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Hi :) I'm pretty new here. I've heard of this site before. Anyways to the point.

I'm buying a bunch of PC parts for christmas and I need to make 276% sure that everything will work fine with everything else. I don't want to spend >$700 on this to find out that either the power supply isn't enough to keep up or the processor and GPU don't like eachother

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 Blue Edition w/ High Air Flow
Power supply: SeaSonic G Series SSR-550RM 550W
MB: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) 125W Eight Core Processor
Graphics card: MSI Gaming N760 TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 2GB

I can provide newegg links to the parts if you need it. Thanks :D
 
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for motherboard, well, actually i don't like "3" series from gigabyte..this is the lowest end from their line..
crappy bios, LLC problem and well, more rustic for overclocking..

Well, Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 is a much better choice at same exact price..
this one is very friendly to overclock, with a lot of options and better features that Gigabyte.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20
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any system equipped with single gpu card will consume less than 400 watt..

let's see..
a system equipped with
CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.3GHz
Motherboard: EVGA X79 SLI
Power Supply: Antec True Power Quattro 1200
Hard Disk: Samsung 470 (256GB)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3-1867 4 x 4GB (8-10-9-26)

only consume less than 340 watt as total power consumption when gaming..
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and only consume 300 watt when full stressed with furmark for total power consumption..
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So, your 550 gold powersupply is more than enough to run your system, and you'll still have plenty headroom
 
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What about the CPU, GPU, and Motherboard? Will those all play nice with eachother?
 
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for motherboard, well, actually i don't like "3" series from gigabyte..this is the lowest end from their line..
crappy bios, LLC problem and well, more rustic for overclocking..

Well, Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 is a much better choice at same exact price..
this one is very friendly to overclock, with a lot of options and better features that Gigabyte.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20
 
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That is a better motherboard from my perspective. Thanks a lot :), I didn't know about GB's overheating problem good thing I didn't walk into that trap. Thank you both for the helpful answers!

 
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