Need some help with PC build.

Adi925

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Hi guys, I need some help with building new PC.

Current PC:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+ Brisbane @ 2Ghz (downclock because of overheating; running with SPC Spartan Pro HE924 v2 and Zalman STG-2 thermal grease :/)
GPU: Palit GTX 550 ti 1GB GDDR5
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-MA770-DS3 Rev. 2.0
RAM: Transcend 2x2GB DDR2 800mhz CL6
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB, 7200rpm, 32MB cache
PSU: Chieftec GPS 450W
Case: No name, midi-tower

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I have no experience with this but after reading tons of benchmarks i decided to get these parts:
Everything will run on 1680x1050 resolution so I think it will be overkill (with R9 3** of course). :)

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0Ghz "Vishera"
CPU Cooler: SPC Fortis 2 XE1226 (similar to CM 212 EVO but makes less noise)
GPU: Palit GTX 550 ti | Upgrade to R9 3** when they will come out
MoBo: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB DDR3 1600mhz CL9 XMP LP
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB, 7200rpm, 64MB cache
SSD: Crucial SSD MX100 128GB
PSU: XFX Core 750W 80+ SLI PSU (for further upgrade to R9 3**)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R
DVD drive: ASUS DRW-21F1ST/BLK/B/AS

I decided to change PC since my CPU became annoying because of huge temps regardless of cooling etc.
I don't want Core i5 because I'll use my PC mainly in multithreaded tasks and sometimes in gaming.

When it comes to games, I play them for fun (not highest quality) and I don't mind playing on low-medium settings but i want to reach at least 35 fps in most of them within upcoming 2-3 years.
Also the Mantle will eliminate weak single core performance in some of new titles like Dying Light, BF Hardline etc. I don't care about other games, I just want to be able to play them smoothly even on lower settings than i could get with i5 with the same GPU.

Games that i'll play or currently playing for most of the time:
- Dying Light ( comes in 2015 )
- Crysis 3
- Battlefield 3 ( many fps drops )
- Battlefield 4 ( very low fps with current CPU )
- MoH Warfighter
- Tom Clancy's The Division ( comes in 2015 )
- Homefront The Revolution ( comes in 2015 )
- Heroes & Generals (very low fps with current CPU )
- DayZ ( playable but big fps drops in cities )
- Survarium ( I'm sure that it will be unplayable when the freeplay mode will come )
- Dead Island
- Team Fortress 2
- Mass Effect 3
- Far Cry 3 ( many fps drops )
- World Of Tanks

I know that FX-8320 costs less but i don't want to overclock unless it's necessary so i picked 8350 for higher stock clocks.

I think the 550 ti won't have any problems with upcoming games like Dying Light on low quality running on 1680x1050 resolution until i'll get new Radeon R9 one.

I'm not sure that 750W PSU is needed, but I'd like to have some power which is not used instead of 650W PSU on full load.

That's all. It's my first topic. Sorry for bad english if i wrote something wrong.

Looking for some advices - which parts should I change (especially case and SSD for the same budget, more efficent ones)?
Thanks for help anyway. :p