I'm building a Gaming PC and I need some opinions

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Planed parts:

Case: Corsair Vengeance Series C70 Military Green Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139015

Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131877

CPU: AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core Desktop Processor FD8350FRHKBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

Liquid Cooling: CORSAIR Hydro Series H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017

Ram: Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model 997072
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226333

PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139034

 

I already bought a graphics card Nvidia GT 640 (I know it's sad) for my old pc which im replacing and plan to reuse in this build.

I plan to over clock and play games on this rig, any suggestions?

 

 

 

And the specs of my 5-year old pc: (e-machine) 

CPU: AMD AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4850e

RAM: DDR2 SDRAM 3GB

Motherboard: E-machine motherboard

GPU: WAS GeForce G100 512MB NOW GeForce GT 640

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So you're using a 640 on the new build?...Ehh.

I'd get an 850 PSU, cheaper case, and 8G of ram instead of 16. Then throw on a nicer graphics card.

 

 

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Allright, you say you plan to play games and overclock. The play games part is why I'm tossing you over to the Intel side, they're simply better for that and can satisfy your overclocking needs.

Get the 3570k: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Along with a mobo like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157295

The powersupply is mad overkill, get something like this Seasonic 650W Gold certed and be happy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151088

Along with it get a HD 7950, GTX 670, or HD 7970 depending on what deals you find and what your real budget is.

And if you want to save money, drop down to 8GB RAM (you're probably not going to use it anyways) and a less beefy cooler. You actually don't have to degrade in cooling efficiency, the Noctua NH-D14 air cooler is just as good as the H100 and costs less.

 

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intel is not neccessarily better at playing games, I have the AMD FX6300 and it plays everything i throw at it extremely well with really good frame rates.

I do agree with him on the powersupply, extreme overkill. I would also recommend it a 650w 80 plus.