upgrading CPU to FX 8320 (overclock) and maybe my GPU, is my power supply good enough?

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kotoly4

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Hi, I would like to have your opinion concerning my futur upgrades on my build. I would like to upgrade my CPU to a AMD FX 8320 (overclocked at 4.3GHz) and my GPU to a geforce GTX 770 2Gb. do i need a better motherboard, power supply, cooler and/or RAM memory to avoid a bottleneck ?

Here is my actual build! :

GPU: gigabyte geforce gtx 650 Ti boost 2GB

CPU: AMD FX 6300 vishera (overclocked at 4.3GHz)

Cooling: Coolmaster seidon 120V (water cooler)

PSU: THERMALTAKE| TR-600 600W (I think its cheap)

Memory: 2X 4Gb MUSHKIN silverline (1600MHz)

MOBO: M5A97 LE R2.0 970 AM3+

Hard Drive: Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

****Also, is it worth to pay the FX 8320 if I only overclock it at 4.4 or 4.5 GHz? Can it equal the FX8370 or the FX 9370?Leave your thoughts concerning the price and the performance concerning these any potential bottleneck issues and about the CPUs (the AMD FX serie)****
 
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For now, just get a new gpu, maybe spend a little extra for a gtx 970. 4GB of vram and generally even faster than a gtx 780 but barely more expensive than the 770. Next replace your psu, if it delivered 430w that would easily suffice (you won't ever see higher power draw than 400w anyway) but a bad psu is able to kill your whole system. I think theres a good and cheap rosewill 450w psu that would definitely do better than your current. Theres also be quiet 450w power e9, but those tend to be expensive in the us. So you'll probable be looking at a xfx 550w one. With $60 even very affordable.
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Believe me upgrading to the FX 8320 wont improve gaming performance much. I had the FX 6300 OC to 4.5ghz then upgrade to the fx 8320 but later returning it and switch to Intel. Current AMD CPU's will bottleneck any GPU that's higher than a R9 280X/GTX 770
 
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For now, just get a new gpu, maybe spend a little extra for a gtx 970. 4GB of vram and generally even faster than a gtx 780 but barely more expensive than the 770. Next replace your psu, if it delivered 430w that would easily suffice (you won't ever see higher power draw than 400w anyway) but a bad psu is able to kill your whole system. I think theres a good and cheap rosewill 450w psu that would definitely do better than your current. Theres also be quiet 450w power e9, but those tend to be expensive in the us. So you'll probable be looking at a xfx 550w one. With $60 even very affordable.
 
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bubble, if you have any more propositions or informations to give me about PSU i would be happy to hear it ! I had trouble choosing a good PSU last time.

what do you think about this one ? :http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182298&cm_re=continuous-_-17-182-298-_-Product
 
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well both are he same price on newegg.ca i think ill go for the 550W PSU that you say its a bit better
 
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