Do i need an upgrade?

[Markuk]

Hi all!
Looking at upgrade options, if any!

Total pc noobie here. I have:

Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
i5 3570k (no overclock)
gtx 670
16gb ddr3
600 or so+ psu

What would be a decent upgrade? If anything?

Im more looking towards a new gfx card, something with a bit more vram than what I currently have. I've heard about being bottlenecked by the cpu?
Whats the max my motherboard can handle cpu/gfx wise?

Any suggestions/advice?
thanks in advance!

 

[bob hays]

the best value for an upgrade is probably just getting another 670

EDIT: also the cpu is not a bottleneck.

 

[Markuk]

I had 2 gtx 260s in my old computer, totally hated the heat it generated!

My pc's do seem to suffer from a load of dust and as im a total novice, I really don't wanna pull stuff apart to clean it incase I break something. My card hits 75c playing watchdogs, with another card sitting on top, that would be chaos?

 

[Tradesman1]

You've got a pretty good rig now, before investing a bunch of money, think I'd OC the CPU, might need to get a cooler like the Hyper 212 EVO (about $30), but should allow you to OC the CPU up through 4.6 or better if the CPU can handle it and you'll see a nice jump in performance, next bet would be the GPU, a 760 would give a bit of an increase , but if investing money I'd go at least a 770 or 780

 

[Markuk]

I do have an prolimatech Armageddon? cpu cooler already, would that be good enough? my cpu at the mo isn't really going past 50c under load

 

[Tradesman1]

I would, it will depend on the individual CPU, but I've been running my 3570K at 4.7 for a couple years now (in sig)