To upgrade or... not?

[Morthoseth]

I have a relatively old PC now, but with pretty high end components.

Asus Rampage IV Extreme & i7 3930k (6 core) & 16gb of ram with a 390X

Every time I come to spec an upgrade, pretty much the only major benchmark changes come from a change of graphics card - I think it would likely be a lot more power efficient (TDP on 3930k is 130w or so I believe), and DDR4 ram over DDR3 (oh, and I am currently living in a world of no NVME )

Now, I recently bought a 3440x1440 monitor and some games struggle at higher settings.

I guess the question I ask, is it really worth upgrading any of my components other than my graphics card currently? Is the processor likely to be even close to a bottleneck any time soon? (It still scores the same as a i7 7700k in PassMark)

 

[ExRayTed]

A CPU upgrade might net you a few fps, but it's really not worth the outlay. Wait for the 2080 Nvidia series of cards to release and spend the money there in my opinion

 

[Skynet5]

I have a relatively old PC now, but with pretty high end components.

Asus Rampage IV Extreme & i7 3930k (6 core) & 16gb of ram with a 390X

Every time I come to spec an upgrade, pretty much the only major benchmark changes come from a change of graphics card - I think it would likely be a lot more power efficient (TDP on 3930k is 130w or so I believe), and DDR4 ram over DDR3 (oh, and I am currently living in a world of no NVME )

Now, I recently bought a 3440x1440 monitor and some games struggle at higher settings.

I guess the question I ask, is it really worth upgrading any of my components other than my graphics card currently? Is the processor likely to be even close to a bottleneck any time soon? (It still scores the same as a i7 7700k in PassMark)

I'm in a similar position.

I'm likely to do a full new build, but having said that I changed jobs recently and use to BYOD which I don't do anymore. So plans to move PC into lounge and buy a new one for my office have been questioned, as I can now using the SP4 docked in the lounge instead.

With the new 2xxx series card supporting new tech and a price to match I'm thinking of just updating my graphics card now to either a new1080Ti when the price drops...or waiting for the 1180 range of NV cards that don't sport RTX


I believe the CPU upgrade, even for me, would be minimal...at 1080 I was never bottlenecked in the games I play, and defo wont be at 1440p.