How much more can I get out of my system?

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Hi,

Below is my current setup, and I was wondering how much more "power/efficiency" I can get out of it -- aside from overclocking. I would like to learn illustrator, premiere, and actually be able to watch 1080p at 60fps again (even 4K would be appreciated if possible). Unfortunately, my setup is beginning to stutter under multitasking and a plethora of Chrome tabs open, but I was thinking of either upgrading the GPU, possibly the RAM, or go onto saving for my next build (yay for tax return!).

Cooler Master HAF 922 (Case)
Gigabyte UD4P-EX58 (Motherboard)
Intel i7 920 (CPU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 (Video Card)
Corsair XM3 6x2GB (RAM)
Windows 10 Pro (OS)
Intel 335 180GB SSD
Samsung 1TB Internal HDD
WD 3TB External HDD
Acer H213H (Monitor)

I was thinking of upgrading the GPU to at least an Nvidia 1060 and my monitor to a 2K or 4K screen. I don't know which models yet of the 1060 (was thinking the 3 GB), and I would envision the monitor would need to have decent "true" color for any editing but be able to withstand being used as a gaming monitor. I used to stream as well, but my monitor is just as old as my system and can't seem to switch between inputs without any issues arising.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
 
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If you don't play games other than maybe moba's, I say save your money and get maybe GTX 1050ti which would be good enough to play Dota2/LoL at 1080p/2k if you moving to a 4k screen then maybe look at a GTX 1060 6GB. No really point in trying to future proof a GPU unless you plan on playing very demanding games now.
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Well you can upgrade the GPU since you should be able to move that into a new PC in the future, I wouldn't upgrade the monitor until your ready for a new build and if you plan on a 2k screen you want to get a 1060 6GB, for gaming (as well as a new PC build). If your not into gaming then GTX 1050ti/1060 3 should be good for adobe products since you can use Cuda cores (1060 has around 30% more cores than the 1050ti). Even going to a 1030 GT would triple the cuda core count of your 250 GTS which has 128 vs 384 for the 1030. I wouldn't buy any more memory since that is DDR3 you won't be able to use it in a new build.
 
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To your point, should I got 1070 or 1080 and just transfer it to my new build later down the road? I don't play any FPS games, only MOBA and rarely at that since I am a console player. The GPU will be mainly used for media as previously mentioned, but if possible, I'd like to future proof as much as I can. Although, with the price hikes of video cards right now, that may not be an option at the moment as well.
 
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If you don't play games other than maybe moba's, I say save your money and get maybe GTX 1050ti which would be good enough to play Dota2/LoL at 1080p/2k if you moving to a 4k screen then maybe look at a GTX 1060 6GB. No really point in trying to future proof a GPU unless you plan on playing very demanding games now.
 
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