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I have:

i5-3570k
Asus Nvdia 670
8GB RAM
128GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
Sony blu-ray drive (got to keep my Sony fanboy going!)
750W Corsair modular power supply

2 x 23" ASUS 1080p monitors

I'm not sure what to do with my system. It's coming up to 3 years old and starting to show. I now have to turn things down to get 60 fps at 1080p, which I don't like

I'd quite like a 4k set up, but I'm not keen on relying on SLI, which means waiting a few more years I reckon. In that case, I add/replace the following

1070 in for a 970 (assuming it's released this year)
16GB RAM (my RAM is quite possibly a bit dodgy)
256 or 512 GB SSD and another 1TB HDD.

That way I can run Star Citizen on high (and on the SSD) and it will help solve my storage issues (Steam is 500GB...). I reckon the CPU is still strong enough and if it's not, I can throw in a new fan and overclock it

It also means another few years down the line I can go for a whole revamp, only keeping the storage drives and blu-ray. That way I can get a nice USB-C case, 4k monitors and the power to actually use that resolution or maybe even get VR working

If I was going for top end now, the only thing to really work about is the graphics card. The new GTX Titan X should take care of that. So long as you've got a recent processor and decent RAM, the graphics card is still going to be the bottleneck for gaming