Build Upgrade Suggestions

J_Villasenor

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Processor: Intel Pentium Processor G3258 3.20 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS H81M-D
RAM: Kingston HyperX (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz
Graphics Card: PowerColor R7 265 2GB GDDR5 TurboDuo
Hard Disk Drive: WesternDigital 500GB SATA HDD 7200RPM
PSU: Cougar SL 600 (600W)
CPU Casing: A Shoe Box (Mid-Tower ATX)

Optional: (But you can suggest better brands.)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma
Headset: Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma
Mouse Pad: Razer Goliathus Extended Control
Misc.: Sweaty Towels x 2

This is my poor man's build, and I plan on upgrading this EVERY year. And as present student, I earn around $350 by being hungry everyday. I also have my own business of selling things, but that only nets me around $50.

And since I'm planning on upgrading to a rich man's build here are the following questions:
1.) What should I upgrade first, from 1 being the highest priority and 6 being the lowest.
2.) Can you suggest what I should change a part when I do change it?
3.) Off-topic Question: Any good games my current build can play? And any good games my incoming build can play?

I'm getting an i7-4790K in 3 days time. And then I'm planning on getting an ASUS Strix GTX 970. (CPU first, to avoid bottleneck.)
And lastly, my HDD should still be there, and I'll add a SSD for my games.

To give you my current mindset, I am aiming on running GTA V on Ultra at 30FPS OR 60FPS.
And my poor man's build is actually running GTA V on High at 30FPS with occasional 20FPS dips.
 
actually your rig is the minimum acceptable gaming rig .... but for gta v ??? i do not think your build will meet the games requirements ..of course at low and medium setting will work but..??

first i will change asap the psu for a real one before somethings explode
get a seasonic/xfx/antec hcg-truepower/evga B2-G2/rosewill capstone

 

gamerboy91

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Well taking into consideration that you're awaiting the new parts, you should be fine if you add another 4gb of ram. I checked on www.gamedebate.com for the specs, and adding the extra 4gb, you should be able to get 60fps at ULTRA on 1920x1080 at 60hz
 

J_Villasenor

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Alright. Could you make me a priority list in what I should upgrade first?
GTA V is running on High at 30FPS by the way. ;)