I currently have a machine with the following specs:
750w PSU
AMD Radeon HD 5770
m4a88t-v evo (Will not accept the FX-Series of AMD processers)
AMD phenom II x4 955 (3.2GHZ)
2x G.Skill Ripjaws 4gb 1333 (8gb in total)
120gb Critical SSD (main drive)
I do fairly well in game with these specs but I've been thinking of taking $500 and upgrading something.
I feel like if i upgrade my video card(HD 7970 Ghz edition) that my motherboard will be bottlenecking me but if I upgrade by motherboard(ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77) and cpu(i5-3570K) that my video card may only improve slightly... So i'm unsure where to go first.
Would overclocking the CPU help in any meaningful fashion?