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spitball91

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What do you guys think of this build, anything I should change or add?

Case: NZXT Phantom full tower
Hard drive: Western digital blue 1TB 7200rpm
Mobo: ASRock 990FX Extreme3
GPU: MSI gaming Geforce GTX 760 4gb
PSU: Corsair CX750M 750W
RAM: RipJaws X series 8GB 1866
CPU: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W

Its for gaming so what do you think, I'm not sure if I want to buy a cpu cooler or not do I need too?
 
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A 550W PSU should provide a comfortable margin, even if you overclock. PSUs are less efficient outside of the middle of their range (even extended to 20%-80%). Other than while gaming, a 650W PSU would be at under than 20%, and you may be close to that even with 550W, but you could conceivably get over 350W while gaming.
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You want a better PSU. The Corsair "CX" line is built with some inferior Samxon capacitors that do not like heat. Some reviewers (e.g. C.Hegge over at HardwareInsights) have cited them for early failure.
A 550W Seasonic, XFX, Antec, or Rosewill Capstone would be much better choices.
I'm assuming your RAM is a 2x4GB kit rather than 1x8. If not, change it in order to operate in dual-channel mode.
If you want to overclock, you will want an aftermarket cooler. I recommend a 120mm direct-touch tower-style, other than the frequently-parroted Hyper212 EVO. It's not that the EVO is a bad cooler (it isn't), but competitors such as Enermax and NZXT offer similar products that cool as well (+/- 1C-2C either way, depending on the fan used), generally for $5-$10 less. This makes the EVO a bang/buck Loser, and I try not to recommend Losers.
 
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A 550W PSU should provide a comfortable margin, even if you overclock. PSUs are less efficient outside of the middle of their range (even extended to 20%-80%). Other than while gaming, a 650W PSU would be at under than 20%, and you may be close to that even with 550W, but you could conceivably get over 350W while gaming.
 
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