I7 2600 [non-K] vs E5 2680-V2

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Hi just wondering if e5 2680 v2 will be a good upgrade to do , i can source the cpu and a x79 board cheaply , i mainly play a lot of games such as Rust , Gta v , witcher 3 etc and will be looking to play new and up coming titles , i also do a small amount of video editing and use adobe premire and do work on photoshop,just looking to see if this will be an improvement and if the gaming performance will be roughly the same if not better , my current gpu right now is a gtx 970 g1 however i have a gtx 1070 on its way , thanks.
 

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in gaming how much of a decrease would i expect to see? and what about for the future ? will the more cores be better for the future ?
 

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Hmmm my motheeboard is a z68 so how about if i purchase an i7 2700k and try overclock it to over 4.5GHz? will this be a better choice in your opinion? Thanks