Looking For a £600-650-700 Gaming PC Build With GTX 970 / I7-4790K

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I'm currently looking into buying a gaming PC that includes a GTX 970 & I7-4790K roughly around the £600-650-700 is this possible? I'm not the best when it comes to choosing components but I know that you have to have a power supply that can handle the GTX 970 & I7-4790K and so on.. I'm thinking about building it after I leave school which is in 2 months time so anyone that can help me find a good build that handles high demanding games such as DayZ, BF4, and other future games at around £600-650-700 would be amazing, thanks :)
 
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Kind of went over budget. Sorry about that :/

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QxLPNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/QxLPNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£174.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£89.99 @ Novatech)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£52.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.60 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£273.59 @ Aria PC)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£46.39 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£50.95 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £752.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-22 22:00 GMT+0000
 
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That 550w is enough and for a bit of overclocking as well. Yes you will be, but you might want to upgrade the power supply if you plan on getting another GTX 970 or a GTX 980 in the future or even SLI the cards.
 
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If you do seriously consider having SLI as an upgrade path, I really recommend upping that PSU to 750W, best to get the rig up to the task of SLI rather than making changes later.

If you don't think you will SLI, I see little benefit in going with a k processor on Z mobo. 4690 (no k) or even 4460 are very good CPUs on their own without the OCs, vast majority of games do not stress CPU's enough, There are exceptions, but 4 cores should still be plenty for time to come. Plus your heatsink, while generally regarded as very good for its money, may not give you a very big headroom for OC, further limiting your OC benefits.

There is no problems in keeping options open for future, but I would get everything ready to SLI, it'll end up cheaper and more convenient in the long run, especially since that build literally just need the PSU to be fully SLI ready.
 
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So overall would you recommend me being SLI ready, if so all I would need to change in this build would be the PSU to a 750W right? Could you also recommend a good 750W PSU, I really appreciate your help, thanks :)

 
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I would definitely suggest the i5 4690k over anything else at this price, I am choosing it in my own £700 build. And whilst the i5 4690 is cheaper the 4690k out performs it (in benchmarks on CPUBoss and the like) both in single core and overall performance - I personally think it is worth it. In response to your selection of the Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 I would instead refer you to the R9 390, whilst (as with most AMD cards) it is a bit rough around the edges when compared to Nvidia cards you definitely do get more bang for your buck (http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-390-vs-GeForce-GTX-970) and whilst I am personally biased toward Nvidia cards, as I would normally choose one over AMD any day, I could not pass up this 'deal'. As for the PSU I recommend that you definitely go for higher if you are planning to overclock or bring in an SLI'ed card, and It could also help with other expansion plans in the future. So this is what I came up with:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£167.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£88.09 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£36.04 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£35.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card (£264.94 @ More Computers)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£49.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£51.36 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £719.34

(If you want to further save money, look for a slightly cheaper case. And if you are not overclocking, go for the i5 4690 and get rid of the cooler, the stock one will be fine. You might consequently be able to get a SSD to aid with booting [ http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g ])
 
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@Not_So_Nerdy your processor claim is ridiculous. you are basicly paying 30 bucks for overclockability which the OP probs doesn't want to do. there will be no significant difference even if you overclock it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdgbH8MT9Jg Don't use CPU boss, its very limited.
The 970 is basically the same as the 390 (maybe 2-3fps under) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSDQzlKDYq4) and 390 is more expensive. I don't know what you mean by AMD being "rough around the edges" except for a bit of heat I suppose.
Overall, future SLI plans are a bad idea: https://youtu.be/FK4ip08auGg?t=2m36s
I would also advise a modular PSU, I think we all know what building a PC is like with PSU wires in the way
The RAM could bottleneck your system at 1600MHZ. You need something slightly more just to be safe.
The krait edition MB is also therefore a bit unnecessary, so you probably want to go for something a bit lower (not sure, possibly a Gaming 3 for MSI, although there's no need to stick with them).
Finally, If your already overbudjet don't push a SSD that's not needed
 
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