Mid-Life Update Planning

[ThePointblank]

I'm looking to make some reasonable upgrades to my current rig to get a little more performance out of it. This is what I've got so far:

 

Intel Core i7 950

Asus Sabertooth X58

MSI GeForce GTX 670 Power Edition

Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto 6GB DDR3 Triple Channel

Noctua NH-U12

Corsair AX850 PSU

WD RE4 1TB HDD x 2

 

Looking to spend up to $600 dollars Canadian for some performance boosts, as I need to reserve some money for a monitor upgrade (looking at a G-SYNC equipped monitor). What areas should I focus in on first?

[Maheshvara]

I'm looking to make some reasonable upgrades to my current rig to get a little more performance out of it. This is what I've got so far:

 

Intel Core i7 950

Asus Sabertooth X58

MSI GeForce GTX 670 Power Edition

Mushkin Enhanced Silverline Stiletto 6GB DDR3 Triple Channel

Noctua NH-U12

Corsair AX850 PSU

WD RE4 1TB HDD x 2

 

Looking to spend up to $600 dollars Canadian for some performance boosts, as I need to reserve some money for a monitor upgrade (looking at a G-SYNC equipped monitor). What areas should I focus in on first?

Well, get 4790k with a decent z97 mobo and and aftermarket cooler

 

I also don't suggest G-sync monitor, wait for free sync

 

Also, after this, that to say when next gen comes out, you could upgrade your GPU

[ThePointblank]

Well, get 4790k with a decent z97 mobo and and aftermarket cooler

 

I also don't suggest G-sync monitor, wait for free sync

 

Also, after this, that to say when next gen comes out, you could upgrade your GPU

Well, the monitor is priority as I'm noticing the backlight is fading, and its over 4 years old. That gets priority.

[Maheshvara]

Well, the monitor is priority as I'm noticing the backlight is fading, and its over 4 years old. That gets priority.

Then get a normal one, G sync ones are too overpriced with how things are now

 

Here:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($258.32 @ TigerDirect Canada) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ NCIX) 

Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor  ($191.95 @ Vuugo) 

Total: $585.26

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-29 17:41 EST-0500

 

And for your next upgrade get a new GPU and RAM

 

Also, get an SSD as fast as you can!

[Rhotis]

GTX 970 and an SSD.  No other way to make 600 go further with your current rig.  You can upgrade the CPU and mobo but you are then still stuck with that 670.