Please take a look at my setup. Need advice

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I want to upgrade to a i7 9700k and a 1080. Please take a look at my specs and tell me what else I would need to upgrade. Cheers guys.

Processor: Intel Core i5-6400 Skylake CPU, 4 Cores, 2.7 - 3.3GHz
Case: Chillblast F3 Gaming Case - Black / Purple
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Graphics Card
Case Lighting: Not selected
CPU Cooler: Intel Stock CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste: Standard Thermal Paste
Case Cooling: Not selected
Motherboard: Asus H110M-A/M.2 Motherboard
Memory: 8GB DDR4 2133MHz Memory (2 x 4GB Sticks)
OS Drive: 250GB SK hynix SL301 Solid State Drive
Secondary Hard Drive: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM Hard Disk
Cable case for additional HDDs or SSDs: Not selected
Optical Drive: Not selected
Power Supply: Aerocool 80 PLUS 600W PSU
PSU Silencing: Not selected
Sound Card: Onboard High Definition Audio
Networking Upgrades: Not selected
Additional Ports and Bluetooth: Not selected
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
Anti Virus Software: Bullguard Internet Security - Free 90 Day Licence
 
You need at least a new motherboard, CPU, and CPU cooler. I would also upgrade the RAM to 16 GB.

The GTX 1080 is old technology. Take a look at the RTX 2070S and 2080S instead. You might also look at the Ryzen 3600 and 3700 CPUs.
 
Cheers bro. I've see a
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz, MSI B450 TOMAHAWK Motherboard CPU Bundle with Kingston hyperX fury 2x 8gb 3200mhz ddr4 for £374. Do you think this is a good price? Also do you have any suggestions for cooling it. I'd rather fans than liquid if possible
 
The Ryzen CPU comes with a Wraith cooler which is entirely adequate if you don't overclock.

The nearest bundle deal I could find was this:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x AMD X470 Ryzen 3000 & DDR4 RAM Bundle = £428.96
    • Motherboard:Gigabyte X470 Aorus Ultra Gaming AMD X470 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
    • Processor:AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
    • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32
Total: £439.46 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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But this is more recommendable:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £389.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)
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3600 MHz is the recommended RAM speed for Ryzen; you can cut costs by getting cheaper and slower RAM. And you want the Max motherboard because it natively supports Ryzen 3xxx CPUs.

Do note that the AMD B550 motherboards are rumoured to be launching this year.
 
Cheers guys. So I'm definitely going to buy the basket that cost £389.47 on pay day. Then I'll get a rtx 2070 the one after. Theres quite a few different types of 2070 any good suggestions for performance to £ ratio?
 
I've got a freesync screen. Would it be worth getting 5700xt? Only because the 2070 doesnt seem to have a display port which I would need to hit the higher fps. Not sure what you think?
 
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