Upgrading PC Your Thoughts on what i should upgrade

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Exodusangel1

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Hello! The title pretty much explains itself. I plan to beast out this computer within a 500$ budget. Most of the parts are still very reliable but if you had to improve any parts which would you choose and why? Here are my specs!

GPU: EVGA Geforce 660TI
CPU: AMD 8350 8 core processor
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8 (2x4G)
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX
HDD: 3 in total. 90GB Corsair Force SSD, 120GB Samsung SSD (cannot remember which), 2TB Seagate barracuda 7200RPM
PSU: EVGA Supernova B1
OS: Windows 8.1 (WIll be updating to 10 soon)

I play games like World of Warcraft mainly, but sometimes i like to play heavy games such as Dragon Age Inquisition, Witcher 3, and will be getting upcoming PC titles. I built this PC back in 2012 and i know I am in for an update but what should i upgrade first that would give me the noticeable OOOMPH! im looking for.

It would be freakin' sweet if I could keep this under 200$ since i just bought a new 200$ Benq Monitor. I know a ton of people are going to reccomend i upgrade multiple parts, but it would be awesome if you can lay it out for me in a nice format so i can upgrade over the course of time in a format like below.

1st- GPU because....
2nd- Get your Ram up because....
3rd- you may want to...

like above^^^^

Thanks for reading my post, im looking forward to everyone's suggestions!!!! Keep in mind I dont wish to upgrade for a while, so I want a PC that will last me at least 3 more years.
 
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I would try to sell you mobo and cpu and get either the i7 4790k or the i5 4690k. Then for the mobo I would get whatever you feel comfortable with. ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI are all making good mobos right now. Dont listen to anyone who says, "Asus and gigabyte are the best, asrock and msi suck." It is just not true as of right now. A few years ago it was but not anymore. Just be sure to get at least 8 power phase mobo for safer OC.

Then the second upgrade I would recommend is your GPU. Sell your current. This is where it depends on what you are gaming on and more importantly how low quality you can deal with. Since you just bought a $200 monitor I would say you would like a higher quality gaming experience. In that case I would...
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Wolfshadw

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Personally, I'd say none.

I recommend waiting at least three generations before upgrading a graphics card. With your current GTX660TI, you should wait until the next generation of graphic cards from NVidia is released.
With that new card, you're probably going to want to be looking at a core system upgrade as well. Some people would say the current generation of enthusiast class cards (GTX970/980) are too much for your FX based system. A next generation class card would only exasperate that situation, so I'd probably be looking at a full core system (CPU/Motherboard/RAM) upgrade at the same time as your graphics card upgrade.

In short, I'd recommend waiting until you can afford a complete system overhaul in a year or so.

-Wolf sends
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($344.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($73.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $445.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-29 06:55 EDT-0400

the cpu cooler to overclock and keep the cpu cool
the graphics card 970 for high setting at 1080p
and a 750w B2 for that exxtra quality to be on the safe side.
8 GB RAM is enough

your next upgrade should be intel cpu and mobo or save cash from now and upgrade big later
 
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FallingGravity

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I would try to sell you mobo and cpu and get either the i7 4790k or the i5 4690k. Then for the mobo I would get whatever you feel comfortable with. ASRock, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI are all making good mobos right now. Dont listen to anyone who says, "Asus and gigabyte are the best, asrock and msi suck." It is just not true as of right now. A few years ago it was but not anymore. Just be sure to get at least 8 power phase mobo for safer OC.

Then the second upgrade I would recommend is your GPU. Sell your current. This is where it depends on what you are gaming on and more importantly how low quality you can deal with. Since you just bought a $200 monitor I would say you would like a higher quality gaming experience. In that case I would recommend one of EVGA's GTX 970. (EVGA has the highest stock clock speeds of the 970s and the temps are still low) If you want to spend a little less $$$ then the 960 is perfect at under $200. But the thing I would REALLY REALLY recommend is AMD's new r9 390.
1. it has 8gb of vram (more future proof and will perform better at higher resolutions)
2. it performs just as good or better than the 970 in benchmarks and in real games
People will say it is the same thing as a r9 290 but that is just not true. It may be based off the same core but it was improved upon. It was lower temps and power consumption than the 290. It is also a cheaper than the 970.

You can do either of these upgrades first.

If you want the simple upgrade then just get the r9 390 and maybe a better power supply. What are the specs for your power supply?
 
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