First gaming build, need thoughts/advice.

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AMD based gaming build (Did tons of research and learned that the 8350 was equivalent to the i5 4670k, and in some instances surpassed the 4670k in certain games. Plus, I am on a $1000ish budget.)

Case: Corsair Carbide 500R
GPU: Sapphire r9 270x Dual x BF4 edition
CPU: AMD fx8350
MOBO: Asus PRO R2.0 990fx
RAM: 16 GB ddr3 1600 (already owned)
HDD: Western Digital 1tb 7200 RPM 64 mb cache
SSD: Samsung 256 gb (already owned)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
PSU: Corsair building series 600w 80 Plus http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0092ML0OC/ref=oh_details_o02_s02_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Does it have any synergy? Is the PSU enough able to support a stock oc'd GPU and non OC'd cpu? (Don't plan on OC'ing the CPU as of right now)

What do you guys think? Any suggestions for easy, fast upgrades that would boost performance enough to make it worth it?
 
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600w power supply sounds pretty good. Your video card requires 24A 12v+ and a 500 Watts. Your power supply gives you 40A on the 12v+ rail and 600W :). You'll be good on that front. looks like a great build.
 
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I don't. I'll look into it. Thanks. Will it be necessary with this cpu when OC'ing it? (I dont plan to push it to it's max or anything, maybe to 4.5 ghz or so)
 
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Get a good cooler (Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO for about $30) and overclock. Get an FX8320 and the cooler as the combined price would be as much as an 8350. If you're buying an unlocked processor, why not OC? Also, any reason why you aren't going for Intel?
 
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Did a lot of research and found that the 8350 was pretty much the same as the i5 4670k (which is what I was originally going to get) Combined with this being a semi budget machine, I felt that i got more bang for my buck out of the 8350. On top of this, I'll probably hand-me-down this to my dad in the future and he's big into video editing so the 8 cores will serve him a lot better too.

I don't trust myself to OC responsibly, plus I've read it wears down the lifetime of the processor. 4.2 ghz stock is plenty fast for any 2014 games i plan on playing. I do like to have the flexibility, however, and wonder if a cooler would be necessary if I do decide to OC later on to maybe 4.5 or 4.6 or so. What do you think?
 
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I feel you should go for an i5 3570k. It's expensive but worth it in my opinion. Intel processors have better performance per core and so, if you don't play games which require too many cores then you'll be better off with Intel. Intel processors also run cooler and are known to be more reliable. I personally prefer Intel and feel that the extra price is well justified. However, I won't force you to follow my thoughts.

Overclocking up to 0.5-0.7Ghz will be fine with a stock cooler. However, $30 is a small amount for a decent cooler in my opinion.
 
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Just the price point, basically. I looked at several benchmarks and reviews that said the 760 was slightly better than the 270x, but, I'm out for the best bang for the buck.
 
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Oh. If you plan on doing 3D rendering or editing stuff like that, Nvidia cards are better so you may want to reconsider. Otherwise, the R9 270X is just a beast :D
 
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