Buy or Upgrade (Need HELP)

Off-Topic Games, Gaming and Hardware
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Would you just upgrade or buy? What would you suggest? I do NOT want to build a computer so that option is out.

Current PC 5 years old

Origin
Intel i7-6700kCPU 4.00ghz
NVIDIA Ge Force GTX 980Ti
456GM
16gb RAM
RM850 Corsair Power supply
Air cooled

ALIENWARE AURORA RYZEN™ EDITION R10 GAMING DESKTOP

AMD Ryzen™ 9 3950X (16-Core, 64MB L3 Cache, Max Boost Clock of 4.7GHz)
64GB Dual Channel HyperX™ FURY DDR4 XMP at 2666MHz
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 (OC Ready)
2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit, English
liquid cooled
1000w power supply

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What for?

6700k with an OC is still fast enough for WoW and most games.

A new GPU would do you more.

Also, never buy a damned Alienware

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Is there a reason you’re looking at that particular configuration? Do you do anything other than gaming? Is budget much of a concern or is paying a lot for a little ok?

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Would hold onto your current PC for another year personally. Then upgrade once the new upgrades are out later this year. An i7 6700k + GTX 980 Ti should be fine for another year or two.

Also, any PC you buy today should use ddr4 3200 or better in 2020.

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But they usually don’t. Seems at least half the time these pre-builts run with 2666.

DIY computers - 3200 or better. 3600 CL16 is quickly becoming the standard.