[SOLVED] Looking to upgrade my system and wondering where I will get the biggest bang for my buck regarding improvement

[gogrady]

Component	Desription (Detailed)
Case	Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 CC-9011034-WLED Silver Steel ATX Cube Computer Case
Motherboard	Z97 Gaming 5 Motherboard
GPU	NVIDIA GXT 1080
RAM	G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB Memory (2 sticks of 8 gb)
Monitor	ASUS VX238H Black 23" 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight Monitor x3
Hard Drive	Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA HD
Processor	Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz Processor 4 core, 8 logical processors
SSD	Corsair Force LX Series CSSD-F256GBLX 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Fans	Corsair CO-9050035-WW Air Series SP140 140mm White LED High Static Pressure Case Fan - Twin Pack
CD Drive	ASUS Black SATA Blu-ray Burner Optical
Processor Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Processor Cooling
PSU	CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W Powersupply
OS	Windows (8) OS 64 bit and ubuntu duel boot option

 

[ZeroDollarBudget]

In my opinion its going to be GPU. There's still lots of life left in the 4790k, and if you overclock it gets that much better. Based on what I have found, running it at 4.5 to 4.8ghz is a breeze and puts it on par with current gen chips. If you were to upgrade to even a 2070/2080 it would be a beast of a rig, unless you have the cash to do basically a full build and replace cpu/mobo/ram and cooler.... starting with a better gpu will yield you immediate results and when the time DOES come you can at lease have a solid gpu to pair with whatever new combo you choose.

 

[Zerk2012]

Component	Desription (Detailed)
Case	Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 CC-9011034-WLED Silver Steel ATX Cube Computer Case
Motherboard	Z97 Gaming 5 Motherboard
GPU	NVIDIA GXT 1080
RAM	G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB Memory (2 sticks of 8 gb)
Monitor	ASUS VX238H Black 23" 1ms (GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight Monitor x3
Hard Drive	Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA HD
Processor	Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz Processor 4 core, 8 logical processors
SSD	Corsair Force LX Series CSSD-F256GBLX 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Fans	Corsair CO-9050035-WW Air Series SP140 140mm White LED High Static Pressure Case Fan - Twin Pack
CD Drive	ASUS Black SATA Blu-ray Burner Optical
Processor Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Processor Cooling
PSU	CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W Powersupply
OS	Windows (8) OS 64 bit and ubuntu duel boot option

Depends on what all you use the PC for.
Now the bad is their not really a processor to upgrade without a new board and memory.
For a video card you can about forget that you can't find a upgrade.

 

[logainofhades]

Your GPU is still pretty good, especially given your resolution. It's pretty much on par with an RTX 2060. With games becoming more multicore dependent, I would probably go with a new CPU, MB, and ram. You might not get more max FPS, but in more core/thread heavy games, your 1% and .1% lows, which can induce stuttering, should improve.