Doing a partial rebuild - PC burned up this weekend

InigoMontoya

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So, my PC shut itself off and I smelled something burning seemingly in the vicinity of the CPU. I was thinking of upgrading some things anyway, so I going to go ahead and replace the mobo, cpu, RAM, and power supply. (This was an Athlon X2 6000+).

After shopping around on newegg, and trying to keep my costs around the $450 mark, here's what I came up with:

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
$109.99 after instant savings with another $10.00 mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-8GBRH
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231402

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
and
ASUS M4A88T-V EVO/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Combo deal: $249.98 after savings and also has another $10.00 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.572739

Put a bit more into the motherboard and psu with future upgrades in mind. Mostly use it for gaming, and some graphics stuff (photoshop, blender, graphics programming...)

Any suggestions on saving more money, or reasons I might not want to go with what I've picked out? Also, I'm curious about cooling. Would it be better to replace the stock cpu heatsink/fan unit?

Thanks!