Upgrading hard drive, graphics card, and processor Help

[Dozar]

Hey guys, just looking for some input as to how I may go about upgrading my gaming computer before this upcoming semester (For improved productivity of course!). I am planning on most definitely upgrading my 6GB RAM and 500GB hard drive. However i'm not much of a hardware guy, and so i'm unsure of whether or not I should replace my processor and/or graphics card while i'm at it. I currently run with:

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 460
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz 3.06 GHz
Hard Drive: Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Budget isn't too much of a problem within reason, however I'm not aiming for extreme top of the line. I don't run into many problems playing games aside from some memory problems, however if there are reasonably priced marginal upgrades I'd love to get it over with now as opposed to in 6-12 months. Thanks, -Dozar

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I would add an SSD:

Crucial MX100 256GB $110

Then probably a GPU as well, as a minimum either 760 or 270X:

MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR $160 (after $30 rebate)
Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II $210 ($20 rebate)

If you want something a little longer lasting, extra vRAM I'd pick up a 280X:

XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Black Edition $280 ($20 rebate)

(all really depends on the type of games you play too)