About the buy my £900 gaming rig. Need last minute critique to see whether its the best my money can buy,

Poley

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (£113.00 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£59.00 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Avexir MPOWER Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For £53.90)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£66.00 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.50 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card (£227.46 @ Dabs)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For £85.00)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£4.99 @ Novatech)
Case Fan: Cooler Master R4-L2R-20AC-GP 69.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£4.99 @ Novatech)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£78.72 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (£14.06 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) (£69.99 @ Dabs)
Other: 22 inch LCD TV ( 2nd Monitor ) (Purchased)
Other: E-3lue Green Hornet 2000 DPI (£8.99)
Other: Powerline (£15.00)
Other: BenQ GL2450HM 24 inch LED (£109.99)
Other: Logitech K200 Keyboard (£10.99)
Total: £988.57
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-02 10:52 GMT+0000)

Need it for general use and to play new games on maxed out settings, dont mind switching to intel if it means better price/performace
 

Poley

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already have the ram

 

mikerockett

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I believe the RAM will only just be clipping the fan on the cooler. You could adjust the fan up slightly to give you the clearance. Will be a slight hit to the cooling efficiency but if you are set on keeping that ram it will be a reasonable solution.