i5-4690k gtx 970 build - Looking for some tweaks (better components or £££ savers)

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LesserSpottedNutNibbler

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Hi,

I'm buying parts for a new pc and would like some feedback before I commit to my selection.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/jjNjvK

I had originally intended to go for a 280x or GTX 770 but the new 970s seem like too good a deal to miss.
This means I am open to suggestions for alternative PSUs and mid or tower ATX cases as the ones I picked were to accommodate a lengthier and more power hungry GPU.

Although I was very happy with the price of the EVGA G2 750W after reading reviews it does seem I could save some money on a lower power rated unit.

As for the case I just find it hard to assay what is good or not and I am keen to see some recommendations or an affirmation that I have picked a good'en. I prefer solid build quality, 4x USB + audio F/P and space for cables.

The other stuff I picked because it was red...a homage to AMD whom I am finally abandoning after many years. (The last Nvidia GPU I had was an AGP Geforce 6600 GT). I'm actually not too bothered by the aesthetics of the build but it just turned out that way! I would like to know if any of the parts stick out as a poor choice or if there are obvious better options.

I generally play around a bit with overclocking.

Of the hard drives only one (SSD) is for this build as I already have others.

I'm looking to spend around £1k with the extra disks.

Thanks for your help.

 
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GOM3RPLY3R

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Two big things I find with this:

If you are not overclocking, get rid of the evo 212 unless you are sure you are getting a case with no airflow what-so-ever. The stock cooler works completely fine and is made for the stock clock. If you do want to overclock, I recommend a closed loop cooler (NZXT or Corsair preferably). I have a Corsair H100i with my i5-3570k @ 4.8 Ghz (not delidded) and it was the best choice I ever made.

Secondly, if you do not plan on overclocking / SLIing in the future, I would change that to say a ~450 watt PSU. With the GTX 970 not using more than ~170 watts (non-oc) and the 4690k not using more than 120, with your other parts you should be no where above 360 watts (pcpartpicker estimates 352 watts).

Other than that, I assume if you were to get two 256 GB drives you are either putting them in Raid 0, using one for OS and programs and the other for games, or you can get a deal by buying the two there for cheaper than a 512 GB drive.

You have a great build, but it'd be a waste to get more than you need for your parts (I got a 850 watt PSU and I have yet to use most of it). :/
 
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It's funny how that works though. They recommend a 500+ W PSU, which is completely fine, even though it only takes ~160 watts. With an i5 running maxing out on stock clock, there shouldn't even be more than 310 Watts. I did notice with my 970 though, even when overclocked to just over 1500 Mhz core and the Power Usage set at 112%, it was only using ~70%.

So I guess that Nvidia made the decision that, "these cores are really amazing cores that get too hot on air cooling so lets run them at 70%" producing results that are still great great compared to Kepler. Who knows, we might see a "Titan Max" or something, a water cooled Titan running on Maxwell that sells for *only* $5000, lol.
 
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