Upgrade advice for my PCSpecialist PC

[whiskey29]

So the PC i bought from PCSpecialist is getting on a bit, and I noticed you could upgrade the system rather than buying a whole new one. After advice, my budget is around the £2k mark, and im quite happy to install the parts myself.

I currently have
Case: COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 -4790K (@4GHz)
Motherboard ASUS® Z97 Maximus HERO VII
Memory (RAM) 32GB HyperX Beast 16 GB 2400 MHz DDR3
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980
2nd Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980
1st Hard Disk 2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st M.2 SSD Drive Samsung 512 GB
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£46)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX850 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£99)
Processor Cooling Noctua DH14 CPU COOLER (£39)

I also have 2x 1080p BenQ monitors and an ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q. I predominantly watch films and game on this rig, as well as having the HTC Rift VR thing!

My thoughts for upgrading Priority wise are:

1. NVidia GTX 1080ti or NVidia TITAN XP (is it worth all that extra money), later on in the year I will probably buy a 2nd and SLI them.
2. Is it worth upgrading the Mobo and CPU (concious I would have to get new RAM as well)? What would you recomend for a solid gaming rig?
3. I really want to upgrade the cooling of the system, and try to incorporate some cooling for the GPU, do I need to go down a bespoke Liquid cooling route? how difficult is this? Otherwise I was planning on sticking a H100i waterpump in?
4. any other recommendations?

 

[Oussebon]

is it worth all that extra money

Absolutely not.

Notwithstanding quasi-philosophical garbage about things being worth what someone will pay, it's not worth it at all. It's twice the price for about 10-15% more performance. And rumours are that Volta Geforce cards will get trailed in late March too. It's just not worth getting one at this stage even if one has the cash.

(concious I would have to get new RAM as well)?

You would, yes.

Is it worth upgrading the Mobo and CPU

Not really. Not for the ~£600 cost of an i7 8700k + mobo + RAM. You're still going to be GPU bound in almost all titles.

Save the cash for further down the line when your 4790k is more obsolete and there are better and more powerful CPUs out. Preferably ones without Spectre etc vulnerabilities too.

3. I really want to upgrade the cooling of the system, and try to incorporate some cooling for the GPU, do I need to go down a bespoke Liquid cooling route? how difficult is this? Otherwise I was planning on sticking a H100i waterpump in?

If you're talking about custom loop liquid cooling, you don't need an H100i. You need appropriate water blocks, piping, pumps, etc.

Your CPU cooling is more than fine.

If you want better GPU cooling for your new GPU, best option is prfobably to just buy a GPU like an EVGA Hybrid or MSI Seahawk that has an AIO watercooler built in.