RTX 2080 I7 2600K system

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Hello everyone, i have a following system:
i7 2600K 4.5 GHz
Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi
Asus P8P67
Hyperx Fury 16 gb 1866 Mhz DDR3
Gigabyte RTX 2080 Windforce OC
ASUS VG248QE 1080p 144Hz
Samsung 750 EVO 1tb
Kingston SSDnow 300 240gb
Seagate barracuda 1TB 7200 rpm
Corsair rm750x 2018
Nzxt H700i
Win 10 Home 64 bit

My question is, could ram overclock to 2133 mhz reduce bottleneck at 144hz 1080p? Or should i oc cpu up to 5 Ghz, would it be safe now? Ofcoure i know i have to change platform to 1151v2/8700k, but i plan to hold up until 9700k comes, so what can i do to my current system?
 
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PapaCrazy

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Still on SB here too, finally going Coffee Lake or Zen 2 depending how prices go. My 2600k's RAM is currently clocked at 1600, I think 2133 was max but I remember people having issues even getting 2133 binned RAM to run that fast. It'll be extremely tough with 1866 binned RAM, though you could try. If you're months from upgrade, I'd take the chip up to 1.37-1.40 and see what clock it can do at those voltages. It won't be any safer now than it used to be, you just have less reason to care now. Personally, I'd try to keep the chip alive long as possible... it was a legend.
 
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The short answer is, regardless of what you do with that processor, system it won't help much. It's time to bite the bullet as you are already aware.

To OC your ram to that speed will put enormous pressure on the subsystem, You will need to OC the SOC, RAM, plus the CPU some more. Your system is so old now, it prob won't take that kind of battering, and all to alleviate a bottleneck, which you won't really touch even by doing all three. At least your PSU is capable, and very decent. You won't fry that, but whether or not something else goes pop, well do you really want to take the chance?

With just a mobo, CPU and ram upgrade you would have a much better performer. Keep alot of the good stuff already in your system, and with $600 max your gonna have something that games a lot better than what you have. Something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($278.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.51 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($99.95 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($139.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $603.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-15 14:26 EDT-0400


edit: a 4.8ghz OC on a 2600k yields about a 5% increase in FPS over stock (game dependant)
 
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