CPU & Graphics Card Upgrades

Hi,
I do a lot of video and graphics on my Mac Pro 1,1 and would like to upgrade the CPU and graphics cards. I see the CPU may be a trickier install process, but it looks like I'll have no trouble changing out the graphics card. I'll probably just pay someone to do the CPU. But when buying the gear, do you guys have any suggestions that I should keep in mind? Any recommendations for hardware?
I was looking at something like this for the processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115066
And something like this for the graphics card: hhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150507
Any thoughts would be great!
Lawrence

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