Thanks guys for the suggestions. As I mentioned initially I am strongly inclined to keep my current graphics card so thanks
@hellfire 13 for the build rec that does not have that included. With your recommendation does that bottleneck my system performance based on my graphics card? Your particular CPU recommendation is more than twice as much as Why_Me's. I see it's an i7 chip with 12 processors but am I likely going to need or even be able to use that much performance if I don't OC? As far as games I see myself probably picking up some newer strategy game titles. One thing I noticed is your rec. for a 500 GB storage but I'm already pushing 1T in my HDD so shouldn't I got with a 1 T+ SSD? I think the other option I've heard thrown around is using the HDD as storage but would it be easy to access files from it? Do I need a separate OS? To benefit from the speed I assume I would need to have all my commonly run programs on the SSD?
I am hoping this system can last another 8+ years with the same CPU and other components while probably needing to change the GPU somewhere down the line as it craps out but interestingly I bought an XFX card like 10 years ago that had a lifetime warranty and whenever my card give out I call them and they process an RMA under that program. I've done it twice already so really not sure if I can do it again. Ofcourse I'm not getting a top of the line card but I think plenty for what I need.