New Build - I feel so old!

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Hey all!

A few months back I was looking to upgrade my PC as it's getting on now, so I'd like to go with a whole new build. I was looking at pre-builds but I assume you get more value for money if you build yourself.

Although my current PC runs games fine I often find myself at medium to low settings on most games. Think a lot of the parts are 5 years + old. Some of the games I play are Arma, PUBG, Battlefield which I know Arma and PUBG are pretty bad examples as their pretty badly optimised.

Anyway my current "build" which I have pretty limited info is:
Intel Core i7-2600k CPU @ 3.40 GHZ
8GB Ram
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970
Asus P8Z68-V Motherboard - This was part of an overclocked bundle from Overclockers a couple of years back with the processor. Was roughly £700 back then. It was krypton z68 650i core i7 pack**

700W Stealth X Stream 2 Powerpack.
Crappy tower so would be great to get a semi decent one too.

As the title says, I feel old looking at all of the new parts available and totally lost! So if someone has a spare moment would you be able to help me find parts for a new build. I'm roughly looking to spend £1500 or less. I have keyboard, mouse, monitors although I will upgrade my monitors at some point in the future but I would like to include a new tower.

Thank you for your time!
 
Sorry for the late reply guys, works been a killer!
Thank you very much for all the advice and your time.

I'm going to mainly be using the computer for gaming with a little video editing and word processing but basically want a beast for gaming :)

Hearing a lot of people mentioning Ryzen yet I've never heard of it which just shows how out of touch I am. 1440p gaming has got me a bit excited :) Can you suggest a monitor to go with it, wouldn't want to go too crazy on price but obviously get the as much as possible out of the graphics card, either 24" or 27".

I built my last PC my self(well put it together!) is overclocking easy?

Thanks again all I REALLY appreciate it.
 
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