Upgrade Suggestions

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus..... GeForce GTX 580 1536MB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP...CORSAIR professional series gold ax1200. ....GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3P LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard...Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge.... .G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600... this is my 1st and only build back in 2011. at that time there was not a lot of motherboards to chose from for the 2600K. What motherboard would you suggest or should i keep what I have. I am hoping on upgrading the GPU to one of the new nvidias 900 series or what follows it. Or if you had an extra $500 or so to throw at it were would you put it.

SSD and a OC.

Let's start with that MOBO, get yourself some Z mobo and OC that CPU.

About the GPU, get yourself GTX760 or above, you can go with AMD as well (R9 270 or above)

@PredatorRules: would it worth getting some faster ram

@GTR12: what are some names and numbers I should look for in a SSD

No, unless you edit stuff, benchmarking or using APU.

Crucial MX100 is good.

I don't get the point of a motherboard upgrade...completely change the socket\cpu or just keep it,there are far more better upgrade options for the money,imo.

GPU + SSD > motherboard

@frankieg746:

I've personally used only 2 brands, Intel and Kingston and both are brilliant.

You should definitely get a new GPU and maybe a SSD.