What would be the most viable upgrade in my PC?

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mkextremer

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AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz
8GB DDR3 1600MHz Patriot Ram
GA-990XA-UD3 Rev 1.0
ASUS 660 TI-DC2O-2GD5
Seidon 240m
Samsung 840 250GB Evo
Western Digital 3GB
GX Bronze 750W
ASUS VS238

The system is for gaming!
 
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Onus

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What is the brand and model (not just wattage) of your PSU?

Also, what is not performing as well as you'd like? Depending on your resolution and what you'd like to improve, upgrading to a GTX780 might add some future resistance. You may be able to OC your CPU, perhaps to 4.5GHz or higher, although I understand from other posts that your mobo may not be a great overclocker.
 
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Its a Cooler Master PSU.
My 660 Ti is not performing well, and I am very new to overclocking and I do not think I can get my CPU to 4.5 or above on this motherboard.. Will there be any performance changes if I upgrade the motherboard? If yes, to which one should I upgrade?
 
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Onus

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It's a GX750? The younger brother of that one, the GX650, was described by HardOCP as "a polished turd in a box." I read the review, and it may be ok up to around 80% of its label. Yours can probably handle an upgrade, but I would not assume it is cleanly capable of any more than 650W.
Whether a CPU overclock would help you depends on where your current bottleneck (all systems have one, by definition) is. If your system really slows down when you raise graphics quality settings and/or resolution, but speeds up when you lower them, then the graphics card is the bottleneck. If changing those settings doesn't seem to make much difference, then most likely your CPU is.
Replacing the motherboard (an Asus Sabertooth or ROG board will overclock well) might only be worthwhile if you discover the CPU is the bottleneck. Remember that a new motherboard typically also means a new copy of Windows, although Microsoft may be willing to assist you to reactivate over the phone when you explain that you replaced your motherboard (but they might not, so be prepared).
 
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