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Hello everybody I have had my desktop for over 4 years now and I am going to upgrade the parts. I would appreciate it if you could recommended any better parts and/or answer if the parts I am getting are going to be compatible with each other.

I am keeping (Old parts, not replacing)
Mobo - ASUS M5A97
Ram - 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance
Chassis - Zalman Z9 Mid ATX Tower Case
Storage - 1x 500GB WD - HDD and 1x60GB SSD

I am replacing with (New parts, what I am buying)
GPU - Sapphire Radeon R9- 280X 3GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202125
CPU - AMD FX-8320
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113285
PSU - I am actually not sure which I would need. I would prefer the one that will work properly with my mobo, gpu, and cpu.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182072

To reiterate, I really would appreciate any and all help I can get!! Please answer if the parts will be compatible with each other and if possible recommend alternatives that are the same price or cheaper if better. I will be using this rig mainly for Siege, Division, etc.

Thank you!!
 
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Your parts look good. The graphics card is PCI Express 3.0 and your motherboard is 2.0. Your card is backwards compatible, but you might not get the same performance, but that may be a difference of ~5 fps. Your CPU looks good.

If cable management and an extra $40 are anything to you, then I would get the Bronze Series PSU. It's semi-modular, which means that the cables that aren't the essentials you can remove from the PSU. Both PSUs will work though. If you're willing to shell out the extra cash, then go for the more expensive one.

 
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Upgrades are good except the PSU's.
 
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I have already picked up the psu, but do you think that the cpu will make much of a difference? I would be upgrading my cpu from the fx-6100 to the fx-8320. Also, do you think the 6100 will work with the new gpu I will be picking up, the sapphire toxic radeon r9280x 3gb
 
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