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Whateverworks_19
Looks like a powerful PC.

Personally, I would save some money on your CPU. You selected a very, very powerful one, in the i7-4790k. However, I would say that the i5-4690k, granted that the heaviest load you use your PC for, is gaming and not rendering big files and editing, then the i5 is cheaper and extremely powerful for gaming. It's essentially a hundred dollars cheaper.

For the money left over from degrading the CPU, I would buy a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD, and then keep your 1TB HHD as storage. Use your SSD for OS and gaming. Use the HHD for storage.

Your PSU is awesome, however it might be a little fragile if you wanna do SLI in the future - but the 650W is quite awesome from Corsair.

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Looks like a powerful PC.

Personally, I would save some money on your CPU. You selected a very, very powerful one, in the i7-4790k. However, I would say that the i5-4690k, granted that the heaviest load you use your PC for, is gaming and not rendering big files and editing, then the i5 is cheaper and extremely powerful for gaming. It's essentially a hundred dollars cheaper.

For the money left over from degrading the CPU, I would buy a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD, and then keep your 1TB HHD as storage. Use your SSD for OS and gaming. Use the HHD for storage.

Your PSU is awesome, however it might be a little fragile if you wanna do SLI in the future - but the 650W is quite awesome from Corsair.

 
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I wouldnt get a corsair PSU their not very good, Id get a seasonic or EVGA. The 650 is good unless you plan to sli in which id buy a 750W just incase. I agree the i7 is not needed unless you are taking advantage of the multithreading. The i5 4690k will do just fine. And i recommend a western digital 1 TB blue 7200 rpm 64mb cache drive. The SSD is a good idea for you OS and the 1TB for your games and other files. The samsung evo is one of the best and you wont need any bigger than 120gb unless you want to ass your current games on there.
 
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Well I disagree with Mr. @ZeroGravity780, in my experience Corsair makes exellent PSU's. Their biggest disappointment have been their CX series, especially beyond the 700W mark.

Anyways, I'll have to agree with Mr. @ZeroGravity780 in EVGA making quality PSU's. My best recommendation, and this will enable you too do SLI in the future, should you choose to do so, is the EVGA 750W SuperNova.

It is 23 pounds more expensive than the Corsair you chose, but trust me it is an absolute beast.

Link: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220g20750xr
 
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Just curious @ Whateverworks_19, I have the EVGA 750Watt B2 80+ Bronze. Can i sli 970's with this? Ive been looking around and nobody has mentioned anything about it. I know that 80+ Gold is much more efficient just scared that Bronze wouldnt be good enough.
 
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The answer is yes you can. For me, the absolutely bare minimum for SLI is 650ish W. The real difference between a decent quality and excellent quality, for the most part, is the longevity.

 
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Ok thanks for your reply, I had 2 Gtx 660's in sli with this PSU. I didnt how much of a wattage difference there was but if i can then thats awesome thanks again!
 
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My pleasure. Just as a side note, one thing you'll have to consider, is how many PCI-E 6pin connectors your PSU have.

Now, relative to the manufacturers (ASUS, MSI, GIGABYTE, etc) the design changes. Some requires two PCI-E, some requires only one.
The reason I mention it, is this:

(this is a hypothetical scenario)

You have 970 SLI with a design that requires 2x6pin PCIE connectors in each individual card, totaling 4x6pin PCIE for doing SLI.
The problem is, that most under 1000W PSU's usually have at most 2x6(+2)pin PCIE (where you manually can remove 2x2pin to make it 2x6pin) or normally 1x6(+2)pin PCIE.

That means you are forced to use adapters. The problem with adapters (molex to PCIE) is that the effect is inferior to that of PCIE cables directly from the PSU. So, if you have a PSU at the bare minimum (650ishW) and only 1x6pin PCIE, then it is possible that you can't do SLI, because your adapters do not deliver enough effect. If it specifically had 4x6pin PCIE, then even a low-to-mid quality 650W, should be able to do SLI.

So very important in my opinion.
 
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Ahhh i didnt think about that, I have the msi 970 which requires an 8 and 6 pin if i can remember so ill have to look.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438025

This is the one and it looks like it will have the connectors but im not certain.
 
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OK thanks for your help man i appreciate it alot.
 
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Everything looks preatty good, psu is overkill for the 970 though you will be good with a 600w one. you may want to conider a r9 290x, they are a bit cheaper and offer the same preformance.If this is a gaming rig you do not need 16 gb of ram, 8 should be plenty, and you can add more later one if its too little.You will get lower much lower temps. by buying a air cooler for about the same price (noctua nh d14+you wont need thermal paste) or save money for the same temparature by getting a cheaper air cooler, that is of course if you will be overcloacking if you wont then you dont need a expensive aftermarket coller and basicly anything will do.Also and some fans for airflow.
 
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