What should i upgrade to, i want more cores and a better GPU

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Ok, i currently have AMD FX 8350, Radeon 7870 with 4 x 2 DDR Windows 7 Ultimate

My PC is faster than i expected, but when the time comes to upgrading i have no idea what i should upgrade to.

I was thinking:

AMD 6344 CPU 12 core 2.6Ghz Socket G34 in HP Packaging 705221-001

Nvidia GTX 780

30 Gb Ram

600 W PSU

What do you think?

NOTE: I DONT PLAY GAMES, I ONLY DO MOTION GRAPHICS AND VFX
 
what acceleration mechanisms does your software support, cuda, opencl? that will dictate your choice of card. you might be in a good position to go for a dual cpu xeon system? need a budget. If it is not for 6+ months then don't bother asking for another 5 months.
 

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The m5a97 shouldn't be able to handle the FX-8350 in the first place, if I am not mistaken it is a 4+2 power phases board, so whenever this chip start drawing too much power it will throttle it and you won't get the performance you should be getting from this chip.
 
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So what motherboard should i get, if i want higher performance with my amd?