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Here's my opinion:
First priority should be spend some money on building room treatments, this will solve your room noise problem, and if you record in the same room you monitor in, this will also radically improve your monitoring at the same time. Also, arrange your room optimally for acoustics (read Ethan's articles on acoustics for info). This should produce the best increase in record quality for the money spent (DIY acoustic treatment is very cheap, compared to see gear upgrading).
For now, you could use software/plugins to filter out hiss. Next upgrade would be replacing whatever piece of gear it is that provides that hiss, so you now have low noise recordings in a good room. When cash can be spared, upgrade the monitors so you are hearing accurately what you are recordings.
Finally, within the constraints of your budget, set about upgrading each piece of gear with better suited gear for your application, chosing them for their sonic quality.
Hopefully that's some help.
Regards
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