Help Needed With Motherboard Compatibility

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I want to build a budget gaming PC and so far i have this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MjsZ3C
I think im happy with it however I don't know much about the motherboard. Like can i add a GPU later on? Can I overclock? If anyone can answer these questions or recommend a different motherboard for the APU that I chose I would appreciate it.
 
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one thing i look at when i buy a motherboard is the PCI slots. Even if you think you are going to only use 1 graphics card usually in a year or 2 you would want to SLI. and most of the graphics cards are PCI 3.0. and your motherboard has 1 but it also has 1 2.0 that runs at x4

here is a board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130851 check this out. same price but it has 2 PCI 3.0 and if you do single graphics card it will run at x16 and duel at x8 x8 not x16 x4 like the board you picked.

i would also rely on this board in overclocking then that asrock AMD board you picked
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one thing i look at when i buy a motherboard is the PCI slots. Even if you think you are going to only use 1 graphics card usually in a year or 2 you would want to SLI. and most of the graphics cards are PCI 3.0. and your motherboard has 1 but it also has 1 2.0 that runs at x4

here is a board http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130851 check this out. same price but it has 2 PCI 3.0 and if you do single graphics card it will run at x16 and duel at x8 x8 not x16 x4 like the board you picked.

i would also rely on this board in overclocking then that asrock AMD board you picked
 
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