Building my first PC

I'm planning on building a pc for gaming. Would these parts all work together?

AMD FX 8350

GPU: AMD Radeon 7950

Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2

Case: Bitfenix shinobi black with window

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST000DM003

PSU: Coolermaster GX 750w 80 plus certified ATX12V

Ram: 8gb

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They sure would, unless you are getting DDR2 RAM.

However, that PSU is way too large, and pretty terrible quality, that HDD has a 30% failure rate, and that motherboard is overpriced.

Instead, I'd grab 8GB of Crucial Ballstix Sport VLP 1600mHz CL9 memory (runs at 1.35V :D), a Seagate SV35.5 HDD, a Seasonic G 550W PSU, and a Gigabyte UD5 990FX motherboard. The Crucial RAM is very good for overclocking, and is really low profile; you could easily hit 2133mHz CL9 around 1.55V. That HDD, the SV35.5, is still cheap, but really reliable, a lot more-so than the Barracuda,whic have a terrible failure rate. Finally, the Sabertooth series of motherboards are all overpriced; the Gigabyte UD5 990FX is great for overclocking, with a very strong digital VRM, and nice connectivity (SATA, USB, etc.) wise.

Which 7950 are you getting?

The OC sapphire one.

I'd advise getting an MSI 7950, instead. It is much higher quality, and looks much better, with a solid cooler. It will handle a good 1200 or 1250mHz OC, and runs very well at lowish voltages.

Thanks.