What, if anything, should I upgrade next in my PC?

xtobymc

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So Christmas is approaching soon and I'm pretty stuck for ideas on what I might want. I spend a good amount of time on my PC whether it be gaming, doing work, or just general applications, so I figured maybe there's something new I can get for my PC?

Here's my current rig:
- Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 motherboard
- Intel i5 3570k
- Corsair 750D case, x9 corsair high performance fans
- Corsair H60 liquid CPU cooler
- x2 MSI GTX 970's in SLI
- Corsair RM750 Gold PSU
- 1TB SSHD + 1TB HDD
- 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3-1600 RAM
- Windows 8.1 64bit
- 1440p 27" monitor + 1080p 27" monitor
- CM Quickfire TK Cherry MX Brown keyboard + Logitech G602 Mouse

Would you say there's anything that'd be worth upgrading? I did consider a new CPU, such as the i7 4790k, but other forums don't recommend spending that sort of money from a 3570k as the difference for gaming is minimal. I also thought about getting an SSD, but my SSHD is already very quick and I'd rather not buy as SSD for 2-5 second speed increase. What do you guys think?

p.s. I can put my own money towards upgrades if they're expensive, I don't want people assuming I have rich parents that will buy everything for me :)
 
Theres nothing that needs to be upgraded, thats for sure.
The new i7 would be an upgrade, but like you said, not worth while.

Maybe some more ram, a better cooler, or a better psu. (Nothing is wrong with any of them, those are just things that could be "upgraded")
 


Maybe a better CPU cooler would be ideal because then I can get a greater overclock, currently I get 3.7GHz but hopefully I could reach 4GHz with something a bit better perhaps. RAM upgrade is also an option, but from the benchmarks I've seen 16GB really doesn't add any benefit to 8GB unless you're video editing... oh well, I'll continue to think about it :)