I have a question about this pc build. and power supply

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This would be my first build so i want to make sure everything works correctly together. Here is the link on pcpartbuilder http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8J9vqs

Than do i need to buy thermal paste for the processor and motherboard?

The last question is i think a 750 watt power supply is a little overkill and on pcpartbuilder they say 401 watts and on extreme power supply calculator they say 601 watts so what power supply would you get?
 
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You do not need to buy separate thermal paste, you don't have an after market cooler in that list so I assume you'll be using the stock cooler that comes in the box with the i7?
This will have a small amount of compound pre applied, as will most aftermarket coolers, you can still buy some if you really want to, it may or may not improve temps by a few degree's but you're not going to notice a significant difference on the stock heatsink.

Your power supply is overkill and I would recommend going for a better, lower capacity box compared to the budget, high capacity line that you've chosen there.
I'm a Corsair fanboy (4evernever yo) so ofcourse the first thing I'm going to suggest is moving up from the CX line, to the RM line. The 500 or 600w variant should sit in around the same price range. There are many other brands to choose from however.

Other than that, should work fine.
 
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I would definitely get the 750W PSU. MORE POWER never hurts. Well it can but not in this respect. And another thing I would like to ask is why did you pick a Gigabyte mobo? I would suggest something from Asus for maximum quality.
 
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Better power > More of it.
I would take a better made, higher efficiency power supply over a cheaper higher capacity one any day of the week.

Also Gigabyte and ASUS are pretty much on par when it comes to motherboards, both make excellent boards.

 
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For the CPU Get the 4790k instead its faster and runs cooler. The CX series should be avoided if possible, they use cheap secondary capacitors that have a short life.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G1.SNIPER Z97 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($77.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1302.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-19 17:40 EDT-0400

If you are just gaming you don't really need hyperthreading so you can drop to the 4690k and get a better video card
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($137.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($77.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Vapor-X Video Card ($449.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($81.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.98 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill N900PCE 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1335.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-19 17:44 EDT-0400
 
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