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About to build a new computer. Currently have an i5 2500K @ 4.4ghz and a GTX680 (stock) with some old school RipJaw RAM. Motherboard is an AsRock Extreme6.

Case, PSU, hard drives are all good. Silverstone FT02 (sideways mounted motherboard) case, 1000 Watt Platinum Certified, Samsung EVO 850 Pros.

I do game so i'm going to be looking into replacing one of my old school 1440P monitors.

I wanted to wait for Cannon Lake, but mid 2017 just seems to far from now! So it's either Kaby Lake or Skylake. I can't find any definitive timetables on the Kaby Lake release though!

I am thinking the Skylake will be the better bang for my buck since it should see a price drop, no?

On the other hand, the Kaby Lake has said to be 10% faster? Seems like a worthwhile upgrade considering I want this to last 2-3 years.

Fairly convinced I will be getting a GTX1080. Just not sure which one... was hoping for a little guidance on that.

RAM has always been fuzzy for me. I know the best numbers should create the fastest memory, but I remember motherboards not even being able to utilize the fastest speeds RAMS were specced with.

I do overclock (on an air cooled system, albeit, very good air cooling). So the motherboard needs to be up to the task!

Thanks in advance to whomever takes time out of their day to help me out!
 
What games are you running into CPU bottlenecks on? Because I've yet to hear of one on a 2500k at 4.4 GHz, unless you're running a 144Hz monitor, and are a stickler for 90+ fps min.

I'd just get the GTX 1080, make sure you have 16GB or more ram and call it a day. The PCIe 2.0 slot has more than enough bandwidth for a single GTX 1080, and nVME makes no difference in game load times over an SATA6 drive (you have at least two native slots).

I know we're all itching for an upgrade here, but do you really need it this year? If you wait 1.5 years, we should have Coffee Lake 6-cores on the mainstream platform.

Leaked roadmap claims Intel will bring six-core chips to mainstream PCs with upcoming Coffee Lake | ExtremeTech
 
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So you're confident that my old school Asrock can handle a GTX1080 without hurting its performance?

What version of the 1080 would you buy?

What RAM?

Thank you for the help!
 
My Two Cents:

That 2500K will definitely hold back a GTX 1080, ask anyone who made the jump from a 2500k to a 6700k. Don't take advice from people who are still using a 2500k as they don't know...

It's tough call when to upgrade. As you can see in my sig, I went from FX-8350 to the 6700k with 4-5 year gap in between.

I kept saying, "I'll wait for the next one, the next one, and so on and so on". If you keep waiting you'll never upgrade. Saying I'll wait for 6-core coffee lake in 1.5 years but then you might end up saying I'll wait for the 8 core mainstreams CPU in 2 years and it goes on and on...and before you know it you're still rocking a 2500k in 2018 and keep telling yourself that its as good as current CPUs like a lot of ppl here on [H]. I'm not knocking the 2500k it was good for its time but anyone who tells you that the 2500k is as fast as the 6700k or close to it is in denial. The 6700k is considerably faster, lots of new features (DDR4, USB Type-C, M.2, USB 3.1, Z170 will likely work with Kaby Lake, etc..) and easy to overclock. Just make the jump and don't look back, you'll be happy you did.

4-5 years is a long time for a computer. I think you got your money's worth out of that 2500K. My friend who was rocking the 2500K made the jump to 6700k with me at the same time and he' said the jump was worth it. Tip: If you're getting a Gigabyte board you'll want to stick with memory that is compatible in their manual otherwise you'll be making a number of trips before you find RAM that works...
 
How do people like the Kaby Lake over the Skylake chips? I know they're technically not out yet, but anyone see a reason WHY they wouldn't be worth the upgrade over the 6700K?
 
They'll be a typical 5-10% IPC improvement. If you want to wait, no reason not to wait. If you're itching now, go for it. But I have to agree the 2500k will hold back a 1080. 6700k/7700k or bust IMO.
 
Does Kaby Lake have any nice improvements over Skylake aside from speed? The L3 Cache is up, right? Any other sweet features?
 
I can't imagine so? We don't have enough information realistically right now. But with M.2 already available, PCIE 3.0, DDR4 high speed RAM support, I can't imagine there would be much else feature wise over Skylake?
 
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