I have the itch to upgrade my aging X58 system and it seems a lot has changed since the days of LGA1366. That said, what's the most logical upgrade path from a X58 system to whatever Intel is offering these days? I'm okay with not buying bleeding edge tech if it means I can save a few bucks to spend on other EVGA gear.

What do you have for hardware now, CPU , GPU, hard drive, PSU and so on?
What do you use your system for? What software or games mostly used? What OS?
Are you opposed to buying used hardware?
What is your budget?
Any other information you can think of that me be of value.
A few answers will help guide you in the right direction.

Thanks all. I game mostly (FPS, MMO), no production work other than Microsoft products and some audio production. Will be reusing my Windows 7 Ultimate OS; it is 64-bit. Current specs are:

EVGA X58 SLI Classified motherboard
Intel Core-i7 950 CPU (LGA1366)
EVGA GTX 780Ti Kingpin
12GB Corsair Dominator GT DDR3 memory
Corsair Gold AX1200 PSU
Intel SSDs for boot and game drives

Not opposed to buying used; no budget really, just trying to determine what the upgrade path will be before deciding on parts. I do know that I will be reusing most of my gear, PSU, graphics card, SSD's etc. for the new build.

garetjax
I have the itch to upgrade my aging X58 system and it seems a lot has changed since the days of LGA1366. That said, what's the most logical upgrade path from a X58 system to whatever Intel is offering these days? I'm okay with not buying bleeding edge tech if it means I can save a few bucks to spend on other EVGA gear.

Well, since your a gamer your probably gonna be better off with Ryzen, unless you want to spend 1000 bux on just the cpu. You are in a good spot and can just buy the cpu, mobo and ram and be done upgrading pretty much, or at least piece together the rest through the year. The 7700k/8700k only have 16 pci-e lanes on chip and the rest are chipset filler which are going to be much slower. You don't get 44 pci-e lanes on chip until you get to a 7900X, the 999.99 cpu. If money is not really a issue then that may be the way you want to go.

What resolution do you game at?
 
May consider x99, there are great deals going on use hexcore CPUs, one just sold for 250$ on this forum
Also maybe consider overclock you x58 if not already to 4 - 4.2 ghz and pick up a GTX1080 or 1080TI See if that works for you.
You can always move it over to a new MB if/when you buy one
Can also go Haswell and pick up another stick of memory that you have, and still be able to use it with an i7-4770K
That with a GTX1080 or 1080TI would last a long time
 
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=haswell+i7+socket+1150&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xhaswell+i7+4770k.TRS1&_nkw=haswell+i7+4770k&_sacat=0
 
Heck my x79 hexcore 4930K at 4.2ghz and GTX1080Ti play anything I throw at it very very well.
It also crunches BOINC tasks as well as my Haswell CPU. Just IMHO the newest CPUs are not all that....
I have seen used GTX980Ti selling as low as 225$,  That GPU plays anything I throw at it
 
 
 

I had an x58 system before my ryzen in my sig need to update one day.  I had a 1080ti on it with an x5650 and it ran most games i played at time just fine.  With my ryzen the min frame is higher so thats better with a higher top end since it is new and gen 3 pci-x slot.  can get x5660 and x5670 processors cheap on amazon now adays so might look into that save a bit of money if your board supports them