Im thinking I'll wait with the gpu and see how the 9000 series turns out. As for the intel stuff people have been sugesting, is it really worth the extra money over getting the 8350. Its roughly $170 cheaper to get the amd stuff from where I'll be buying my gear from.

I had thought of selling bits, but a big modivational point in doing this upgrade was my girlfriend needed an upgrade also, and in order to save on having to upgrade both our computers she was going to get parts of mine which were still somewhat decent, while I'll get some new more current parts. So really I cant use the old parts for selling. I may just need put off getting stuff for another few months while I save some extra cash.

well damn, I never even noticed that. Figured being the same socket type and the 140w support it would work, but I seems they dont. This makes things little more difficult. I guess I'll need to look into a new Motherboard now too. Would that meen I wouldnt be able to use my currently copy of windows 7 aswell?

alright so seems my girlfriend insists on me buying a new cpu so she can steal my current one for her computer. Would an FX-8350 be much of an improvment over what Iv currently got? Or Are the FX-9370's worth the extra cost?

Right, I havnt overclocked before, so I wouldnt have any idea what I would be doing, But i guess the worst thing that happens is I fry the cpu, end up with a decent cooler and just buy a new cpu which i figured Id have to do anyway. I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.

Was planning on doing a full system but money issues means it will have to be an upgrade instead. Im thinking I mainly need a new cpu more then anything, and a new case which Iv pretty much decided on which one already, and probably a new gpu in the near future. Anyway here's my current system. 

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4GHz

Mobo: Asus M4A89TD PRO USB3

GPU: VTX3D HD 6950

RAM: 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3

PSU: Coolmaster GX 750W

Case: Thermaltake Soprano (had to cut some of the hdd drives out as it just wansnt big enough for new GPU's, The reason why im getting a new case)

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

So as I said Im thinking my cpu may be the thing i need up upgrade the most. Im hopping that because Im not changing my Motherboard my copy of win7 pro will work with the new stuff I get. would it be worth getting another 8gb of ram to take advantage of the win 7 Professional copy I have? what about the gpu, will I need to upgrade it to continue playing on High settings for new games. Basically Just tell me anything that would be a good upgrade to last me another few years. I guess the budget is about $500 not including the gpu, if it will last me till the end of the year I'll be able to drop roughly $600 on that alone when the time comes.

How does pre-ordering work on gmg? Do they give you a key to add to steam straight away or do they send them out in an email once its avaliable. Also this is slightly unrelated, if the gmg page of a game says it comes with the pre-order bonus for steam, but you dont use your cd key till the games released do you get the bonus stuff? was going to get arkam origins for my gf but she wants the pre-order bonus.

just curious if I got the i5 4670k and overclocked is would a decent fan cooler be enough to keep it at safe temps? also as I said in the previous post, Id preffer to keep the case to a mid atx. Would that cause issue with the heating/airflow?

Thanks for the good reply. Iv just gone over all the things you've got listed there and the best price I could get from local and online retailers I normally buy from, added up to $1900, and that's using the 2gb versions of the gtx760's. Its still close enough to my price range though which is good, however, I'm not too sure about the water cooling as Iv never used it before. And I was picking a mid atx case so that it would fit where Iv got my current computer. Id also prefer not to need to overclock too seeing as Iv not had a whole lot of experience with doing it.

Sorry, HDD's Iv already got from current system, same with the disc drive. As for a cooler, wasn't sure if I would need anything other then what comes with the cpu. But as I said if you guys have suggestions different then what Iv got there, feel free to let me know. Main reason I'm asking here is so i can get some ideas from others then look into what others recommend.