Looking to upgrade a 4 year old build

skallhoff

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My current build...
-ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 6 x SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
-AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4 GHz Socket
-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRM

I want to upgrade this so I can play BF4...
-EVGA GeForce GTX 960 02G-P4-2966-KR 2GB SSC GAMING w/ACX 2.0+, Whisper Silent Cooling Graphics Card
-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-2133C9D-8GXL

I run Window 7 64. I also have 650 wattt Corsair. I want to overclock my processor to 3.6 and upgrade my stock fan. Unit is well ventilated. PC part checkers says it will work...just want your thoughts regarding this. Is this a good idea? Thanks guys. I am novice but can do most of this stuff. Thanks for any input and suggestions.
 

skallhoff

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Dec 26, 2015
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I found a good ASUS R9 380($200-$30 rebate) and pcpartpicker.com says its compatible...but I talked to guy at ASUS and he said they "might" not be compatible due to the PCI Express being a 2.0 and ASUS R9 being a 3.0. Anymore thoughts....are they still compatible. I really don't want to upgrade my motherboard? It seems that they are backwords compatible as long as they are 16X