Upgrading CPU has become increasingly pointless since the original i7 in 2008; once Ivy Bridge came out the decelaration of benefit accelerated increasingly. At this point most any CPU 2012 onward; especially with 4c8t+ is plenty for pc gaming at 60+FPS with a modern GPU. With a GTX 1080Ti can still average 55+ FPS @1440p with a 2017 1080ti across 30+ modern games at high to Ultra settings including Far Cry New Dawn, GoW 5, GR Breakpoing, CSGO, Overwatch 2, Apex Legends,R6S, TOR . And that is on what will be a 15 year old cpu this November.
The gaming experience on my i7 10700KF from 2020 with all cores at 5.138Ghz+XMP 3200Mhz RAM is hardly staggering versus my 2017 i7 7800X@4.6, 2016 i7 6850K, i7 5820K, or even my i7 4770K in terms of tangibly non fps counter watching noticeable difference at high/ultra 1440p.
The gaming experience on my i7 10700KF from 2020 with all cores at 5.138Ghz+XMP 3200Mhz RAM is hardly staggering versus my 2017 i7 7800X@4.6, 2016 i7 6850K, i7 5820K, or even my i7 4770K in terms of tangibly non fps counter watching noticeable difference at high/ultra 1440p.