Second hd 7770 or upgrade?

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I am building my Christmas wish list as well as setting future upgrade plans and i am interested in attempting to upgrade my graphics, i currently have an 8 core amd CPU and a radeon hd 7770 gpu.

I have multiple questions
1. can my cpu handle a better graphics card
2. Am i better off doing crossfire with a second hd 7770...
3. or is it more worth it to get a single more powerful gpu (Nvidia or radeon i dont care)
4. and will i need to upgrade my powersupply, (I know it may not be the best powersupply but i got a newegg bundle so it was like $100 of totoal price of the rig)

oh and i have a less than three hundred dollar graphics card budget, what is my best possible performing card for that price range?
Here is the important main parts,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138372 Mother board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150598 graphics card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284 cpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182278 powersupply
 
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You're better off getting a r9 280 your PSU will handle it fine and your CPU will handle it fine as long as its piledriver and not the bulldozer 8 core

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Is it going to be enough of a upgrade to make it worth the upgrade? And i noticed on the specs it only has 933 MHz instead of 1000 like the hd 7770, and Is there an equivelent nvidia gpu or is radeon the better price option?