First build

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I'm building my first gaming pc and would like some thoughts on the spec i chose.

MSI HD 7970 Lightning 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £349.99
AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz - £139.99
ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AMD 990FX - £131.66
Corsair Vengeance RED 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit - £124.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - £76.66
Akasa Venom 750w Modular '80 Plus' Power Supply - £66.66
Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler - £37.49

A couple of qustions, first would i be likely to encounter issues with the ram with regards to the CPU cooler or would i need lower proflie chips?

Second would the PSU have any problems with this? it will need to be upgraded eventually as in time id like to upgrade the RAM, add a BlueRay drive and get a second graphics card but they can wait for now.
 
Thank you all fopr the advice. End build looks like this.

Sapphire HD 7970 OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - £279.99
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - £149.99
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - £108.32
Aerocool X-Predator Ultimate Gaming Case - White - £99.16
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - £79.16
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - £74.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit -£69.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - £69.16
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - £55.82
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £29.99 x2
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Phanteks 140mm Fan PH-F140TS_WT £14.16 (for the empty back slot on the case)
(prices ex. VAT)
 
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