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Gigabyte GA970A ud3p http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651 The best am3+ board under $100. 750Ti & 260x are pretty much equal in performance, I'd say buy whichever is cheaper. The CX430 would be sufficient for your system.

Any good quality 550~600W PSU would be sufficient. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

yes it is enough.

Idle temps aren't really important. Load temps is what you should monitor. Download HWInfo http://www.hwinfo.com/ Max Package(core) temps - 70C Max Socket(CPU/motherboard) temps - 80C You should know that Idle amd core temps are usually inaccurate until they hit around 40C. If you really want...

The CX500M is a good budget PSU & it is good enough for your system.

I personally wouldn't recommend Raidmax Cobra http://www.hardocp.com/article/2014/03/18/raidmax_cobra_power_500w_supply_review/9#.VKEbhP9CU Have a look at the Power supply tier list & go for a better quality unit. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html...

Your motherboard drivers support windows 8.1, you should be fine.

Either board would work just fine. Since its a budget build, I'd say go for whichever is cheaper. As for the psu, the Raidmax Cobra is not good. How much power your system will need, depends on your gpu. which gpu are you planning to run?

budget? what are expecting in terms of overclocking? also which case do you own? tall heatsinks might not fit.

Unless you plan on running 5ghz 24/7, the fx8350 would be the better choice. Not that the 8350 won't do 5ghz, the 9590 is higher binned, meaning it has higher chance of hitting 5ghz stable with lower vcore.

The Asus M5A99fx Pro R2.0 & Gigabyte 990FXA UD3 are great for the price.

So its underclocking under load? Your CPU could be over heating and throttling. What's your cpu temps under load?