First Gaming Rig + Help?

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So after wanting to for years, im finally building my first entry level gaming PC.

I've been revising this over and over for price and stability and i've finally come up with this, is their any noticeable problems with this build?

This will be used strictly for Gaming

1. CPU - AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor 4.0/4.2GHz
2. Motherboard - Asrock Socket AM3+ 970 Extreme4 5200MT/S
3. Memory (RAM) - Intergral 1600mz 8gb
4. Hard drive(s) - 1TB 7.2k HDD (Will upgrade to ssd in the future)
5. Graphics card(s) - EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 Superclocked 2GB
6. Power supply (PSU) - Corsair Builder Series CX 500 Watt
7. Case - Cosair c70
8. CPU cooler - Cosair h100i
9. Case fans - Stock (will upgrade)

Price as it is: £640 and I'd like to keep it at roughly this price, and suggestions for revision?

I am a IT student at college so i will be building this myself.

What do you think about this build for a first gaming pc?
 
This is what i would go for, really if you wanted to is well get a cheaper case and upgrade the power supply as in the future you might want something stronger but with the budget i think this works

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £179.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £113.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £78.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £56.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £55.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £49.99
Total : £715.88 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Bit over budget but a solid build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case - GunMetal Black £99.95
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £53.99
Total : £737.88 (includes shipping : FREE).



Personally I don't like Asrock motherboards, gigabyte or asus are always solid options, the 7950 is a good card for that price. Also the motherboard comes with a CPU cooler so you can save money on that.
 
Parts considered, i am in between AMD v Intel, but i think for this build i will be going with an i5 4650k.

I am really interested in the watercooling kits as a solid thing i want, any good performance:money ratio kits? + any better performance:money gpus than the one i wanted?

Also i have updated for a Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Motherboard, for now, i am not interested in buying hard drives and ram because i already have them components.
 
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