Building a new PC

Apristian30

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Hey I'm thinking of building a new rig for casual gaming and moderate use mostly.

i prefer to use AMD over Intel so please don't advise against it. I mostly cant decide whether to go modular PSU or not. I don't really need a full tower case for this build but i been wanting a full tower for a long time and i have the space for it now so why not. I a;ready have HDD's an SSD and a video card that i don't intend to replace soon.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025


Any suggestions on the parts below? Also my rig runs really well i really want to upgrade to take advantage of 16gigs and eventually 32gigs of ram and i also plan on turning my current pc into a storage/server pc.

Current PC
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 3.4GHZ BLACK Edition
8GB DDR3 1600mhz A-Data
ASETEK 510LC 120MM WATERCOOLER
GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5
CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified

New Build
http://pcpartTf6Rycpicker.com/p/

AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard
G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
NZXT Phantom 530 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case
Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
 

Apristian30

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I want minimum 16GB! I just casual game not hardcore anymore. I like to run VM machines and my memory easily goes to 7.6.
I usually have a lot of windows open and im usually sitting at 5GB of ram by running chrome alone. I'm sitting at 3.7 now and I'm listening to music and have a few windows open looking for parts for my pc.

 

blurryy

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I completely understand! No worries, I just like to say 8GB is plenty of gaming, but if you choose 16GB and can afford than feel free!

No hard feelings haha, I have a 3 monitor display, with 32GB Ram, but I do a ton of adobe work. So the more ram the better in my case :)