What should I upgrade first?

[twoshotz]

So its upgrade time for my PC, and I'm not sure what I should upgrade first. It's in between my CPU and GPU, I have an Intel core i3-4130 CPU at 3.40GHz and an NVIDIA GTX 660 2gb card. I will be upgrading to an Intel core i5-4690k an the MSI GTX 970 just not sure what order to upgrade in. I have a 600 watt power supply so that shouldn't be an issue.

 

[N3rdR4ge]

600w means almost nothing in terms of a power supply. it may work, it may not. what is the exact model of the one you have?

also, you realize, the i5-4690k, the k means it is unlocked for overclocking. this means, to overclock, you will need to spend more money on a Z97 series motherboard if you dont have one, a sufficient cooler, and possibly a new operating system depending on what you purchased originally. the whole combo of those 4 parts will add around $200 to your cost and give you nowhere near $200 worth of performance. you could save the money and get a gtx 980, a xeon and get much better gaming performance. the xeon will give you the performance of an i7-4770 (non-k)

if you don't have a z97 board already and bought the OEM version of windows:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $827.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:39 EST-0500

will work with any board board and run laps over the previous one:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($459.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $853.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:41 EST-0500

sorry for all the edits if you saw it.

 

[twoshotz]

600w means almost nothing in terms of a power supply. it may work, it may not. what is the exact model of the one you have?

also, you realize, the i5-4690k, the k means it is unlocked for overclocking. this means, to overclock, you will need to spend more money on a Z97 series motherboard if you dont have one, a sufficient cooler, and possibly a new operating system depending on what you purchased originally. the whole combo of those 4 parts will add around $200 to your cost and give you nowhere near $200 worth of performance. you could save the money and get a gtx 980, a xeon and get much better gaming performance. the xeon will give you the performance of an i7-4770 (non-k)

if you don't have a z97 board already and bought the OEM version of windows:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($87.95 @ OutletPC)
Total: $827.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:39 EST-0500

will work with any board board and run laps over the previous one:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($244.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($459.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $853.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-09 11:41 EST-0500

sorry for all the edits if you saw it.

I have a corsair series cx 600w power supply and I didn't have any conflicts on PC part picker using that PSU as for K processor I plan on overclocking it in the future as I want this to be a good overall PC and not solely for gaming. That being said do you still think that the Xeon would be better in overall performance? I wanted to make this more of a show PC (you know with a window and LED's) in the future and plan on upgrading every part in it so I can just pass on the old PC to my younger brother who is without a Desktop. I'm just looking on what I should look into purchasing first as I heard CPU's can bottleneck GPU's and I wasn't sure if that's what's happening in my PC or if I just have an extremely old GPU. Thank you for your time and input!