Yes that cpu will bottleneck that 970 to the point in many cases that you will only get half the performance as you should.
Switch the cpu to at least a FX 8 series, change motherboard, case, get a better psu and gpu like GTX 760 or AMD 280.
nearly the same price as yours better overall balance and quality.
8320
Motherboard
PSU
Case
GTX 760
Base on the info that you gave me, I created this: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/khainguyen97/saved/3Qrtt6
If I build one like that, can the GPU work at full speed without overclocking the CPU?
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