Upgrade Advice Help Please

[OneWideBoard]

I am getting the upgrade bug again.I've fought it for over a year now and would like to know if any one thinks I could see an improvement with an upgrade.My current system is 2 years old now.

1) Will be doing gaming,Skyrim,Warcraft,Old Republic and I do some photoshop work and some video editing with Vegas Pro10
2) Would like to stay around 1k
3) I live in midwest close to Chicago
4) Thinking of doing Motherboard,CPU,Video Card,Power Supply and memory.Going to keep other computer,left over parts for a back up for wife.
5) Reusing my 120gig SSD and Monitor,mouse/keyboard,power supply,WD HD and case
6) No overclocking
7) Currently using a HansG 22" 1680 x 1050
8) Like to start ordering parts in next week or two
9) Want to build something that will last a few years,so looking for some mid to higher end components
10)Currently have 3 win7 64 bit keys

Current system is as follows...

G.SKILL 8GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz LGA 775
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R
XFX GX260NADDU GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3
G.SKILL Phoenix Series FM-25S2S-120GBP1 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal SSD
AZZA Solano 1000 Black SECC Steel/Metal mesh in front ATX Full Tower Computer Case I love this case!
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Older WD 320gig HD
G510 keyboard and MX518 optical mouse

Parts I am considering...

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231468

HIS H697F2G2M Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161356

XIGMATEK Intel Core i7 compatible Dark Knight-S1283V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233029

This puts me right around 1k.Any opinions on whether or not this would be a worthwhile upgrade and will i be able to see an improvement?I am not a big OC fan,I don't have the need to squeeze out every single bit of power from my system.My car,yes,my computer,not so much
Thanks!

 

[Dangman]

I see no reason to get that HIS HD 6970 when you can get a XFX HD 6970 2GB with a longer warranty and better customer support for $16 less:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517

However due to your low resolution, there's actually no reason to get the HD 6970 unless you're one of those FPS freaks. You'll be fine with the HD 6950 2GB:
$280 - XFX HD-695X-CDFC Radeon HD 6950 2GB PCI-E Video Card

Ditch that Xigmatek for this cheaper Coolermaster HSF:
$26 - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus HSF for LGA 1366 and LGA 1156

RAM wise, do note that you won't notice an iota of real world difference between that DDR3 2133 RAM and DDR3 1333 RAM.

And yes your planned setup + the above changes will be a worthwhile upgrade.

 

[delvryboy]

For photoshop and SVP I would go with a 6850 or 6770. Maybe even a 460/570 if you use premier.

 

[Forceman]

As Danny mentioned, no need to pay double for that RAM when something like this will provide almost identical performance:
$43.99 G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)

Also, unless you really need the extra SATA 6GB ports, you can save another $40 by getting the vanilla -V instead of the PRO:
$169.99 ASUS P8Z68-V

And if you really don't plan to overclock, you can currently save $40 by going with the i7-2600 instead of the K ($279.99 including $20 promo code until 11/21). Or depending how much encoding/rendering you do, you can drop down to an i5-2400 (you lose hyperthreading) for $189.99. Depends how price-sensitive you are.

 

[OneWideBoard]

Awesome,thanks so much for the advice!That brings my total from $1k to like $850 and sounds like a good upgrade!