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killerninja

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I am building my own pc and have these parts:

Asus Crosshair V Formula Z
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo
AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core

I have the other parts but not sure if all these parts connect and work together
 
I'm currently running an 8150, essentially, the previous iteration of the 8350. There wasn't enough improvement for me to justify the replacement, although that's my personal opinion.

I'm with SR-71 in the opinion that AMD is perfectly fine. I've also been using AMD for long enough, I have about a half-dozen systems that benefit, every time the top one gets upgraded. AMD is much friendlier to dropping newer processors in older systems.

If I absolutely needed raw performance, I would have no qualms about going with an Intel build, but I would also do so knowing, I wouldn't necessarily be using the CPU or motherboard separately in any other system I own.
 
For wireless networking? No, I don't have a recommendation there. Do you plan on using it to do any heavy transferring of files between networked machines, or merely to access the internet and play games online? My only recommendation off-hand is do not buy a Killer Networks branded device.

As for graphics cards, everybody has opinions about those. 🙂 The biggest deciding factor is likely to be what you can budget for that.
 
My opinion on graphics cards would be, purchase the best single card solution you can budget for.

As for your networking, I don't have enough experience with any particular brands to recommend one as having better wireless performance, but I have never heard overly positive anything about the products released by Killer Networking, and their claims sound akin to late night infomercials.
 
Have you taken the time to do any research yet? Is the Sonata 3 by Antec ATX compatible? Is the ASUS Z87 an ATX motherboard? You should look those things up. We can help you if you can't figure it out, but you should work towards self-sufficiency, rather than rely on us to build your entire computer for you. 🙂