Build starting to age a bit, what to upgrade first?

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Two Wolf Jirou

Two Wolf Jirou

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It's about that time to make some upgrades, starting to feel a little slow both for gaming and for file I/O stuff. Here's my current build, what would you recommend upgrading first?

CPU: Ivy Bridge i7-3770k @3.50GHz
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LE Plus
Ram: 2x8GB Patriot 1600MHz DDR3
SSD: 120GB PNY SSD2SC120GE2DA08B-T
HDD: 1TB Hitachi 5K3000
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti SC+ GAMING ACX 2.0+
PSU: NZXT Hale 82 v2 700w
Chassis: NZXT Phantom 410
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

The MOBO is pretty damn old so I'd like to upgrade that sooner or later, but I don't think it could really be much of a bottleneck here, eh? Currently just doing 144hz 1080p for gaming so I'm fine with the GPU I have for now.

Budget isn't a huge concern, but I'm trying to figure out whether I can get more speed up front by small upgrades on a bunch of components or if i should throw down on just a couple a couple hefty changes. Thanks guys.
 
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Haha, no, in that case then I would probably go for the 7700k, a z270 motherboard, and 16GB DDR4 that you linked. Your 980ti is still a really good GPU, so keep that.

I don't know how reliable that PSU is, so you may want to consider something in the first tier on this list, anything north of 600 watts, in case you want to SLI the 980ti in the future
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Right now is a bad time for upgrades. RAM is in short supply, causing prices to go up, graphics cards are in short supply, NAND memory for SSDs is in short supply. EVERYTHING is extra expensive right now.

If you can get a good deal on a CPU and motherboard, you might have to wait to get a decent price on DDR4 RAM ...
 
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WELL THEN MR. IMPATIENT MONEY BAGS.

Haha, no, in that case then I would probably go for the 7700k, a z270 motherboard, and 16GB DDR4 that you linked. Your 980ti is still a really good GPU, so keep that.

I don't know how reliable that PSU is, so you may want to consider something in the first tier on this list, anything north of 600 watts, in case you want to SLI the 980ti in the future
 
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7800x looks a decent bit faster for only a little more cost, but i don't know anything about the new socket for them. Furetureproof or a flash in the pan?
 
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It looked underwhelming to me. I think there are concerns with PCIe speeds, but I don't remember
 
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