhz ram if you can. You can overclock the hell out of that chip and since its an I7 you will already have multi threaded built in. At that resolution you are not going to be significantly GPU bound and if you are, again overclock to a modest (for that generation) 4.2 or 4.6. The higher the resolution the heavier the work load will be on the GPU which means it will be less limited by the CPU. Getting a new chip means new everything else too. Your chip is good but to really get the most out of it get the mobo i mentioned if you can, its literally the best mobo you could get for that generation.

This might give you and idea of...
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What games are you going to be playing? a 1080 ti might be overkill for some games, even though you are going to play at 1440p. A 1800X is a good option, but you should upgrade your RAM to DDR4, which you'll probably need to do anyways for the motherboard. Your ssd and your hdd is okay where it's at. You might want to get better cooling if you're planning to overclock, or don't have very good cooling already.
 
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If you don't already have the monitor, my suggestion is to buy nothing until you're ready to put together a whole new system. Think of what you need to buy, a monitor, a videocard, a new CPU which means a new motherboard which means new ram...that's basically a new computer not an upgrade. In this case, buy everything at the same time so you'll have the newest generation of each component.

If you do already have the monitor then I think you could buy the videocard now and see how much performance you can get from it. Depending on the game, it's possible you might achieve your framerate goals with your current system. If, by looking at benchmarks, you can tell that the games you play require a more powerful CPU then don't buy the card yet.
 
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Upgrade your mobo, overclock your 2600k, and get a 1080 or the ti if you want. Get a maximus IV and 1866 or 2400 mhz ram if you can. You can overclock the hell out of that chip and since its an I7 you will already have multi threaded built in. At that resolution you are not going to be significantly GPU bound and if you are, again overclock to a modest (for that generation) 4.2 or 4.6. The higher the resolution the heavier the work load will be on the GPU which means it will be less limited by the CPU. Getting a new chip means new everything else too. Your chip is good but to really get the most out of it get the mobo i mentioned if you can, its literally the best mobo you could get for that generation.

This might give you and idea of what to expect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EJNa0y524

Like someone else said, make sure to have a decent psu since you can take that to your next rig
 
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There really hasn't been that much of a performance improvement with in the past 5 or so generations of processors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhuC8Tf9i3I

Your 2600k is still fully overclockable (With the p67 chipset) and a viable candidate and would make for an excellent pairing with a gtx 1080 via 1440p resolution. Due to the 1080ti's release, the gtx 1080's price dropped from $699 to roughly $499, making this an opportune time to upgrade your existing sandy bridge gaming computer. I wouldn't spend any more money on your existing processor, motherboard, memory combo. Just replace it when there's a justifiable price to performance jump making the cpu/motherboard/memory upgrade worth considering.
 
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If he has a basic mobo he will be really limited on his OC and a good OC with faster ram can give around 40-50% boost over stock and slower ram.
 
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I disagree. He will still be able to overclock with his existing motherboard so from his P67 overclock you won't see 40 - 50% improvement. Upgrading to higher frequency ram is only going to improve performance in single digit percentages. It's simply not worth investing money into 6 year old hardware, when factoring in price to performance.

 
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Thank you all for quick response and helpful tips.


Mostly BF1 an such. I just don't want to feel limited in new games that will be released in future.


Don't have the monitor yet, as it should depend on the pc build i have, isn't it? So if I get the 1800ti, from what I understand - it will allow me to use high resolutions which are more bounded to the gpu, so it means that in order to use the full potential of the gpu I should get a 4k monitor, and not "lower res, higher fps" as I intended?


I have a https://seasonic.com/product/m12ii-850-evo/, I think that it will work for most builds I can think of.

In case that I will go for a new build, do you think I can use my PSU, SSD and HDD?
And another thing: In case of a build that includes gtx 1080ti and ryzen 1800x + amd mobo, will there be any conflicts between the "green" gpu and the "red" cpu+mobo? Maybe I should wait for a new gpu from amd that will come out?

Thank you.
 
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What I was getting at is that you are going to want some serious CPU and GPU power for 100+fps at 1440p. If you buy the card now, you can only choose from what is available now. If you build your new system in late 2017 then you can choose from what's available in late 2017.

If you already had the monitor then you could at least get some use out of that card now. Since you don't have the monitor now you wouldn't be able to enjoy the high res/high framerate gaming right now.
 
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Ive had that mobo, he will not be able to get a good overclock on that CPU. Going from that one to the Maximus let me run at 4 ghz stable to 4.8. And if he overclocks his GPU who knows, a better mobo will do wonders for his chip.
 
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