First PC Build, need help&recommendations

[coolyojosh]

Hello everyone my name is Josh and I'm new to these forums.       Nice to meet you and thanks to whoever can help me on my build.
  Now this is my first build but I want to go a little further with it so it'd last a couple years.  I've looked into it as far as I can
as a newbie and read up on a few things.  I ran my build through PCpartpicker and it seems alright.  Looking to see if I have any inconsistencies
or things wrong with the build.  Also open to suggestions so please hold nothing back.  I'm a newbie but I'm not closed to criticisms      Thank you
very much if you help.  

1. Budget & Location -  I'm looking at either $800-$900 -  And I live in Nevada, USA  

2. Aim -  It's mainly going to be a gaming PC but I'm also going to do a bit of video editing on it.  Nothing professional, just something I use to
edit my dance videos or put out some game related content.  (I don't stream or LP)

3.  Monitors -  I'm not going to do anything crazy like 2-3 monitor display.  I'm just sticking with 1920x1080p Monitor for now and maybe upgrade in the
future.

4. Peripherals -  I may buy a gaming mouse but not going for anything crazy.  I don't need a fancy gaming keyboard.  As far as the monitor goes I have
a good one for now.  Might get one in the future.  

5. Why are you upgrading?    Well...  I've been on bad comps for most of my life lol.  Mostly been low end ACER -  HP products.  While I am grateful that
I even have access to these amazing machines; they just don't make the cut.   I'm not a huge graphics guy, I grew up with a NES and dreamcast; however,
 I've always wanted to dive into my games.  I want a machine that can fully flesh out a game to its best.  I want to upgrade to the current century!
 


Now here's my build with a few things missing from PCpartpicker because those components were missing from the list.

 

-- http://pcpartpicker.com/user/coolyojosh/saved/Ynm7YJ --

CPU:   AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8core -  Might go for the FX-8350 but most people just say to OC the 8320
 

CPU Cooler:  Be Quiet!  Dark Rock Pro 3
 

MOBO:   ASUS M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+
 

RAM:   Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3-1600
 

HDD:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5"  7200RPM
 

GPU:  Radeon Sapphire R9 280X  3GB
 

PSU: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V  80% Gold
 

Optical Drive:  Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE  DVD/CD Writer
 

Case:  Aerocool Syclone II Black Edition Mid Tower case    
Chassis Dimensions:  480(H) x 270(W) x 525(D)
http://www.xoxide.com/aerocool-sycloniiblackedition-fulltowercase.html

Fans:   It comes with 2 fans and has one optional for install

Front: 140mm

Back:  120mm

Side:  Option to have either a 120mm or 140mm

 

Any recommendations on what doesn't work or what would be better is appreciated!   Thank you very much! 
 

[VincentiusIV]

Welcome to the forum Josh!

Recommend changing the motherboard to an ASRock 990fx extreme3.

This boards works great with the fx-8320 and i am able to overclock it to 4.2Ghz. (With a aftermarket cooler ofcourse)

Everything else is well balanced, good job!

[Arphenyte]

You could overclock the CPU to 3.6-3.8Ghz and get acceptable temps. The rest is standard for gaming.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($354.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: OCZ ZT 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($18.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $882.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 15:20 EST-0500

[ThyFeared]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.29 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: Team Elite Plus 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($61.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($52.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($334.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $889.12

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-07 15:22 EST-0500

[salecar3]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jN3GHx 

fore this build i gone wight

cpu fx 6300

cooler same as yours 

motherboard asrock 990fx kiler

 1 tb wd blue drive

8gb of 2400mhz ram

geforce gtx 970 asus strix

coler master n400

500W 80+ bronze semi-modular psu

Hopefuly u overclock cpu and gpu bicuse they are desined and u have the power to do it so if u can do it but its also good at stock so yea this build cost 893 dolars