I need help on improving this build

TekMech

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I decided to build my first gaming pc and with searching the internet for hours i came up with this list of parts.

Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance
1TB Seagate
AMD FX 8350 Black Edition
750W Corsair CXM Builder Series
2GB Gigabyte GTX 770 Windforce
Zalman Z11 Plus HF1
Windows 8

I was mostly wondering about the motherboard and if there was a better one that is good for price to performace, the graphics card im pretty happy with but maybe someone has a better choice(or maybe a differant non reference version) maybe there is other parts that could be improved but i really want to keep the price range around £700 and avoid going £800. Thanks for the help guys!
 

cry0g3n

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You might have a problem with regards to the graphics card fitting inside the case.
Gigabyte GV-N770OC-2GD = 292 mm in length
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4629#sp
Zalman Z11 Plus HF1 = VGA compatibility up to 290 mm
http://www.zalman.com/eng/product/Product_Read.php?Idx=699

If you don't like to change your case then here are some GTX 770s that could fit.
Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II = 272 mm
EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX = 266 mm
MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR = 260 mm

This PSU is better but not modular and is currently almost the same price as 650w http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750snlb9

Maybe get an 8320 instead if budget is tight (or an i5 ^_^)
 

TekMech

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Im confused because people like on Youtube say that a gtx 770 windforce can fit, and there is a video of a zalman z11 plus with a gtx 770 windforce, so yea i dont know...