Looking to uprgade CPU, possibly to i7-7700k. WIll my current setup bottleneck me?

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meviatheinternet

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So currently I have a pretty cheap motherboard

Gigabyte GA-h110m-a motherboard
i5-6600 (not K) CPU
1x 8gb kingston RAM (was planning to add another 8gb stick but now RAM prices are high)
GTX 1060 6gb GPU

In some CPU heavy apps, I don't get the best performance. Mainly this rig is for gaming, and it seems like my GPU use isn't maxing out, but my CPU is. If I upgrade to a 7700k, will my cheap motherboard limit me? Is upgrading to a 7700k the logical thing to do here? I feel like my GPU is exceeding my expectations, but my CPU is definitely not. I forget what my power supply is, but I have way more than enough power so that's not an issue.

Also, will I have to buy a new CPU cooler or will the stock cooler that came with my i5-6600 work? A new i7-7700k doesn't come with any cooler unless you pay a bit extra correct?

Thanks in advance!
 
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the 6600 cooler would be inadequate IMO, as it is designed for a 65 watt TDP, so I'd order your appropriate Noctua (as large as your case will allow with sidepanels on) as soon as possible...

Be sure to update your BIOS to one support Kaby Lake cpus first....

The H110 chipset will not allow overclocking, but, the 7700K at stock speeds is still quite adequate.
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the 6600 cooler would be inadequate IMO, as it is designed for a 65 watt TDP, so I'd order your appropriate Noctua (as large as your case will allow with sidepanels on) as soon as possible...

Be sure to update your BIOS to one support Kaby Lake cpus first....

The H110 chipset will not allow overclocking, but, the 7700K at stock speeds is still quite adequate.
 
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ElectrO_90

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Have you seen if your CPU is maxxing out in the games you are playing and also, is your GPU maxxing out?
Afterburner is a nice program from Guru3d Website for your GPU monitoring.
CPU you can easily monitor with task manager.

Which games are you playing? Some games are more CPU orientated than GPU.
Guru website also reviews some games and shows which games need more CPU and GPU to get the best out of them.

Ram could also be your problem. Do you own an SSD or a HDD?
8 GB can easily be used by Windows then you would get a lot of Hard Disk Caching, which will slow everything down. If you don't own an SSD as your boot drive, rather than upgrading your CPU I would put in an SSD, you would be surprised how much difference it makes.
 
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