Need to upgrade CPU and GPU

Erratic Fox

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I was wondering if I could up my GPU to a Raedon 7870 and my CPU to a Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core

I'm not so great with hardware...

My current specs are:

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon 7850 Black Edition 26 °C
Kuma 65nm Technology
RAM
4.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 401MHz (6-6-6-18)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M2N68-AM Plus (AM2) 44 °C
Graphics
E320VP (1366x768@60Hz)
1024MB ATI Radeon HD 4650 (Microsoft Corporation WDDM 1.1) (XFX Pine Group)
Hard Drives
149GB Seagate ST316081 2AS SCSI Disk Device (SATA) 29 °C
Optical Drives
ASUS DRW-24B1ST SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Built
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo)
Motherboard
ASRock PRO3 R2.0
Memory
Corsair 8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
1024MB ATI Radeon HD 4650 (XFX Pine Group)
Sound Card
AMD High Definition Audio Device
Monitor(s) Displays
VE247 on ATI Radeon HD 4650
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
150GB Seagate ST316081,
3TB Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001
Mouse
Razor Deathadder
It looks like your motherboard only supports AM2+ CPUs so the one you linked wouldn't fit. To answer regarding the GPU we'd need to know the spec of your PSU.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
W7 Pro x64 SP1 | W10 Pro IP x64 | W8.1 Pro x64 VM | Linux Mint VM
CPU
i7-4790k @ 4GHz (4.4GHz Boost)
Motherboard
ASUS Sabertooth Z87 (BIOS Rev 2004)
Memory
16GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Fury @ 1600MHz CL 9-9-9-27
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GTX 980 Classified
Sound Card
Realtek Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung S27D390
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
240GB Intel 520 Series SSD |
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB SSD |
2TB WD Caviar Black |
2TB WD Caviar Black |
2TB WD Caviar Green
PSU
Corsair HX850-80 Gold Modular
Case
Cooler Master Silencio 650
Cooling
Corsair H80i w/2 x Corsair SP120 | 2 x 120mm Noctua NF-S12B
Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder X4
Mouse
Gigabyte M6900 optical
Internet Speed
152mb
Antivirus
F-Secure
Browser
Firefox 38.0
Other Info
Backup Rig: Win 7 Pro 64-bit | AMD A10-5800k | ASUS F2A85-V Pro | 8GB Samsung DDR3 @1600MHz | 120GB Toshiba SDD | 2TB Seagate HDD | Cooler Master Silencio 550
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