CPU upgrade

Jasoncmor · 23 Dec 2018 at 12:37

Hi all

I currently have a skylake 6600k, z170 mobo, 8gb ram and a 1080ti.
I game at 1440p and 144hz, would I notice much difference going to a 8700k cpu? Or even a 9700k?
I feel like the i9 chips would be overkill.
Also wanted to up to 16gb of ram.

Cheers and Merry Christmas!

Jasoncmor · 23 Dec 2018 at 13:54

It’s currently running stock clock.. I planned to overclock it I just haven’t got round to doing it yet.

Jasoncmor · 23 Dec 2018 at 14:11

I have no idea lol
I’ll have to run some tests.
What is the best way to test if I’m cpu bound or not?

Cheers

Jasoncmor · 24 Dec 2018 at 09:11

Sounds perfect, cheers for your help

Jasoncmor · 26 Dec 2018 at 09:34

Cheers for your replies guys.
I’ll get on the benchmarking as soon as I’m back home, currently away for the festive period.
I will defiantly start the overclocking and look at upgrading the ram.
Watercooling is something I always wanted to do, but never got round to it yet.

Is it worth getting another 8gb of ram, or just get a 16gb kit so it stays running in dual channel mode, and just sell the 8gb?

Cheers

Jasoncmor · 28 Dec 2018 at 14:32

I have an Asus z170a motherboard, looking at the specs, if I upgrade the bios to the latest version it will support a 7700k.