CPU- AMD FX 8320 (stock clocked 3.5Ghz)
GPU- Gigabyte R9 280x WIndforce cooler
MOBO- Asus M5A97 R2.0
HDD- Seagate Barracuda 1TB
SSD- Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
PSU- Corsair CX600M
CPU Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
RAM- Kingston HyperX Fury
Whatchya think?
Looks great! The motherboard is a little lackluster, but overall it's a great build.
Good balanced build. I think it will serve you well.
which motherboard would you have recommended then?
Depends. What are you using it for.
Primarily gaming and the budget would be between $100-$200.
We have the same mobo, and I manage to get 4.4ghz OC. You should be fine with that mobo, until you decide to crossfire and OC by bigger margins, to which I would get a better mobo for.
I would have went with the Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0. It's a far better board for a marginal price increase.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131851&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
Nice build overall, but you should really get a better power supply, like 750 - 800w, 600w should in theory be enough for the 280x windforce, but i have that exact card and i had to replace my cx600m with a 750watter before the windforce would run properly, (ie without BSOD, cutting out, crashing etc.)
Sorry to put a dampener on things, but since i had a near identical build i felt obliged to tell you what i had to do.
Weird. I have a slightly less wattage system (i5-3570K @ 4ghz, HD 7950/R9 280) and a 550w power supply. Everything runs just fine.