Cant decide what to do....Upgrade CPU

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Hello All!
The more I learn about PC's the more, I get confused about....

Anyways, I received a gaming PC as a trade from a friend......
It's been called "Mid" Tier by people on this forum.....I was looking at processors and possible upgrade than I took a look at my Motherboard and its a AM3

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/870%20Extreme3/.

So my question is this....What is the best chip on the market that I can put on that board? Will it perform better than my phenom II x4 955? Should I keep that combo and get a nice GPU like the Gtx 660 until I can afford to replace both components (Board and CPU). The performance is fine for now.....I'm just getting prepared for upgrades so I can watch for sales!

PC Specs:
CPU: AMD Phemon II X4 955 @ 3.2Ghz
CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500A w/ Arctic Silver thermal paste
Motherboard: Asrock Extreme3 870 w/ Sata3 and USB 3.0
GPU: EVGA FPB Geforce GTX 460 768mb
Case: BRAND NEW Thermaltake Chaser A31
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 Modular
RAM: Corsair XMS3 6gb DDR3 1333
SSD: OCZ 60gb SSD
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb SATA 6.0gb/s
OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
 
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At the moment get a new gpu for that build. That gpu will be holding back that rig the most. With that processor it will bottleneck most high tier cards, but the Nvidia 650 Ti Boost Superclocked is the best upgrade for that rig.
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At the moment get a new gpu for that build. That gpu will be holding back that rig the most. With that processor it will bottleneck most high tier cards, but the Nvidia 650 Ti Boost Superclocked is the best upgrade for that rig.
 
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I was never able to get a stable overclock that high. So would the 650ti boost bottleneck the cpu?

I want the best gpu without a bottleneck knowing I'm limited with my mother board
 
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The cpu would bottleneck it regardless, but it wont be a real/noticeable difference. The higher you can OC the better, but it will technically be bottlenecked, but the 650 has a good cpu headroom so even bottlenecked it wont be a hit in fps or performance.
 
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I managed to get a stable 3.4ghz. I haven't played with it too much though.....makes me nervous
So the 650ti won't cause any negative effects BUT will increase my system as a whole?
I know the window score doeznt mean all that much but Im at a 7.1 lol

Would you go any higher than the 650ti with my cpu/mobo combo ?

Edit: Currently I'm at a 3.84ghz OC. Been on 20 mins....No crashes yet.....Haven't played any games....Cpu is at 50
 
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Thats a nice speed to be running at if you can keep it. The 650 wont have any negatives, and it will give a great increase to performance. Windows score is unreliable. With that CPU you cant go any higher than a 650ti, you could, but it would bottleneck hard.
 
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