Ive got Free GTX 970 :D Now what to go with it?

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I got my hands on a free gtx 970! But I need everything to go with it :(

Budget 400-550$ USD
If possible Lower the price, the better.

I have a monitor, but it only gets 1600x900 Reso and would like to upgrade if possible.

I also have keyboard and mouse, but I kinda want new stuff ya know? but if I cant I can live with my old ones.
Was thinking of an i3, but i5 would be better. Could go AMD also.

Thanks!
 
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An i3 would work, but would bottleneck a GTX 970. If you went i3, I would recommend an H97 board, so you can upgrade to Broadwell, next year, if you have the funds to do so.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black)...
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This is probably the cheapest you can get with quality parts in my book

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81 Pro BTC ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.40 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.76 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $549.08
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 13:46 EST-0500
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($51.38 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.40 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $543.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-05 13:58 EST-0500
 
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copy much? That HDD is the only thing you changed, and it only has 32MB of cache unlike the WD drive which has 64MB of cache
 
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I have a different motherboard, that has multicore enhancement, and a different case. ;) It wasn't just the HDD. Cache of 32 vs 64 doesn't really matter much in HDD either. Not to mention your drive was a slow 5400rpm drive. You don't want a 5400rpm drive for an OS drive.
 
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An i3 would work, but would bottleneck a GTX 970. If you went i3, I would recommend an H97 board, so you can upgrade to Broadwell, next year, if you have the funds to do so.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($119.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($74.78 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Zeus Yellow 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($50.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer ($13.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $503.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-06 11:08 EST-0500
 
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