What should I add/change to my gaming pc build?

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Hiawoofa

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Current Build:

Mid-Tower ATX Computer Case
500 Watt Power Supply
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-USB3 Socket AM3+ 760G mATX
AMD FX 6300 Black Edition 3.5GHz -4.1GHz Turbo Six-Core Processor
8 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz RAM (one 8GB Stick)
ATI Radeon 3000 Onboard Video
1 TB 7200 RPM SATA III Hard Drive
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Wanting to add:

APEVIA ATX-CB700W 700W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
Radeon R9 380 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 ATX Dual-X OC Version (UEFI) Video Card
Another 8BG of ram RAM


As far as I know these components are all compatible with my current build. I want to know if this is the best investment for my gaming PC. I'm adding the RAM regardless for the video editing/recording I plan to do, not my gaming. The other two additions I'm open to suggestions and thoughts on the subject.
 
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Everything is compatible.

Regarding your proposed additions:

- Apevia is not a good PSU brand. If you're going to switch, get a tier one (link below). You could consider switching anyway depending on which tier you have now. I recommend EVGA SuperNova or a good Seasonic/XFX PSU. IMO 650 W is fine for one GPU and 850 W is good if you ever plan on multiple GPUs.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

- That GPU should be fine (link to benchmarks below). XFX and Sapphire are good brands I've heard of (never owned an AMD GPU). Just depends on what games you want to play really, but for 1080p/60fps I believe it'll be fine for most. I can't really comment unless I know more about the games you want to play, what...
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Everything is compatible.

Regarding your proposed additions:

- Apevia is not a good PSU brand. If you're going to switch, get a tier one (link below). You could consider switching anyway depending on which tier you have now. I recommend EVGA SuperNova or a good Seasonic/XFX PSU. IMO 650 W is fine for one GPU and 850 W is good if you ever plan on multiple GPUs.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

- That GPU should be fine (link to benchmarks below). XFX and Sapphire are good brands I've heard of (never owned an AMD GPU). Just depends on what games you want to play really, but for 1080p/60fps I believe it'll be fine for most. I can't really comment unless I know more about the games you want to play, what resolution you're playing at, and if you want to 'max out' said games.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/1984-amd-r9-390-380-benchmark-review/Page-2

- The RAM is fine for your video editing purposes. Try to get the same brand/model that you already have so it will work in dual channel.

In your situation, I would do this:

- Buy the RAM and R9 380 (assuming the benchmarks are appropriate for your games and resolution)

- Buy a new PSU if yours is not tier 1-3 (no sense in spending money on upgrades if your PSU is not good quality, if the PSU fails it can take other components with it)

- Get a 120 GB 850 Evo SSD for the OS (giving better boot-up times and speedy browsing) and keep the games on the HDD

- Look at a new motherboard/CPU. A good i5 and z97 board would be nice, but really I would wait wait for Skylake CPUs, the new 1151 mobos, and all the new benefits that will be coming with them.

Cheers
 
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