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Will my motherboard restrict a new CPU performance-wise?

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I have a GIGABYTE GA-M68MT-S2P Motherboard.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...

I currently have an Athlon II X4 640 CPU and I'd like to upgrade to a Phenom II X4 965.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite...

My Motherboard says that the Hyper Transport Bus is 2000 MT/s, and the Phenom is 4000 MT/s bus speed.

Would I be better off just buying a new Motherboard or no?

I only ask this because I'd like to upgrade my PC for a little better gaming and what I've got now is definitely lacking.
I am also Upgrading to a XFX Double D Radeon HD 6870 sometime soon (As well as a new PSU).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Please Help! Thanks in advanced!

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It is a very small performance loss because of the HT nothing really to worry about and certainly nothing to buy a new motherboard for as a only reason.
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I've thought about OC but I don't think I know enough about it to do it just yet. I want to build a new rig in the next year or two so I don't really want to go all out on this one but I'd just like to be able to play games like Skyrim on higher settings than Medium/Low at a decent frame-rate. Would you recommend going up to 8GB 1333Mhz memory? Would that make a noticeable difference? Thanks by the way for helping me out.
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I would rather upgrade the ram from 4GB to 8GB than upgrade the CPU, that along with the HD6870 and you will run Skyrim just fine. On my computer Skyrim defaulted to high settings @1080P with X3 and HD6850.
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I could not find the CX on there but the 450VP (suspect it would be in the same tier) does not have active pfc so it still has the little voltage switch in the back it is not as efficient either.
Edit just found it under tier 3. I would still go with the CX500 because of efficiency and extra power.
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