GTX 970, Need More Parts, Opinions?

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I recently purchased a new 970, to run games better and such, and At the time i didn't realize that I can't just put one good part in a computer and expect it to work to the fullest extent. My GPU is now bottle-necked, and I'm confused on what it could be. Would it be my CPU? or..? Please help. Also, I know for sure that its not my power supply because i picked up a new one, and it had no effect.Also, if have a AMD motherboard, but if completely necessary I'm willing to pick up an intel.
I don't have much of a price range, just looking for whatever is gonna make the GPU run like the beast it is. Thanks.
PC SPECS:
GPU: GeForce GTX 970
EDIT: Also looking for a case that will hold all of this.
CPU: AMD A8-6500 APU
Memory: 8.00 GB RAM
Operating System: Windows 8.1
 
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AMD right now has really really good offerings at low range (under $150) but for the 970 you probably want something around 200 dollars and it won't bottleneck.

The problem with going to skylake is that you will have to upgrade not only your cpu and your motherboard, you will have to buy a ddr4 ram kit since skylake only runs on ddr4.

If I were you I would buy a 4th gen i5 quad core processor like the i5-4690 (4th gen was the last gen to run on ddr3) and a pretty good budget motherboard probably the asrock extreme 4. This way you don't have to buy new ram which would cost around extra $70+ for ddr4 (instead use that money on something like case fans, lights, etc)

As for the case, solid cases are fractal design r4, and any case...
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Just me or threads in the forum without the tag CPUs our CPU expert symbols don't appear?
 
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AMD right now has really really good offerings at low range (under $150) but for the 970 you probably want something around 200 dollars and it won't bottleneck.

The problem with going to skylake is that you will have to upgrade not only your cpu and your motherboard, you will have to buy a ddr4 ram kit since skylake only runs on ddr4.

If I were you I would buy a 4th gen i5 quad core processor like the i5-4690 (4th gen was the last gen to run on ddr3) and a pretty good budget motherboard probably the asrock extreme 4. This way you don't have to buy new ram which would cost around extra $70+ for ddr4 (instead use that money on something like case fans, lights, etc)

As for the case, solid cases are fractal design r4, and any case around that price range. The reason I reccommend things around 70-100 is so that you have things like quality dust filters, cable management, cooling, etc). Another good case is the nzxt phantom 410 or the nzxt h440.

Also remember to choose the best answer to help others who are looking at this post
 
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