Finalizing which CPU + mobo I should buy

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Oweoz

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About a week ago I went form a 6770 to a 7950 hoping to up my performance on BF4 and GW2

I realized my CPU was a bottleneck for my system. Ive done some searching and Ive found this CPU. I was wondering if this mobo (you get it for free when buying the CPU) would be better than buying this mobo

I would also like to know if having these would need me to upgrade my PSU. Thanks!

Specs
Processor: AMD A8-3850 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (4 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8168MB RAM
AMD Radeon HD 7950
600watt PSU
 
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1. The MB has to fit your case.
2. MBs rarely show up in performance (unless you are overclocking like crazy) so buy for quality reputation (how many arrive DOA, how many have intermittent lockups, etc.) and buy for # of slots, onboard audio, whatever you need.
3. 6670 to 7950 --> NICE
4. Look at the 'best CPU for gaming' article. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-3.html and take your pick.

Thought you'd see a HUGE improvement with the A8 plus 7950 vs 6670. Not sure how big an improvement you'll see with A8 --> ??
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Yes there is a deal now for the CPU and the first Mobo I mentioned, will that mobo work with my computer?
 
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1. The MB has to fit your case.
2. MBs rarely show up in performance (unless you are overclocking like crazy) so buy for quality reputation (how many arrive DOA, how many have intermittent lockups, etc.) and buy for # of slots, onboard audio, whatever you need.
3. 6670 to 7950 --> NICE
4. Look at the 'best CPU for gaming' article. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-3.html and take your pick.

Thought you'd see a HUGE improvement with the A8 plus 7950 vs 6670. Not sure how big an improvement you'll see with A8 --> ??
 
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Oweoz

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I don't know much about motherboards I just need to make sure that it will work with my system before I buy it, do they make any difference other than ram? and will either of the 2 I posted work with my system?
 
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Its more about the chipset more then anything at this point however if you plan to stick with AMD I would go with one of the following brand makers and with a 990FX chipset just to get a more mature chipset. ASUS, ASRock, Gigabyte, MSI any of those and you are fine. Ram I would get something pretty generic in the DDR3 1600 range 8 gigabytes of memory if you already have it great stick to what you have. The motherboard you linked earlier would work but I would get one of the boards that is comboed with the CPU mainly because they don't need to be flashed like the one you linked earlier to work.
 
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Oweoz

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Does this one look good? its a gigabyte
http://www.microcenter.com/product/366425/GA-990FXA-UD3_Socket_AM3_990FX_ATX_AMD_Motherboard
 
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