Should I upgrade from 2600 to 56/7/800x ?

[MichaelW]

Hi all

Current setup:
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 + Noctua NH-D15
ASRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac
Kingston HyperX Fury 16 GB (2 x 8 GB)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 FE Video Card
Seasonic Focus Plus 1000W

I play RTS games (total war series) and Warzone 2 on a 1440p monitor with max refresh rate of 170Hz.

I’m getting about 80Hz on warzone 2 with graphics turned low, and I’d like to know if that can be improved with a modest upgrade to the cpu. I’m looking at the 5000 series, which are being heavily discounted at the moment, but not sure where the sweet spot would be.

Any advice on where my money is best spent?
Thanks
Michael

 

[MichaelW]

Thank you. I’m open to spending a decent amount if it translates to FPS, but I did wonder if I’m close to a GPU rather than CPU bottleneck with this system, in which case I guess 5600 is best (If that is even worth it?)