Opinion on first build for gaming and light video editing and will my CPU and mobo support my ram

Adammac365

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I'm thinking of building a system within the next 2 months, and I am wondering whether it is good enough to run games at high to max for 2-3 years and then at medium for the next 2. I would also like to know if my ram is compatible with my mobo and CPU. Any help is appreciated! this is my spec at the moment
CPU: Fx-6300 w/ Hyper evo 212
Mobo: asus m5a99x evo r2.0
GPU: Gigabyte Radeon r9 280x
Ram: G.skill ares 8gb 2133 MHz (2x4gb)
Storage: Seagate barracuda 1tb and a Kingston ssd now 120gb ssd
Case: Corsair carbide 300r w/ 1 extra arctic cooling f14 fan
PSU: Corsair RM750 modular
Peripherals: Aoc i2367fh 23.0" monitor
Edimax PCI-e wireless adaptor
Samsung DVD rewriter
Cooler master CM storm QuickFire tk keyboard
Cooler master CM storm xornet mouse.



 
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dj1997

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the ram is compatible however you really don't need more than 1600mhz as you will notice minimal to zero difference so save some money for a better cpu or gpu and as for running games for the next few years I highly doubt the itll run at high settings in 3 years but the newer games will have better graphics anyway so even on low I would like to think the graphics will be great
 
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dj1997

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the cheapest 8gb module you can get really and yeah those cpu's will be an improvement
the way I have done it Is cheapest board cheapest hdd cheapest dvd drive cheapest everything exept for cpu and gpu
which in my build is a 4770k and a gtx 780 ti ive had allsorts of ram and never noticed better performance between £200 gskill stuff and generic corsair stuff also your board seems overkill here is a cheaper alternative with no sacrafices Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 - 1.0