First Build Questions

Crabcakes5

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Hello. I am new to pc gaming, so I asked what I could do to improve my build and everyone was very helpful. After that, I took their advice and made a few changes to the build. Before I buy the parts I just want to make sure they work together. I have already purchased a Sentey Blade GS-6011 for my case. I want to keep my 500gb solid state drive though because I don't need any more space than that for now, and I can buy a hard drive in the future when I run out of space. One question I have is whether or not this will be able to run 2 GTX 970s in SLI in the future. Also, Will the power supply be large enough and have enough cables/slots for cables to do this? Finally, are there any other limitations that I may have for future upgrades. Thank you!

CPU:
AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor -- $139.99 @ (Amazon)

CPU Cooler:
Deepcool GAMMAXX 200 37.2 CFM CPU Cooler -- $19.88 @ (OutletPC)

Thermal Compound:
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste -- $6.75 @ (OutletPC)

Motherboard:
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard -- $106.89 @ (OutletPC)

Memory:
Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory -- $41.99 @ (Newegg)

Storage:
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive -- $159.98 @ (OutletPC)

Video Card:
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card -- $319.99 @ (Amazon)

Power Supply:
EVGA 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply -- $79.99 @ (NCIXUS)

Optical Drive:
Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer -- $16.41 @ (OutletPC)

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) -- $97.89 @ (OutletPC)

My pcpartpicker list can be found here:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Crabcakes5/saved/3Pwv6h
 

Crabcakes5

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Would it be better if I use an AMD FX-8350 instead because it has higher benchmarks?
 

assassin445522

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late response dont mean to bring back old thread... AMD has bad single core speed i am a victim of that and cannot play some games, my friend has a i7 and i have a computer with a GPU that crushes his and he gets like 200 more fps than me, with a low end i5 it would still crush AMD, If you dont really have alot of money though then AMD is definitly worht it just make sure to OC it thats what the FX series is for :p