I would like a little advice in upgrading my PC

[Camaro67]

Hello. Several years ago I built my first PC. I am at a point now where I would like to upgrade it.

Approximate Purchase Date: I am really open on this. Whats really important is $$$. I have been way out of the loop so to speak with technology (had my first kid). If newer stuff was coming out then I would wait to get the current items when they went on sale.

Budget Range: ($450-$600) I would really like to stay in that range, but if its a matter of better hardware, I would consider going slightly above if my performance of my PC was going to be tremendously better.

I use the PC for gaming, internet, watching videos, homework.

I was hoping to get the PC ready for a VR head set when that time comes. I'd like to be able to run games like Elite Dangerous, The Division, Fallout 4, & Skyrim in all their glory if I am able.

I would also like to keep some of the parts I have if I can. My current PC looks like this:

Zalman Z11plus case
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Intel Core i5 3570k 3.40GHZ
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ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 ATX Mobo
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Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB)RAM
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PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 600w Power Supply
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EVGA GeForce GTX 660 ti GPU
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Samsung 830 series 128GB SSD
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Seagate Barracuda 1tb Hard Drive
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Acer 21.5 LCD monitor
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Running Windows 8.1


Your suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[CTurbo]

I would upgrade the video card and psu for sure. Maybe get a nice cooler for your i5, maybe add a second ssd to hold games.

 

[Camaro67]

I would upgrade the video card and psu for sure. Maybe get a nice cooler for your i5, maybe add a second ssd to hold games.

Oh. I did forget to put in the original post that my previous build also has a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO cooler. My bad.

In your experience, is there a video card that you would give a thumbs up to or any that I should absolutely avoid?

 

[CTurbo]

Something like a GTX960 or R9 380 would be a sensible upgrade. Depends on your budget. A GTX970 or R9 390 would be awesome if you can afford.

 

[Bearmann]

This would be a nice pair:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($466.39 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $552.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-21 13:39 EDT-0400

You could wait a few months and see what the new Pascal and Polaris GPU's will have in store.