New Build help Z97 or X99

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Hey guys looking for some opinions having a tough time deciding on what to buy. I built 2 systems Z97 and X99 all equipment is the same except mobo/processor/ddr3/4 Ram both systems are within 50.00 of each other so price difference negligible.

Either system is more than I really need but building something good to last hopefully 7-10years. Very little gaming, mostly normal Ie use watch and download lots of movies comp is hooked up to my 55 inch 4K tv, and do lite video editing and Basic photoshop use.

Thanks for all the help

Here are the 2 builds I was considering, As I said prices are very close the Z97 build comes with little xtras (additional 1 year warranty/express shipping etc..) but I don't for see any issue's.

(Z97 - $2058.00)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 520MB/s Write
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) ATX w/ Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 1 x M.2, 1 x SATA Express, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (All Venom OC Certified)
VIDEO: EVGA Superclocked ACX 2.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16

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(X99 - $1976.00)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3
HDD: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 520MB/s Write
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS X99-A ATX W/ Intel GbE LAN, 4x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 8x SATA 6Gb/s
VIDEO: EVGA Superclocked ACX 2.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (

$$1976.00
 
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CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150 (All Venom OC Certified)
HDD: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 520MB/s Write [+14] (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG V3)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) ATX w/ Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 4 PCIe x1, 1 x M.2, 1 x SATA Express, 6x SATA 6Gb/s (All Venom OC Certified) [+44]
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: EVGA Superclocked ACX 2.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) [+218] (Single Card)

$$2058.00

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CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-5820K Six-Core 3.30GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3
HDD: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 520MB/s Write [+56] (Single Drive)
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/2400MHz Quad Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS X99-A ATX W/ Intel GbE LAN, 4x Gen3 PCIe x16, 2x PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 8x SATA 6Gb/s
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: EVGA Superclocked ACX 2.0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 (Maxwell) (Single C

$$1976.00
 
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Thanks for the look, Let me ask what makes it better than the Z97 is it simply because it's newer technology? or would it be overall a faster more powerful machine

 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GXsMK8


This is what I would personally go for!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($369.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Phanteks PH-TC14PE_BK 78.1 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus X99-DELUXE ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($372.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($267.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($221.55 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($100.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: PNY Quadro 4000 2GB Video Card ($797.27 @ TigerDirect)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe ATX Full Tower Case ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $2444.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-04 07:05 EST-0500
 
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Any Specific reason to choose the Deluxe board over the X99-a (more basic I guess?)
 
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Thanks I really like the board as my other board had the built in wifi/Bt which I liked but cyber power is offering one of there more expensive wifi Ac/BT cards for free.... It does include those extra components just not sure I want and that those other minor things for me = an extra 220.00.... if this was the other deluxe board that they offered with usb 3.1 and others maybe
 
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One other thing, My current setup with water cooler I have push/pull (4 fans) I do plan to play around with over clocking don't know that I will leave it over clocked but I will eventually tinker around with it and the system. So should I definitely do a push/pull setup or leave just 2 fans in push?

Thanks for all the help
 
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