11600k in 2025? :D

Mustey

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My current system is:
- 10600k
- 2070s
- 16GB 3600

I like to buy AAA games 2 years after release and play them at 1440 (my monitor's max).
Recently, I am no longer able to sustain +50 fps and feeling the need to upgrade.

I have the option to upgrade to a 11600k by giving my 10600k and adding £30. This should yield about 10% CPU performance and unlock PCI-E 4.0.
I know it's a very small gain but it's a cheap in-socket upgrade.
Money and time are very tight for me right now. So, I am considering it...

For the GPU, I am thinking a used 6900xt or 7800xt.

Do you reckon it's still all just a waste of time and money and I should just OC the 10600k (because, perhaps, the 6900xt won't saturate a PCI-E 3.0 anyway)

What's confusing me is that I am looking at some tests where the kinda games I would play right now (circa 2023) are performing at 80-120 fps on the 11600k (with a 4090 in the test system LOL) at 1080p.
I am thinking: If it's 1080, then the bottleneck is the CPU and therefore playing at 1440p should be more or less the same load on the CPU and I will be well bottlenecked by the GPU for a couple more years before the platform finally needs to be retired.

Maybe even the 11600k would be fine with a PCI-E 5.0 9070xt? It's only a single PCI-E generation behind and, on high-ish settings, the bottleneck is at the GPU? Or am I totally dillusional? :D
 
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Let's say: Warhammer Space Marine 2, Remnant 2 (Not Flight Sim or Cities Skylines). I am not a competitive player either, just enjoying some vivid co-op games with the Mrs. (Who has a much better PC) :D

Mobo is: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS PRO AX
 
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The computer is in parts now as it hasn't been dusted since inception back in 2019 :D
I am pretty sure it is indeed a GPU bottleneck.

I wasn't very good at outlining the premise of my question (maybe even my whole thinking about it) :D
I guess what I am really asking is: "If I tend to play visuals-first games at 1440-high, only using affordable GPU's, then does the 11600k have legs to carry me into the 9070xt era?"
 
This review seems to indicate that it's not such a bad idea:
Assuming the 14600k is a CPU kind of in the premium range as of today, the FPS is certainly fine at 1080p and then the 11600k should be even closer to the better CPUs at 1440p, right?
 
I guess one interesting thing would be to buy a 9070xt (assuming they aren't hens teeth) and see how mine does, on the 11600k, compared to a decent AM5.
Would kinda answer that question (on the games tested).
Next tax year might be better for me and then I might even consider a platform swap - but give that idea a test, for ***** and giggles :)
 
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