Upgrading HD 5770(2009 system)

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My current specs:
Processor AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 940 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.0GHz + Scythe Yasya Cooler
4GB DDR2 1066 MHZ Kingmax
Hitachi 500 GB
GIGABYTE MA770-UD3 rev 1.0
Force3D HD 5770 1 GB
LG W2234S Flatron 22"
Forton BlueStorm II 500W

Expected time of purchase:by the end of summer holidays
Preferred site: Portio.hr(in foreign language,but you can see the models clearly,listed from most expensive,these listed are only amd) http://www.portio.hr/index.php?page=katList&cat=01051404&sort=4&pg=1

I would not go over 2000KN which is 350USD(things here are a bit more expensive,but will get cheaper probably once we join EU 1st July)

I was thinking of getting an HD7870 GIGABYTE OC version(my psu has 1x6pin connector and 2x6+2 pin connectors,i guess these 6+2 can be used only as a 6 since the gpu requires 2 6-pins,or am i wrong,in that case i will probably need a new psu)

I prefer amd over nvidia,price wise and selection of models wise

i was thinking of getting a gpu first then a new mobo for eventually switching to intel processors and ddr3 memory(couple of months differences)
 
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some people were telling me about the psu being enough on paper but not so much in practice(for the 7870)