Building a future-proof gaming PC

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Hey guys! Recently started looking for stable and future-proof components to build a gaming PC. Would you share your opinions and insights on this selection? Have suggestions which parts are worth it, and which shoud I reconsider? Thanks the answers

Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 5
CPU: Intel i5-4690K
CPU cooler: COOLERMASTER Hyper 212 EVO
RAM: HyperX 8GB Savage DDR3 1866MHz CL9 KIT HX318C9SRK2/8
VGA: MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G
Case: NZTX Phantom 410
PSU: SEASONIC M12 II Evo 620W
SSD: SAMSUNG 120GB 850 EVO SATA3
HDD: WD Black 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA3
 
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This build will be perfect for games at 1080p and probably 1440p, however if you're looking at some of the 1440p monitors with higher refresh rates or a 4k monitor you'll have to turn things down. Otherwise I can't see anything more you might want except a larger SSD, once windows is on the 120GB fills up very fast. Your motherboard supports SLI as well which would be a great upgrade in a year or so if you feel you need it, however if you want to consider this you'd want to opt for an 850W+ PSU, would be much more convenient than replacing the PSU in the future.
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This build will be perfect for games at 1080p and probably 1440p, however if you're looking at some of the 1440p monitors with higher refresh rates or a 4k monitor you'll have to turn things down. Otherwise I can't see anything more you might want except a larger SSD, once windows is on the 120GB fills up very fast. Your motherboard supports SLI as well which would be a great upgrade in a year or so if you feel you need it, however if you want to consider this you'd want to opt for an 850W+ PSU, would be much more convenient than replacing the PSU in the future.
 
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@turkey3_scratch: The basic idea is to keep gaming performance on/above 1080p ~ultra with good looking fps rates for 2 years at least. OCing, RAM and SLI upgrade with another 970 would be my choice to keep everything running just fine. Feasible plan?

@dasulman,itman155:
Both of you suggested to change PSU: at this point I have various feelings about this, some say that 600+ is more than enough, even for an SLI configuration (especially when power efficient VGAs (970) in the picture). Verdict? :)
 
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I have a similar build with 2 970s and have a 1000w psu though I am aware this is more than i need. Would definitely go for 850W though, the price jump isn't too much
 
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