AMD 95w TDP Upgrade Question

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My current system is sporting an older AMD Phenom II X4 B55 OC @ 3.6GHz and I am looking to alleviate a potential performance bottleneck by upgrading soon -- I don't want to replace my mobo just yet and I am stuck with am3+ at 95w TDP. Any recommendations? I am mostly trying to find out whether it would be worth it to go with the 8320e or 8370e over the 6300 as I can't slap the 125w 8350/8370 CPU's on my board (and I don't think you can really find any 8150 or 8300's around anymore.) Thanks!

Full system specs are as follows:

ASUS M5A78L-M LX AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX Mobo
8GB G.Skill Ripjaw Series DDR3 1600 (PC 12800) SDRAM
AMD Phenom II X4 B55 OC @ 3.6GHz CPU (unlocked from AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz)
Crucial M500 120GB SSD
EVGA SuperNOVA B2 750w 80plus Bronze Certified PSU
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC ACX 2.0+ 2GB GDDR5 GPU

 

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Does anyone have any thoughts on the FX-8310? I would like to know how it stacks up against the other models mentioned as it is available OEM for so cheap. Thanks again.
 

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Would you recommend this over the 8320e/8370e and the 6300 performance wise or simply because it's cheaper than any of them?
 

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Is it possible to use the old fan/heatsink from my current Phenom CPU?