Gaming PC US$1100, box only - suggestions

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Hi,

Budget of $1100 US.
No desire to overclock.

No monitor or OS req.

A bit of research leads me to think at this budget my priorities should be:
A Haswell Processor
A GTX 970 GPU
A SSD Hard drive

What I've come up with: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gWrwCJ

I'm open to opinion, have not built a rig in around 7 years.
I'm probably asking 'What would your foundation priorities be at $1000-1100?'

And have I made any ignorant mistakes?

Any specific component choice mis-steps?

Thanks
 
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I think that is a very sensible quality gaming combination that will play anything well at 1080p resolution
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If you have no desire to overclock, then all you would need is an h97 based mobo.

No need for an aftermarket cooler either.

MSI are not generally know to have good mobos.




 
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nlarsen

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Thanks for the MB advice. Maybe I should stick with the cooler and consider OC in the future - around here it does seem like it's the norm.

Overall do you think I have a reasonable spending ratio between cpu/gpu/memory?
How limiting is 8GB of ram?
 
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I think that is a very sensible quality gaming combination that will play anything well at 1080p resolution
 
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I would change is the memory; to a dual rank kit from crucial.
I would also change the motherboard to a "gaming" board from MSI/Giga/ARock as they tend to come with better quality onboard sound (headphone amps built in and ALC1150), which, IMO, makes them a better value.
If you truly have no desire to overclock, an E3-1231V3 buys about the same amount of headroom for future software titles to scale into as the ability to overclock the i5 would. You could swap to a less expensive H97 board to pay for the difference in CPU price.
 
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