Gtx 770 Bottleneck on amd fx 4130 Black Edition

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After doing some research online and talking with associates at Tiger direct and Best Buy I purchased a Nvidia Geforce GTX 770 2gb and after getting home I found out that my psu doesnt have the proper 8 pin so Im going back to get an adaptor for it tomorrow.I have two questions.
1.Is there anything I need to be careful about when getting this adaptor ? I dont want to fry my mb or GPU.The fact that it doesnt fit makes me think it isnt suppose to work but friends keep telling me to just get the adaptor.
2.As I told friends about my specs while I was asking about the power issue they seem to think that I wont see much improvement from my hd 7850 1gb.So I want to know if its worth it to keep this card or get a different one ?
Here is what I have

MSI 760gm-p34(MB)
8gb(Ram)
AMD FX4130(3.8ghz) quad core Black edition
and of course the new card-Geforce gtx 770 2gb

I apologize if I messed up some info here Its my first post.Any help is greatly appreciated.


Sorry,I have a lsp ultra 650 watt http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276573&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CLqOru_d67wCFY19OgodZAUAkg
 

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More important what Power supply do you have? You need a 600w PSU for that card and setup. Also if you are getting a molex adapter for the card it usualy comes with 2 molex plugs attached, split the power over 2 rails by connecting 1 plug to each rail to share the load (PSU dependent as some can only give so much current on each rail).
 

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There is certain pins that are square and others with angles and the do not match up>It seems like this is a well known issue but alot of people where saying there card came with an adaptor.The number of pins is correct but the plastic that surrounds them(The male end coming from the psu) doesnt match up.
 

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I tried using two 6 pins but when I turned the pc on it said plugin the pci cables and restart.I cant fix the power supply issue tonight.Im really curious about is will my cpu hold this card back so much that it isnt worth it ?
 

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Do you mean because I have a powerful gpu and a crappy cpu it gonna make regular tasks outside of gaming slow ? Im asking because right now everything moves fast enough for me.I think the pc runs great.Are you saying it will get worse than it is now when I add the better card ?
 

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Well since you said that now I gotta ask.. Will my mb support those chips ? My friend was showing me some and the eight cores wouldnt work on my mb.Also how can I find out what will be compatible so in the future I can save you guys some trouble ?
 

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Is it worth it to get that cpu until I can afford to do an intel build ? or would you suggest just saving for the a new build ?