How long would this build last before i need an upgrade?

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shakeel amlay

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Hey guys.
I would like to know how long this build build would last before i need to upgrade something. I want to play games like Call of Duty Advanced Ware fare, Battlefield Hardline and Destiny on medium to high graphics. I am also going to be doing 3D rendering and video editing on it. Also how balanced is this system?


Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

Motherboard
ASRock Z97 Extreme6/ac ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Memory
Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory

Storage
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card
EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card

Case
NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case

Power Supply
Cooler Master VSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Monitor
BenQ GL2460HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor

Keyboard
Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator - OEM Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse

Speakers
Logitech Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers

P.S. i can't go higher with my budget.

SO sorry. Alot of you are mentioning overclocking. I Don't want to overclock.
 
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The xeon models from the 1230 up are completely identical to I7's and cheaper as well. The K series are the only I7's worth buying; so unless you want to overclock, there is no reason to buy an I7.

If you are using your PC for rendering, you do not want to overclock.
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Gunner1531

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no matter what you do if you ar not going to be doing tons of rendering go with the core i7 its just as faast if not faster in games and it overclocks like a boss. if you are okay with using the xeon then go for it. itll last about as long as you need it 4 years then the gpu will need a upgrade maybe the cpu but its hard to see whats to come in the future. id go for it and get it.
 
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It looks pretty good to me. Even the Enhance-built CM PSU will probably be ok, since you won't be stressing it. Unless you know your video work will benefit from it, you could reduce your RAM down to 8GB to save some money, and/or get DDR3-1600.
Since there's no SSD in your system, you might want a faster / more robust mechanical drive, like a WD Black.

Edit: If it were me, I'd rather have 8GB of RAM and a 120GB SSD boot drive than 16GB of RAM and a mechanical boot drive.
 
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The xeon models from the 1230 up are completely identical to I7's and cheaper as well. The K series are the only I7's worth buying; so unless you want to overclock, there is no reason to buy an I7.

If you are using your PC for rendering, you do not want to overclock.
 
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