General Upgrade questions

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Hey Guys,

2 years ago i bought the ForceBox Gamer Plus" Intel Core i5 4670 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Quad Core Nvidia GTX Special Edition Gaming PC system. I'm a 1080p gamer, so don't really look for major support beyond that (though future proof is always nice, as i am looking at a 1440p monitor lol)

I'm considering some upgrades and want to know if the following are both worth getting, and actually easy/possible to install in my system:

Currently have 8GB of ram want to upgrade to 16, looking at the Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

Currently running a Nvidia 770 4GB, not sure whether to get an RX 480 or save for an extra couple of months and get a NVidia 1060

Currently have a 2tb Mechanical HDD, want to replace that with a 500GB SSD purely for OS and Games, and a 2tb SSHD for my general files.

Memory: £65
AMD GFX: £269
Nvidia GFX: £239
SSD: £150
SSHD: £83

So, i'm leaning towards NVidia for the GFX card because it's a mini one, which will fit well in the case. I'm not sure that the AMD one will fit in the case. Also the next monitor i'm looking at is a Asus 27" ROG Swift, which is a G-Synch monitor.

As a later upgrade i'm looking to upgrade the CPU, is the i5 4690k a good upgrade from a i5 4670, or should i hold out for a few extra months and get the i7 4790k.

So, let me have you're comments folks :D Especially if these upgrades would need me to upgrade anything else, such as the PSU (currently have a: SuperFlower Amazon 450W "80 Plus Bronze")

Cheers!
 
Yeah no overclocking for me, to scared i might break something.

And TBH base stuff has always done me well so far.

I did consider having the 3 drives, but i don't think my case handle them. Since it's such a small case it tends to run very hot, so overheating would be a big issue. I was thinking of getting rid of the fan cooler on the CPU and getting a water cooler for it.
 
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