Current computer value/Should I upgrade?

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So I've built this computer 5 years ago and now I've noticed FPS lag when I play DotA2 and sometimes it may end up crashing on me with the screen going black, keyboard and mouse going unresponsive, when I press a caplock keys the light won't even light up. This would stay like this for 1 minute or so before giving me the error that the AMD driver was not responding. I've looked up this problem and assumed that the video card is overheating on me.

This is the only game that gives me this problem, I also play CS:GO, Guild Wars 1 and Ultra Street Fighter 4, pretty much only games I play none of these give me the same problem, only other time is if I have Guild Wars + a movie on my second monitor. I also use an HDMI to my TV and noticed that some scenes would be not as smooth/lowered FPS.
Here's the specs of the computer when I bought it in 2010. I would probably sell this without hard drive if I were to buy a new computer so it would be helpful to know the value today. I was wondering how much would I need to spend in order to make an upgrade actually worthwhile. My budget is around $1000 give or take though is fairly flexible. I haven't really kept up to date with what's new so I don't know how much computer is compared to the stuff out now. Also I live in Canada so prices are gonna be more expensive.

These are the parts I got when I order my computer in 2010
http://imgur.com/IbnC6Vd
 
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I think you could get at least 200-300$ for that old computer.
This is what I'd get:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($205.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($399.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power...
I think you could get at least 200-300$ for that old computer.
This is what I'd get:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($205.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($119.99 @ Memory Express)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($399.00 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Canada Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $1094.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-09 12:35 EST-0500

You can add your existing RAM to add 12 GB or just sell it
You can reuse your HDD as a backup or side drive. The 840 EVO is a very good SSD and it'll improve loading times
The 970 is a very good GPU and you won't need to upgrade for the next 3-5 years
The 200R is a quality case from Corsair, lots of people use it in their builds. you can switch it out for a better case, though.
The PSU is also a quality unit, this time from EVGA.
 
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Thanks, you definitely helped a lot more than I was expecting. I'll definitely check out those parts you linked or at the very least use it as a guideline. Turns I have a friend that getting back into PC so I'll probably sell my computer to him without hard drive. and I'll probably reuse my old hard drive I don't really see the benefits of getting a newer hard drive.