What components should I upgrade to squeeze more life of my pc? [on hold]

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Published on 2013-11-11T21:26:22Z Indexed on 2013/11/11 21:57 UTC
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Hi my current specs are

CPU: Intel Core i5 750 2.66 GHz, Socket 1156
Motherboard: Asus P7P55 LX Motherboard, Socket 1156, 4xDIMM DDR3, 2xPCIe-16, 3xPCI, 2xPCIe-1, 14xUSB2, Audio, 1xATA, 6xSATA, RAID, ATX

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS Hard Disk Drive, 1500GB, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, SATA-2
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM, 2x2GB, DDR3-1600, PC3-12800, CL8, DIMM
Video: MSI Radeon 5850 R5850-PM2D1G Video Card, 1024MB, DDR5, PCIe-16, DVI, CrossFire, HDMI

PSU: Vantec ION2, 620W ATX PSU, SLI Ready, Black

Firstly I know it badly needs an SSD, for which I'm thinking of the Samsung 250gb 840 EVO series.

The ram could do with another 4GB, for which I am thinking of replacing the 2x2GB for 2x4GB of the same type.

My video card is struggling with the latest releases, so vitally should I ditch the video card and go for something newer (ATI 7850, GTX 660?) or try and get another 5850 for crossfire support? Bearing in mind 5850's are sort of hard to come buy now as they are not stocked in shops usually, which means they have to be bought second hand.

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