upgrading to AMD FX 8320

zelok

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Planning to upgrade my FX 4100 to a FX 8320, I have 2 questions.

1. Will my motherboard support the cpu - i have a Gigabyte GA 970A-D3

2. Since its my first time replacing a cpu how much thermal paste will i need to apply, im using a Hyper 212 Evo cooler. (ive read before that you put pea sized amount, or a rice grain amount, some even have said to spread it around with a credit card, what is the correct method)

I have an 800w psu since i knew i would be upgrading parts later on down the line. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 

zelok

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i downloaded a bios update earlier this year in order to play Saints row 3 (i remember downloading what i believe was rev 3.0)
http://imgur.com/Bsvj3me this is what my registry says.