I'm thinking about upgrading to a 2080Ti will I need to also upgrade my CPU?

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My current rig is:
GTX 1060 6GB
8GB DDR4 RAM
i5 6600k at 3.5GHz (Stock)
On a 4K TV at 60Hz

Will my current CPU bottleneck a RTX 2080Ti at 4K at 60Hz? Obviously I don't want to spend that much money on an RTX to get sub par results because of the rest of my system. Thanks in advance.
 
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At 4K you will be fine in almost every game with your 6600k, though overclocking will certainly help in certain titles. You're only likely to see a significant bottleneck in certain Ubisoft games like Watch Dogs 2 or Assassin's Creed Origins where you need a CPU with more than 4 threads to maintain 60FPS in certain areas of the game.

You may also want to look into getting more RAM, 8GB is now the bare minimum and some newer titles are starting to run into problems if you only have that much unless you are very aggressive about memory management and keep background processes to the absolute minimum.
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At 4K you will be fine in almost every game with your 6600k, though overclocking will certainly help in certain titles. You're only likely to see a significant bottleneck in certain Ubisoft games like Watch Dogs 2 or Assassin's Creed Origins where you need a CPU with more than 4 threads to maintain 60FPS in certain areas of the game.

You may also want to look into getting more RAM, 8GB is now the bare minimum and some newer titles are starting to run into problems if you only have that much unless you are very aggressive about memory management and keep background processes to the absolute minimum.
 
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In terms of overclocking my CPU, its not as simple as overclocking GPUs is it? What extra stuff would I need to go about doing that?

 
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Assuming you have a Z170 or Z270 board, overclocking involves changing the multiplier (some BIOSes call it the CPU Core Ratio) to increase the CPU clockspeed. Increasing the clockspeed tends to require more voltage, and for CPU overclocking it's often a good idea to set a manual voltage first, do stability testing and if you are happy with your overclock, then set an adaptive or offset voltage that matches the manual setting you put in.

There is a good guide to overclocking in general here that covers the basics.
 
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