Upgrade path from OLD system as GPU is failing

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Hi all,

I bought a PC from OC back in 2014 and the GPU seems to be failing. When I play games after a few minutes the screen goes black or I see the notorious blue screen of death. I'm thinking it's time to do a bit of upgrading. I don't play many games on the PC (more of a console gamer) but I like playing things like Civ 5/6 and Stellaris on the PC.

I don't think I need a high-end card, just something that can play in 1080 or 1440 but looking for advice as I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the choices out there.

Also, would it be worth upgrading the CPU and MOBO too? I don't want to spend too much, less than £600 would be great. I just want to be able to play the odd 4X game or try out the odd FPS every now and then.

Any advice would be welcomed!

Cheers

Here are my specs:
"Titan Tanto" Intel Core i5 4670K @ 4.2GHz Overclocked Nvidia GeForce Gaming PC
  • GX-117-GI Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card GV-N770OC-4GD)
  • HD-255-SE Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
  • (ST2000DM001) HDD
  • HD-168-SA Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)
  • MY-042-TG TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C112133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD316G2133HC11ADC01)
  • CP-472-IN Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor -OEM
  • CA-007-BX Bitfenix Colossus Venom Green LED Big Tower Windowed Case
  • CD-003-OK OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
  • HS-005-PL Prolimatech Megahalems Rev C CPU Cooler
  • FS-202-OE OcUK Logo Rectangle Gel Case Badge - Black
  • MB-437-GI Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
  • CA-002-GE OcUK Value AT/ATX "Kettle Plug" 2 Meter Mains Cable
  • CA-003-SF SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
I've also upgraded to Windows 10 and migrated the OS from the 250GB SSD to a 1TB SSD and added an extra 4TB HDD. I have two monitors: 1) MSI Optix MAG272QR 27inch and a 32inch Samsung FHD TV.
 
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The good thing is that you can re-use everything apart from the motherboard, CPU, and RAM. And you'll be upgrading the GPU.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £625.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)​
 
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