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What motherboard are you using and what socket does it use? That should let us know if it's worth investing in a whole new motherboard or if you can keep the current board.

Otherwise, do you know how well your current CPU scales when overclocked?

As others have said, it's probably not worth investing too much on a GPU unless you can change your CPU (or you get a decent performance boost when your current CPU is overclocked). Otherwise, you'll just be CPU limited. Doubling the RAM would probably be a fairly quick and easy upgrade although I don't think you'll see too much benefit in gaming (unless you choose faster RAM).

Another option to consider is getting an overclocked bundle; motherboard, CPU (overclocked) and RAM. You can then invest a a decent GPU like an AMD HD7870 or above.