What should I upgrade first?

[shadowdasher]

So I have some cash to burn and just wanted some help with what should be upgraded first.

My build:
i5-2500k
Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 motherboard
8g ram
GTX 560 Ti 1g
1t HDD

Was thinking maybe starting with a SSD, maybe a Samsung 840 250g.

[Deleted]

budget?
how about the subject of overclocking?
while a ssd is a good upgrade it won't affect ingame performance in fps.

[shadowdasher]

budget? $500
how about the subject of overclocking? Haven't tried yet but been wanting to.

[Toffie]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $448.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-24 16:24 EDT-0400)

Or better GFX card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($294.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $494.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-24 16:28 EDT-0400)

[Deleted]

budget? $500
how about the subject of overclocking? Haven't tried yet but been wanting to.

do you have an aftermarket cpu cooler already (because you already got a very good cpu chip for overclocking)
else with that budget you could upgrade both the GPU + get a SSD.

[shadowdasher]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($248.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $448.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-24 16:24 EDT-0400)

Or better GFX card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($294.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $494.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-24 16:28 EDT-0400)

Damn, might run to microcenter today for the ssd.

do you have an aftermarket cpu cooler already (because you already got a very good cpu chip for overclocking)
else with that budget you could upgrade both the GPU + get a SSD.

I have the stock cooler atm, was looking around the "post your gaming setup" thread and like the idea of a corsair hydro series.

[Killora]

Toffies builds are your best bet. Your CPU is already fine and it's very well overclockable. With an aftermarket cooler and some tweaking it'll last you for awhile to come. The biggest thing you can do is get an SSD and a new video card.