PC Upgrade Please help

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Howzit guys
Need some help deciding on this PC upgrade Im looking at getting.
Right now my current specs are

Republic of Gamers Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z
Kingston 1600Mhz 16 Gig RAM Kit
Nvidia Ge force GTX 780 Lighting Edition
Intel i5 2500
Cooldermaster 780W PSU
Samsung Sync Master XL2370

The Specs I am looking at are as follows:

ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME Republic of Gamers (Motherboard)

INTEL CORE-I7 4790K - 4.00GHZ (CPU)

COOLERMASTER V8 GTS (CPU Cooler)

ASUS VG248QE 24" 3D LED (Screen)

Corsair Vengeance Pro, 32GB Kit, DDR3-2400, CL11, Red (RAM)

Please can someone tell me if this is a worth while build for hectic PC gaming, obviously I don't want to make a mistake and waste money here as this is an expensive build and can someone tell me if I will see a performance increase by going up in terms of the frequency of RAM as i would be going from 1600mhz to 2400Mhz ???? good .... bad ???? is it not really worth it ?.

Obviously i Can play around with the RAM and perhaps get 16 gig kit of a higher freq or a lower amount of ram but a higher freq i dunno somebody please explain.

Should I be waiting for better tech to come out or is it worth to upgrade now from my Sandy Bridge PC to this 1150 :)
Thanks Guys much appreciated :)
 
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Most of the time, gaming performance is determined by the power of your graphics card.
A GTX780ti is as good as it gets.

If you think that you are cpu limited, and you likely are with a 2500(no K) then a i7-4790K will be as good as it gets today, and I think for at least 2 years out. What you get for your $100 price premium over a i5-4690K is a better binned chip that runs at 4.0/4.4 at stock.
I think the cooler you picked is fine.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you...
32GB of RAM for just gaming is way overkill, stick with 16GB. I would also get an AIO liquid cooler over the V8, as they will allow for better cooling and airflow (no massive hunk of metal blocking airflow). You also don't need an i7 for gaming, the i5-4690K is fine, but if you want an i7, that's fine too.
 
Most of the time, gaming performance is determined by the power of your graphics card.
A GTX780ti is as good as it gets.

If you think that you are cpu limited, and you likely are with a 2500(no K) then a i7-4790K will be as good as it gets today, and I think for at least 2 years out. What you get for your $100 price premium over a i5-4690K is a better binned chip that runs at 4.0/4.4 at stock.
I think the cooler you picked is fine.

I have become a bit jaded on the subject of haswell cooling for overclocking.
How high you can OC is firstly determined by your luck in the bin lottery.
I had high expectations from the Devil's canyon parts and their better thermals.
I found out that the thermals really do not matter unless, perhaps, you are a competitive overclocker.
Haswell runs quite cool, that is, until you raise the voltage past 1.25v or so.
Once you go past 1.3v, then you really do need very good cooling to keep stress loads under say 85c.
But, voltages higher than 1.30 are not a good thing for 24/7 usage.
Even if you can handle the heat, how much do you really need that extra multiplier from say 4.4 to 4.6?
My thought is that it is better to use the exotic cooling funds for a quieter and less expensive air cooler.
Anything extra can go to a stronger graphics card for the gamer or a SSD.

If you will upgrade the motherboard, make it to a Z97 based motherboard. It need not be expensive. MAXIMUS VII is very good, but less expensive motherboards will do the job just as well. Z97 preserves your option to a 14nm broadwell upgrade.

For gaming, 8gb of ram is sufficient. I see no value for gaming in more than 16gb. If you are using w7 home premium, it will only support 16gb.
I think I would reuse your current 16 gb 1600 kit. Intel chips have a very good integrated ram controller. You are looking at real improvements in app speed or fps in the 1-3% range. I think not worth it.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell
 
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