$1800 AMD Gaming and Overclocking PC

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I was planning to make an AMD overclocking and gaming PC build. How is this build?
PS: I only chose one GPU because, I'll add another afterwards and I am not including that in this purchase.
And I want only Radeon Graphics. There's a reason behind it.

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CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($193.97 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.20 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($178.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($133.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($212.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($363.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1786.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-28 06:21 EDT-0400)
 
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iam2thecrowe
ok, well if there is a reason you only want AMD graphics, i cant understand what that is? is it because you want micro-stuttering?(the recent driver update doesn't fix all micro-stuttering and reduces performance scaling, wait for next gen cards if you want dual amd cards.)
I also agree the 750w psu with an overclocked 8 core CPU is a no-no. look at 850w +. OC'd 8350's are massive power hogs, not to mention the 7970's use a lot of power.
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Nice build. Some people advice to avoid overclocking a CPU and two 7970's together on a 750w PSU.
 
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Its all quality hardware and its compatible

But many thing seem like overkill
Cant think why you'd use Win 8 pro for gaming . Its wont help , and it wont improve performance

16 gig of RAM wont improve game performance either . 2 x4 gig is more than enough

And the radiator mounting .....have you checked that itcan mount in that case? The HAF has much larger fans in the upper surface so the mounts wont be identical . Probably you can mount the Radiator under the existing fans with a few mods , but you might be better with one of corsairs cases with a dual fan set up in the upper surface
 
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ok, well if there is a reason you only want AMD graphics, i cant understand what that is? is it because you want micro-stuttering?(the recent driver update doesn't fix all micro-stuttering and reduces performance scaling, wait for next gen cards if you want dual amd cards.)
I also agree the 750w psu with an overclocked 8 core CPU is a no-no. look at 850w +. OC'd 8350's are massive power hogs, not to mention the 7970's use a lot of power.
 
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Actually the thing is that, I'll be doing computer engineering next year in college. So, I need mode compute performance. I know that you'd suggest one of the professional graphics, but I want a nice gaming GPU which can handle software rendering better at that price. Since, AMD has better compute performance and overclockability, I chose Radeon.
And yes, I agree that I need an 850Watt PSU. I'll check that out.
 
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