Need help on my first build (FX6350 & R9 280X)

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I'm in a situation where I'm building my first gaming computer with a budget of around 850€ (besides certain graphix cards components cost here is parallel to what they cost in $US). I have a cheap 26 inch 1080p monitor which I will be using to for my build. Initially wanted to have good upgrability around FX6300 and R9 270X but after some more research it looks to me that when adding second 270X in the future the CPU would struggle to keep up. I also noticed I could get higher end Sapphire R9 280X Dual-X with only 40€ more so I thought I should squeeze the best out of my budget. The plan is to OC the CPU to around 4.5GHz so I'm not sure if upgrading to 6350 will add any value or whether additional CPU cooler is really mandatory. Some thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated as I'm 50€ above my budget already. That said I don't mind spending the extra € if it's all worth it and makes sense. Also been struggling with choosing good enough yet as affordable motherboard as possible so thoughts on the motherboard would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks.

This is what I've come to:
- CPU: AMD FX 6350 + Cooler Master Hyper TZ3 Evo 25€ (155€)
- GPU: SAPPHIRE R9 280X Dual-X (244€)
- MOBO: ASUS M5A97 R2 (82€)
- PSU: SEASONIC S12II-620 620W ATX22 (83€)
- RAM: KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS 8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHZ DDR3 (75€)
- HDD: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 1TB 3.5" SATA3 7.2K 64MB (65€)
- SSD: KINGSTON V300 120GB SSD 450/450Mb/s 2.5" SATA3 (75€)
- Case: BITFENIX SHINOBI ATX Arctic White (63€)

842€ Total (Don't see any need for a DVD or BR driver these days anymore)
 
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rolli59
Looks good but if you are planning to OC the CPU then just start with the 6300 since the FX6350 is basically just an OC FX6300. The Price difference would be better spent on M5A99X Asus board for more overclocking headroom.
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Confirms my innitial thoughts then. Thank you.

 
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I was looking at this: https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AgN1D79Joo7tdE9xMUFlMEVWeFhuckJEVF9aMmtpUFE&gid=4

Just noticed that even the mobo I am currently looking at has heatsinks it isn't 6+2 after all (which I've understood is more or less paramount for proper OC set ups?) so I guess I would want to go with

ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 at 114€ or

ASUS M5A99FX PRO at 122€ or

GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 at 99€ for a cheaper option

For some reason I've been left with the picture that Gigabyte is of lesser quality and not as reliable as AsRock and Asus, is there any truth to this? Also, do I have any other options at this or lower price level?
 
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Thanks Rolli. ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 it is then, bringing me back to 850€, which I guess isn't a bad price to pay considering this set up should be able to handle pretty much any game with the highest settings, Crysis 3 as an excepetion dropping to very high from ultra.
 
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