will an Asus Maximus VII Hero with a i7 4770k?

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I'm a huge pc noobie and am trying to build my first custom pc for around about $1000. I will be using it for gaming and every now and then youtube, editing, recording etc...... I have some parts picked out but don't know the rest of if they will work together thought I'd ask for some help from people that now what their doing. So far I have....
GPU: GTX 970
CPU: ethir the i7 4770k or i7 4790k a nother thing I need help with
Motherboard: possibly the Asus Maximus VII Hero?
RAM: I need some help with this as well
PSU: corsair cx750 750w 80plus Bronze
HDD: 2t Seagate barracuda
CASE: enthoo pro series
Any of that is change able as I really don't now that much about all the pc parts out there. I am not afraid to overclock, and the $1000 is more of a guild line then a bugit. Thanks for any ell in advance, and thanks for reading all and putting up with my questions and my lack of overall nolige.
 
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If you plan to add a second card later, which is probably unnecessary unless you plan to run a serious 4k multi-monitor arrangement at some point, then you would need a bigger PSU. Probably about 750w if it's a really decent PSU.

I picked the EVGA model that was the least expensive. Aside from the type of cooler setup and what they are overclocked at from the factory, all the 970s are basically the same.

RAM is largely personal preference and price so long as you stick with the well known brands such as Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, G.Skill, Mushkin and OCZ. As long as it's a trusted brand and the specs are compatible, it's fine.

I highly recommend an SSD for the boot drive as it increases performance dramatically in read and write...
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You don't want a CX series PSU for that or any upper mid to high level build that consists of a really good GPU or CPU, or motherboard for that matter. The CX series is a budget PSU and is intended for more mainstream builds. I'll be right back with a PCPartpicker build for you to play around with.
 
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No OS included, figure another 89.00 for that, this should rock pretty well for about anything you want to do. If you wanted to add another 8GB of RAM to increase the performance for editing and rendering, you could do that, but for most gaming, with a couple of rare exceptions, it's not essential. Wouldn't hurt but it is a bit more.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($203.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card ($329.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1176.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-15 00:40 EDT-0400
 
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First of thanks for your help! I have a few question about what you picked out, do u need an ssd, why did u pick the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX Video Card over say the msi, gigabyte, or asus version, and is 550w enough power to down the line add a watercolor and a second graphics card? and whats the difference between the Kingston Fury Black Series ram and say the CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory? Thanks Again!
 
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If you plan to add a second card later, which is probably unnecessary unless you plan to run a serious 4k multi-monitor arrangement at some point, then you would need a bigger PSU. Probably about 750w if it's a really decent PSU.

I picked the EVGA model that was the least expensive. Aside from the type of cooler setup and what they are overclocked at from the factory, all the 970s are basically the same.

RAM is largely personal preference and price so long as you stick with the well known brands such as Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, G.Skill, Mushkin and OCZ. As long as it's a trusted brand and the specs are compatible, it's fine.

I highly recommend an SSD for the boot drive as it increases performance dramatically in read and write operations, which is basically every time the system needs to access data from the hard drive. That Kingston SSD is by far not the best SSD out there but for the price it's a decent bargain. If you can afford a better SSD I'd recommend a Samsung 840 PRO or EVO, Intel 530 series or OCZ Vector 150. They all have good speeds at reasonable prices but are a bit more than the Kingston. The HDD I included with the build would be for storage.
 
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For a $1,000 budget you would be a lot better off not spending over 1/2 of it on just the processor and motherboard. For mainly gaming and some editing it's hard to justify the price increase of the i7 over the i5 processor. The V300 SSD's are not really what to buy they swapped the MLC NAND in the middle of making them and you get about 1/2 the performance now that's why the price is so low.
 
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Thanks for repeating everything I already said, but in longhand. And if he plans on recording while gaming, or doing any significant rendering, then yes, he will want the i7.
 
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Again thanks a ton for all your help. so whats the difference between the gpu u choose and the gigabyte g1 gaming version of the 970? Also do you think i could get buy using wifi on here or do you think i need to wire and ethernet cord ti my gaming room? Can the g1 gaming gpu play games and a 2 or 3 monitor setup? With multi monitor setup can you be playing on one screen and desktop or internet on the other or does that not work? Can you also suggest a good monitor that would take advantage of this setup for around 200-300$? Finally, i have been hoping i could buy all this stuff with HUGE discounts of black friday thats why iv been going for higher end stuff and why i started looking a few months ago, but i don't know what kind of deals you tend to see for PC parts on black friday since i haven't ever been looking for them at that time. Im just asking what kind of deals DO you tend to see, and if its not black friday around what time is the best time to buy PC parts? And you were right in saying im going to be recording on this system, il probably end up going with a 16gb ram kit latter on if the recording and posting and stuff goes well. Again i just wanted to say thats you have been soooooooo helpful there is sooooooo many PC parts and configs out there and you seem to know ALOT more then me!
 
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The cooling configuration and the cost mostly. All the listed GTX 970 cards are within about .05Ghz of each other so clock speed really isn't a factor between models. They all have the same amount of GDDR5 and honestly, I haven't seen a whole lot of positive feedback regarding the Gigabyte cards in general, although their motherboards are right there next to ASUS in quality.

Then again, I haven't been a big fan of the ASUS GPU's either but this new STRIX model has had some promising reviews so far so maybe the Gigabyte models will be worthwhile as well. I think they're all likely to be fairly similar in performance and undoubtedly will outperform other card models in the price range.

You will get better speeds using Ethernet cabling unless you have a wireless AC compliant cable modem or DSL router. It's up to you though. If you want to fork out the money for a wireless AC router as well as a wireless AC adapter for your computer, the speeds might be close to equal. Personally, I'd prefer to run 35.00 worth of Cat6 cabling under the carpet and have a pretty solid connection at all times than hassle with a wireless signal that may degrade at times depending on interference from neighboring signals or other crap within your own dwelling. Plus, the wireless ac setup, for router and adapter, would run you probably in the neighborhood of 120-140.00 for decent components.

Hmm. 120 bucks for wireless AC or 35 bucks for a 50ft roll of Cat6 cable and get the same speeds, if you're lucky with the AC setup? Unless you plan to take the rig to LAN parties or something similar that would require your tower to be mobile and not have a wired connection available, I'd go with the wired setup and stick to Gigabit speeds.

 
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