First time build, need to know if it'll even work

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Maseiken

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I'm afraid I'm mostly a Layman, I've replaced a PSU, GPU, and HD, thought I'd try and get a build together, just worried that I might've missed something or that the PSU might not have enough power. Would be so grateful for input.
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 520W 80+Modular PSU
HD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM SATAIII 6GB/S 3.5
CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHZ X4
GPU: Gigabyte GF GTX 650 (Or possibly Asus 650 Ti Boost, if I can find one)
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-F2A85X-UP4/A85 (Name was really long, not sure if there was other important information in there)
Case: Corsair 200r
RAM: Team 4G Single 1600MHz
Planning to run Windows 8 on my TV which is 1920 x 1080. WoW would be the main game played on it, pref on high spec.

So, would that work?

Edit, Added CPU.
 
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The performance should be significantly better. The reason for the saving is that you are not paying for on die graphics - there is none on the FX series. This is not an issue as you have selected a discrete graphics card. If you have made enough of a saving you may be able to warrant the upgrade to the FX 6300 which is quite a bit faster 6 (2 extra cores in the form of one pile driver module)
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Jason Light

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Great, except you seem to have forgetten a CPU.

Also you may be better to get a low end FX processor and an AM3+ socket motherboard as you are getting dedicated graphics anyway and so will not need to pay the extra for an APU.
 
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Jason Light

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Again this build will be fine, however you get better performance for less money if you go with an FX processor instead of the APU. The FX 4300 would be ideal, as well as a AM3+ motherboard such as the Asus M5A97 R2.0
 
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Maseiken

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Can't find that Asus MOBO on an initial check but I did find an ASRock 970-PRO3.R2 AM3+, with an AMD FX 4300 I make a net saving and the performance should be just as good?

Thanks so much for your help, btw, even just knowing that the parts will go together and form a working computer is very heartening, optimising it almost feels like a bonus.
 
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Jason Light

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The performance should be significantly better. The reason for the saving is that you are not paying for on die graphics - there is none on the FX series. This is not an issue as you have selected a discrete graphics card. If you have made enough of a saving you may be able to warrant the upgrade to the FX 6300 which is quite a bit faster 6 (2 extra cores in the form of one pile driver module)
 
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