My Future PC Build (Good or Bad)?

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Hello, I have just set up a build and i was wondering if anybody had any changes to make. Keep in mind that i am on a 1500$ budget right now so if you want to suggest any changes, make sure it is still under my budget. Here is the build.

Case
Corsair Carbide Series 400R - 90$

Motherboard/CPU Bundle
Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard / AMD FX 8350 Black Edition - 325$

RAM
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB : 2x8 240 pin 1600mhz - 130$

Video Card
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 DVI-I/HDMI/2x Mini-Displayport PCI-Express Graphic Card GV-R795WF3-3GD - 300$

Power Supply
Corsair CX750 - 90$

Hard Drive
Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive - 87$

Optical Drive
NONE

OS
Windows 7 pro 64 bit - 100$

Monitor
ASUS VX238H - 160$

Keyboard
Logitech Wireless Keyboard K270 with Long-Range Wireless(920-003051) - 30$

Mouse
Logitech M510 Wireless Mouse - 25$

Cooler
Corsair Hydro Series H80i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Liquid cooling system - 84$

1421$

Please tell me what you think :D
 
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The build is very good, but here are some extras you could do. It would be a good idea to top it off with a 128GB 840 Pro Boot SSD drive. A NH-D14 would also be a nice fit (If you prefer Air). Also, the XFX ProSeries 750W is a steal for a high-quality PSU (Corsair CX750 is budget oriented). A Corsair 400R or NZXT Phantom is more suited for the rig. The GTX 760 also seems to be "a very smart buy" right now.

XFX Pro 750W PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207023

NH-D14: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

Corsair Carbide 400R: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008
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NZXT Phantom 410: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146087

GTX 760: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121775&Tpk=ASUS%20GTX%20760&IsVirtualParent=1

840 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192
 
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What are you going to be using this for? Gaming primarily?
Aside from the AMD vs Intel thing where the alternative would be an i5 3570k and an Asus P8Z77-Pro mobo or even this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131820
That board is currently running a special with 8gb of memory free on Newegg.

I think you could possibly drop to a 550 or 650 watt power supply in the same Corsair CX series, maybe use the money gained from dropping wattage to move to a modular power supply.

If your build strategy has room for it, I would step up to the Corsair H90 liquid cooler. You will see lower temperatures and much less fan noise for $5-$10 more depending on where you buy from.

Otherwise everything else looks very good IMO and you will be very happy with the machine.
 
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The wattage drop from a FX8350 to a 3570K is not substantial enough to have a lower wattage PSU should the user have a Graphics Card that benefits from a 750W PSU. In this case, he seems to want to overclock, thus a 750W is more suitable for the task, be it AMD or Intel. The H90 is also a good alternative. +1 There.
 
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The build is very good, but here are some extras you could do. It would be a good idea to top it off with a 128GB 840 Pro Boot SSD drive. A NH-D14 would also be a nice fit (If you prefer Air). Also, the XFX ProSeries 750W is a steal for a high-quality PSU (Corsair CX750 is budget oriented). A Corsair 400R or NZXT Phantom is more suited for the rig. The GTX 760 also seems to be "a very smart buy" right now.
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Thanks for your input, but i was thinking about the gtx 760, but then i decided not to get it because of its limited 2 gigs of GDDR5 ram. I would think that future games would use more buffer space. Do you think that i should worry about that?

 
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Yes, this machine is going to be mainly used for gaming. Not too sure if it will fit. I am planning to order the liquid cooler last just to make sure it has space.
 
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For 1920x1080, 2GB is rarely tapped in by the vast majority of games, however, the GTX 760 is now in 4GB (Sold out just for a small time) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130937&Tpk=4GB%20GTX%20760&IsVirtualParent=1 and the upcoming Radeon 8870 may be superior to the 7950.
 
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The H90 is a liquid cooler, just in case you mixed it up for the D14.
 
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I know the h90 is a liquid cooler. It is slightly bigger than the H80i so not too sure about it :)



 
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The 400R and NZXT 410 linked above are better choices for a gaming rig and guaranteed to fit (fits H100i with no problem).
 
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I updated my post and now it fits a 400r corsair case, thanks for the reccomendation!
 
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For more in-depth details about the GTX 760, so you can possibly reconsider: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-review-gk104,3542.html

Also, it would be a good idea to replace the CX750 with the XFX Pro 750W linked and get the 840 Pro SSD linked as a boot drive (you will be amazed, trust me), you will land at around $1550-ish :3
 
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