is this a good build

[Alexander Constantinou]

Graphic card : MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5
CPU: FX 8350 8 core
Ram: Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3
power supply: Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 AMD 760G (Socket AM3+) DDR3 MicroATX
Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache
Case: Cooler Master K380 Midi Tower
Operating system: windows 7 64bit

 

[GhislainG]

The Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 will most likely cause CPU throttling at full load. Since your case is ATX, why not get a better standard ATX motherboard like the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P that has a much better 8+2 phase CPU VRM? It won't have to throttle the CPU to save itself.

 

[legion_of_cheese]

Since I don't know the cost of this build, I'm sure some people would make a same-cost build with intel, which would be better. I have a amd fx 8350 and if you really want to go with it, you should immediately change the stock cooler [those 5000rpms on the 80mm fan are loud as hell]. That is all I can suggest, other will probably have better answers.

 

[kwa-e]

Everything except the motherboard is good.

Replace with a 78LMT USB3 if not overclocking, Pick up a 970M Pro3 if a light overclock is desired and the 970 MSI GAMING if you want SLI support and great overclocking for a decent price.