Starting a new build- advice needed!

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Case- NZXT Phantom 410 Series CA-PH410-B1
Cooler- Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
Motherboard- ASUS MAXIMUS VII FORMULA
PSU- CORSAIR HX Series HX750 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91
GPU- MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5
RAM- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
CPU- Intel Core i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz
HDD- WD BLACK SERIES WD2003FZEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
SSD- SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB
Optical Drive- ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS – OEM

I've been looking over everything and this looks pretty good.
I'm gonna go with triple monitors- so the 4GB GPU should work well for me. I am underbudget- should I get something stronger like a 980? I would prefer not to double up on gpu's
And should I go for water cooling? Maybe the H220-X or Kraken X61?
Or stick with fans (I am worried about a possible leak) like the NH-D15?
Thanks for any help!
 
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viewtyjoe

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Noctua's air coolers have beaten cheaper water coolers in benchmarks, and are pretty damn quiet to boot. The 970 is very easy to OC to squeeze more performance out of, but if you're looking at 3 1080p displays, you may want to look at the 980. Depends on your budget and your needs, really.
 
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