All right folks, help me out here. You can see below in my signature, what I have in my current rig. I am set on upgrading to a GTX 1080, just not sure which version yet. My question is this. I have the upgrade everything and do a new build itch. Would it be worth the $ spent to upgrade to the following components:
 
EVGA X99 FTW K Mobo
Intel Core i7 6850 CPU
Corsair H110i CPU Cooler
32 GB RAM ( Not sure yet on make or model)
 
Basically am i going to see a huge performance jump? I've read all the bad stuff about X79 platform and have been lucky that mine has worked flawlessly for at least 3 years now. 
 
You guys tell me, should I pull the trigger and upgrade it all, or wait another year and just go with the Video card?
 

Upgrading to a 6850 from a 3930K will increase minimum frame rates a little bit, and by extension average frame rates as well. I know this because I went from a X79 Dark with a 3930K, to a E5-1650V2 (4930K), to a X99 Classified with a 5820K. It isn't near a WOW level of improvement, but there is an improvement.
 
Is it worth the huge cost for the performance gained? No it really wasn't for gaming, but if you have tons of money to throw at it (or away), why not? If you could use the money elsewhere, grabbing a used 4930K or a used 1650V2 (which is unlocked, I've got one @4.5GHz and it runs so much cooler than my 3930K did at 4.3GHz) might fit the bill even better. And if you are running 1333 or 1600MHz RAM, a set of used (or cheap new) 2133 or 2400MHz RAM will help out those minimum frame rates quite a bit in CPU bound games (I did some testing, and in RoTTR, 1333MHz RAM did drop average and minimum FPS considerably - 1600 did a little as well - compared to DDR3 2133MHz quad channel (dual channel hurt it a LOT more)).
 
The H110i isn't really much of a cooling performance upgrade over the H100, unless you want to plug in that USB 3.0 header connector to monitor and control fan and pump speeds with Corsair's clunky software. Honestly, a good set of quiet yet powerful fans would be just as good, if not much better, of an upgrade for that H100 - the Noiseblocker Eloop fans are quite good - I have two 140mm (on my H115i, they are the NB-eLoop B14-3 fans (if you want PWM the B14-PS are but have lower CFM) and two 120mm fans (on my H55, they are the NB-eLoop B12-3 fans), all run at ~28dB at max speed, and they are just a quiet hum in the background.
 
Even if you do decide on getting that H110i, I highly recommend replacing the fans. Those eLoops that I used to replaced my stock H115i fans have the same cooling performance that the stock fans had on full blast, yet are only slightly louder (which is still just a quiet background fan hum) at full blast than the stock fans were at 40% (the lowest they would go). The stock fans were VERY, VERY, VERY LOUD at full blast, and still loud in balanced mode when the CPU heated up.
 
For RAM, I'd recommend trying 3200MHz because it doesn't require any BCLK increase like the 2800-3000 or higher than 3200 does. I've got my 2800MHz 64GB (8X8GB) of Corsair Dominator RAM running at 3200MHz with the standard 100 BCLK and it works great.

I would ONLY upgrade the GPU and add a M.2 PCIe SSD to the mix, that's if you have enough lanes for it.  You should see a great improvement when leaving the capped SATA OS drive to M.2 PCIe 3.0.
 
Imho, it would be a waste to upgrade from what you have now. I believe it's still good enough.  I think you have another couple of years till your next main upgrade.
 
Can I ask what you use for your viewing?  Single monitor?  Resolution?
 
Are you happy with your Keyboard and mouse?  RBG?
 
Why not go surround sound with 2 GPUs in SLI with a new keyboard, mouse and maybe upgrade to a newer design custom water cooling friendly case in case you catch the bug? 
 
You could possibly use some funds in other areas that get missed.

gtxjackbauer
I would ONLY upgrade the GPU and add a M.2 PCIe SSD to the mix, that's if you have enough lanes for it.  You should see a great improvement when leaving the capped SATA OS drive to M.2 PCIe 3.0.
 
Imho, it would be a waste to upgrade from what you have now. I believe it's still good enough.  I think you have another couple of years till your next main upgrade.
 
Can I ask what you use for your viewing?  Single monitor?  Resolution?
 
Are you happy with your Keyboard and mouse?  RBG?
 
Why not go surround sound with 2 GPUs in SLI with a new keyboard, mouse and maybe upgrade to a newer design custom water cooling friendly case in case you catch the bug? 
 
You could possibly use some funds in other areas that get missed.

To add to the m.2 vs SATA performance levels - for gaming you will see exactly zero improvements in game load times.

The reviews show as much, so you can save a some coin and just get a newer SATA SSD as long as you've got SATA 3 ports.

Now, if you do a lot of file copying between SSD's and large HDD RAID arrays, you will see very nice improvements on file transfer speeds as long as they are on the same system.

This is first hand experience with a 950 PRO 512GB in a PCIE 3.0 X4 adapter running at PCIE 3.0 X4 lane speed, and between a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, and an eight drive RAID 6 array on an Adaptec 8805 discrete RAID controller.

arestavo

To add to the m.2 vs SATA performance levels - for gaming you will see exactly zero improvements in game load times.

I respectfully disagree.  I've come from RAID0 Raptors to SATA3 SSD to M.2 PCIe 2.0, in my case and I can assure you I have felt the improvements all around.  Its not just faster game loads but everything you do.  Virus scans, installations, file transfers (depending on the other drives capabilities), etc. 

arestavoNot only does my experience oppose yours

 
Oh yes, your epeen, oops I mean RAID was bigger than mine.   
 
I still stand with M.2 over SATA 3.  To each their own I guess and yes, I can find opposing reviews to yours as well.
 
 
 

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