New rig vs new GPU

I just upgraded my GPU from a HD 5570 to a GTX960 and im pretty happy with the upgrade, i was too considering changing the whole PC but i decided to wait a little more... Its kinda expensive to change the whole PC :P

I recommend you to buy a new GPU, i bought GTX960 because it gave me a performance like a R9280 for a lot less, and i didnt had to change my PSU for it... but if you have the money the GTX 980 sounds great... you could wait for the new R9 390x that sounds like a total beast :D

You don't need more than that OC i5 first gen, that thing is still very good, even better than my FX 8350, just get a new GPU, but a single GPU, not SLI.

Also practically every Motherboard still has PCIe 2.0 this 0 affects on PCIe 3.0 GPUs, you PC is good, I would't upgrade anything besides GPU as I said.

Long story short a 970 shouldn't be bottlenecked in your pcie 2.0 board. I'd just do the gpu. Get an i5 xxxxK when yours dies, or skip the OC capability (depending on your needs) for more savings.

ddr 5 ram..?

+1 to upgrade GPU only. I would buy a GTX 970, MSI or Asus.

wait for AMD R9 300

sell your pc on ebay/craiglist and get a Titan. Then go to Microcenter . . wait outside . . and then use it as a brick to mug people out of pc parts.

How much will you have to spend on a new right?
Honestly if you can afford a 4690k,Z97, and a GTX 970/290X then go for a new build.

Get a 970. The PCI-e 2.0/3.0 won't make much of a difference.

Honestly if you can afford a 4690k,Z97, and a GTX 970/290X then go for a new build.

^ Excellent advice, it's all about your budget

The thing is that the requirement for CPUs haven't changed much in past couple of years except for very few select titles. The bottleneck is almost always GPU.

So you 'll be fine by just upgrading your GPU. You can get 960 or 280 depending on what fits in your MOBO. They will run pretty much everything on high @1080 gaming Then you can think about complete upgrade on Black Friday or something by which time new ATI cards will be in the market to make better judgement.

970 made the decision pretty easy before its limited RAM was exposed. Now its no longer a future-proof card it was suppose to be. Since you don't upgrade that often, you should wait before complete upgrade.

Note:
960 is severely limited card. Its designed to compete on current games but it will soon reach it limits with its 128bit in upcoming games. So only buy it as temporarily place holder. It won't last 2 years.

Just upgrade the gpu

i5-4690k, Z97 mobo, GTX970 + some decent 450W PSU and you're good to go

But well yea, upgrading GPU will also work nicely on that rig

Upgrade everything else except the GPU.

You're not going to find many games that benefit noticeably from anything above a i5 @4.7 Ghz.

Overwhelming looks like i should just get a new GPU and any thing from either a GTX 970 or 980 is within the budget I have and should offer a few years more life out of my rig unless something burns out thank you for your comments.

So now i'm going to ask another question.

GTX 970 with a further 8gb of ram taking me to 16 gb and a water cooler for my CPU or just get a gtx 980 for a little more cost then a the 970 with other components?

Thoughts and reasons would be welcome.

NEW GPU, definitely. Your computer isn't that outdated. I'm currently buying a new PC and the processor will be i5, same as yours, cause I can't afford anything more expensive. I can't even afford a series 9 card, I'll be getting a series 7. So you're pretty lucky.

For most games, it its GPU that is the bottleneck. i5 gen 2 is still pretty good since CPU hasn't improved that much since gen 2 (please Skylake) and you might not need to overclock at all.
8GB ram is still enough. Go for the GPU, PCIe gen 2 won't hit much.