Constructing a component upgrade timeline - suggestions, please!

[markusaurileus]

Hi, so I've been doing some research on upgrades for my current system. Wanting to upgrade the CPU, video card, and RAM; also replace a non-boot HDD with an SSD (for games). However, I do not want to spend the cash on these upgrades all at once. Instead, I'm trying to do a step-by-step path of upgrades over a course of 6-9 months or so.

Can I get suggestions on which of these upgrades should I do first thru last, based on which items will give me the most and least discernible improvements?

Current:
Xeon W3530 Quad-Core 2.8 GHz
GTX 660 2GB
2x4GB DDR3 1333 MHz
980W PSU

Upgrade:
Xeon W3680 Six-Core 3.33 GHz (used/refurb)
GTX 1060 3GB or 6GB
4x4GB DDR3 1333 MHz
add 120-240GB SSD

Proposed:
(1) Video card, (2) CPU, (3) SSD, (4) RAM

Notes: (i) I put the SSD after GPU/CPU because game loading times don't bother me nearly as much as frame rate does. (ii) I figured 8GB still kinda suffices if I have a game and nothing else opened. (iii) I'm not wanting to build a new PC, because I prefer to keep this current workstation.

Thanks for any help!
Mark

 

[WildCard999]

Your proposed path makes sense. Either the GTX 1060 6gb or RX 580 4gb would be a good GPU upgrade and for the SSD I would save enough for at least a 240gb.

 

[RealBeast]

Waste of money, makes *no* sense at all.

Save up and get a current system when you can afford it, a new i3 or low end Ryzen will crush your old CPU.

Minor bump in CPU and more old memory will do little to nothing.

SSD will make it feel faster and is the only thing that would make any sense since it can be used on the new build.

 

[markusaurileus]

Thanks for the responses. So, my current system is a 2010 Mac Pro - I chose this set up a while back because I wanted a single solution for OSX and Windows. This has been working for me, thanks to bootcamp.

I got tired of having two computers and twice the components, so I ditched the gaming PC (i5 2500K OC, 16GB, 770), for the sake of convenience. Though I still get decent performance in BF4 and GTAV (most recent games played).

I prefer not to build a new PC. But I do still appreciate you bringing in this into consideration. So altogether, do my proposed upgrades really only yield a "minor bump" in performance?

 

[The Paladin]

Order should be CPU, RAM, VIDEO CARD, SSD