Looking for best upgrade choice.

Etamu

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So I have a dilemma, I'm trying to upgrade my rig and am unsure on what will get me the best bump in performance. I'm using a 100gb ssd, 1tb 7200 rpm hdd, gigabyte ud3h-b3 mobo, i5-2500k@4ghz and a Gtx 680(EVGA). I was considering upgrading mobo and processor but benchmarks don't support any real improvement for the i7 4770k. I considered upgrading to a 780ti or getting a second Gtx 680 to SLI, my only oncern is that my mobo is only pcie 2.0 and goes down to x8 x8 when SLI, is that really a huge difference? I've seen mobos that support x16 x16 but they're hugely expensive.

Would appreciate any advice in the best direction and perhaps some insight on how the multipliers work and what performance I could expect.