Upgrading my current build for 2017 onwards.

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The build I am currently working with:

i5 4690k 3.5Ghz - Cooled with a Hyper 212 Evo (No OC)
MSI GTX 970 4gb (Included in the system budget)
Corsair VS 650w PSU- Definitely going.
Gigabyte GA-Z9ZP-D3 (I think) Motherboard.
8gb DDR3 RAM.
Corsair Carbide Spec 01 mid tower case.
120Gb SSD for my OS
1TB HDD for mass storage

Budget for upgrading my system: £660 roughly.
* In regards to the budget the only components pre-owned value that has been added is a selling price of £100 for my 970.

*The upgrades can include anything within the system, my main concern at the moment is the vast approaching obselete future of the humble quad core when DX12 becomes more mainstream.

Does anyone have an opinion on what parts need to go?

In my personal opinion the GPU and the PSU are going to get a change, but what about the rest?

Uses for my PC dont stem into any editing/rendering. This build has always been for gaming. In addition to that I am not looking into doing any SLI or multi-gpu configurations. I play games on one single monitor in 1080p. I feel alot of people on Toms forget to specify more about needs to help possible solutions forming, so I will below attach some information to help fellow users gauge a better idea of what I am looking for.

* My monitor is a single 1080p panel with a 60hz refresh rate.
* I enjoy my games being above 60fps with a smooth feeling.
*I do enjoy eye candy, I suppose you could call me a FXAA kind of guy. Not too extreme, but I do enjoy smooth edges.
* I enjoy running the latest titles 60fps/Very high/Ultra @1080p

Cheers.
 
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There won't be any CPU bottlenecks with a 4690k, it's essentially the same as a 6500 at stock speeds, and will perform nearly on par with a 6600k clock for clock with about a 5-10% difference.
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Ignore the whole HT thing, if you have the extra threads, it will give you extra frames, sure, but an i5 is generally more than enough especially if you OC it.
This goes a bit over but will get you 144Hz.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GameRock Video Card (£381.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS UK 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£73.48 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor (£229.99 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £685.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-15 03:49 GMT+0000
 
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You really don't need to do much to make that build even better. Best upgrades to start with would be more & higher speed ram (2133 or 2400MHz), a new GPU (1070 would be a nice ~65% improvement). After that, a CPU upgrade (i7 4790k or i7 5775c) might be something to consider if you happen to play any CPU intensive games that can take advantage of the extra processing power.

You won't need to make any significant changes beyond this (such as an upgrade to latest gen CPUs) unless you plan to move up to a higher refresh rate monitor, or unless there's a compelling new feature you'd like to use that's only available on newer chipsets/motherboards.
 
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Do you not think an 8 core from Zen would be a decent upgrade instead of a 144hz monitor?
Also do you not feel the 8gb of RAM is abit slim for 2017?
The PSU looks great tbh
 
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For me at the moment, Haswell seems logical simply because of intels crawling place. The only upgrade I was considering was one later down the line for when games start needing more cores. I seem to worry that the 4690k will pop its clogs soon enough. A guy on the Linus tt forums seemed to think the 4690k had to go. When he told me that I kind of held back on sinking money on a new GPU when I might have to upgrade to an entire new CPU platform.

 
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Nah, 8GB is fine.
a 1070 and 144Hz monitor is a much better investment of your money, you can always add another of the same RAM kit later down the line.
 
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Nah, 8GB is fine.
a 1070 and 144Hz monitor is a much better investment of your money, you can always add another of the same RAM kit later down the line.
 
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That's why I suggested upgrading to a Haswell/Devil's Canyon/Broadwell i7 and higher speed RAM to help alleviate any CPU bound scenarios that you may encounter (if you do at all in games you currently play). You might want to upgrade your whole platform for whatever reasons, but remember that you'll see a MUCH larger increase in gaming performance from a GPU upgrade than a total system rebuild on a newer CPU+memory (your system isn't exactly ancient yet). It'll be most obvious if you play games that already perform well enough on an i5 and are mostly GPU limited.

One thing to keep in mind though: if you're going to be at 1080@60Hz for a while (2+years), there's really no reason to upgrade beyond the CPU gen you're at now (performance-wise, not taking new features into consideration). An upgrade to a hyper-threaded quadcore will mostly help improve your minimum FPS (while potentially doing not much to your max/averages depending on game), so that's the main reason why I recommend doing the CPU upgrade last since you won't be needing it as much to drive a 60Hz refresh rate.
 
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KClaus

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Might take your advice then, and AIO and a decent OC will definitely be looked into
 
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