I need advice for my PC upgrades

Mikey__7

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A couple of months ago I decided I wanted to build a PC but instead I bought a Pre-built PC on Newegg from CyberPowerPC and began to slowly upgrade the PC when I had enough money.
The PC I bought is this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229362
Specs:
AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz (6 core cpu) (AM3+)
Msi 760g mobo
gtx 610 GPU
500w random brand psu
8gb ram
500gb HDD
Windows 8.1 64bit

I thought this would be a decent low end PC to start with because
it already had a 6 core CPU. So far the only upgrades I have made
was getting a new GPU (Sapphire Vapor-x Radeon R9 270X 2GB GPU)
The GPU had a minimum requirement of a 500w PSU but the no name trashy PSU
I had died while playing BF3 so then I bought a new PSU, Corair CX750w. My friend
who built his own PC told me to change my Heatsink, which was CoolerMaster heatsink that was
replaced with a stock 8 core FX AMD Heat sink, the temps seem to stay the same though.
Next I am planning on upgrading my MoBo and case, My GPU barely fits in my case and my cable management is terrible. I have a small mobo so I'm thinking before I buy a newer better one that I should upgrade my case first, but if I upgrade my case I don't really want to have to move my current MoBo to the new case and then remove it once I buy a new motherboard. I also don't know which case to get but I have seen a couple like the CM storm stryker or the Rosewill throne or a NZXT case, I'm looking for a full atx sized case. Any case suggestions would be appreciated. Additionally after I upgrade my mobo and case I might upgrade my CPU to maybe a AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5GHz CPU but I don't think that is necessary at the moment. Please reply with what you think I should do to increase performance on my PC and my overall PC experience, thanks. Here's what the inside of my PC currently looks like

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Maybe I could get an SSD, but my PC is already running pretty fast when I boot it up, and I heard a SSD wouldn't really affect game performance and that it would only make a game boot up faster. I currently Have a 500GB hdd for my os but I forgot to mention that I have 2 other laptop Hdd that are about 250gb each, One for my games and another for other types of media. Thanks for your input on what I should do though,
 
I really don't see any conceivable upgrade path unless you want to go Intel i5+Z/H97 (or the GPU, maybe to GTX 970). Or you could overclock your current CPU, but I doubt you'd get very far (I think your current board is 3+1 Phase).