Which bits to update first

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Hi I have a Q6600 running at 3.2 on a gigabyte P35 DQ6 with a hd3870 graphics card.

I have recently moved to windows 7 and put the os on a 128GB SSD which made the system much quicker.

I have now bought a copy of photoshop CS6 and want to upgrade my system.

Long term I am looking to get a Core i5-3570K on either a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H or Asus Z77 Sabertooth motherboard.

I also want to update the graphics card and am leaning towards the HD7850 but would consider the equivalent Nvidea cards.

Which would give me the best improvement for the initial outlay of around £200?
 
I currently have a tuniq tower cooler on it with a better fan so stays nice and cool. I am currently stable at 3.2 GHz but am not surehow much futher I could push the CPU.
 
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