Is this build good enough ?

CrossFire10100

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I researched a bunch on parts these past weeks. Basically I am going to build my second gaming/daily use rig

First one was long time ago. Core 2 Duo, GForce 8400 GS.. Right now I have a cheap laptop with a Celeron CPU junk.. Anyways I have chosen good components but Im not sure if I made the right picks, maybe there is better components at a very good price.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/CrossFire10100/saved/cLtQzy
I was going to get the Kraken X41 cpu cooler but they dont have it on stock in Frys and also is a little expensive.
I don't know exactly what Power Supply should I get but I want quality and future proof. I have read about the best ones you can get are Seasonic but I'm trying not to hit more than $1,500 so I chosen this one https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1750bbefx since "it has Seasonic components".
The monitor, I dont want a 144 Hz monitor with washed colors. I want a good monitor with great colors maybe this one: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vs238hp
I wanted this board https://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusviihero but is pricey. NOT DOING HEAVY OVERCLOCKS I went with this one https://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz97xud3h I dont know if its a good motherboard.
 
My setup is as follows:

Fractal Design R2 XL ultra tower ( by no means necessary lol but love it) paid $99 on Newegg
ASUS M5A99FX Pro 2.0 mobo ( $115)
AMD FX-6350 CPU ($119)
Patriot Gamer RAM 1600 16GB ($140)
Cooler Master 212 EVO cpu cooler (35)
EVGA 650 bronze ( caught a refurbished one for like 50 bucks but can get many 650 watt PSU for around that)
Sapphire R7 265X ( this is the steal of mid budget GPU's in my opinion, got mine for 145, running dual monitor setup and every game ive played ive maxed out res settings and have yet to not get 45 to 60 consistantly)
Kingston V300 120GB SSD ( crucial for top performance, most underrated component of a fast system overall, 55 bucks!)
500gb HDD WD (45 bucks, storage for music, movies, etc)


Shipping and all way under your budget, would even leave room for a nice monitor. I do plan to get another SSD and run RAID, as well as another R7. The money difference as well as being able to run two video cards at 16x each was the draw for me to the AMD. Intel's are great setup's but I can easily OC my cpu to 4.5GHZ if I wanted and I just wanted to be able to be comfortable for the next 3 or so years without having to revamp entire setup. Hope this helps!