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He said this, because you limit your upgrade options sorely. You might be fine playing on 2 mid range cards for now, but in a couple years when you want to upgrade you will have to get a whole new gpu and not just a third to recieve a performance boost. Plus sli cards run hotter, use a lot more energy and only give you around 180% of the power at best. On top of that, the cards you chose are't really made for 4 gig of vram, because their memory bandwith is slower then better cards, but choosing to get 2 gig versions would even lower the extent of your life power performance. Lesson: It isn't...
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Maybe get a bit bigger ssd. Backup that i7 to an i5 4960k and get better gpu/gpu's.
 
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Get an i5 and get only one nicer monitor that would be a better bang for the buck and then upgrade GPU to a 280x's and maybe get a 240 Gb ssd

GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150678
CPU http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-BX80646I54690K/dp/B00KPRWB9G
Monitor http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/917361-REG/asus_vg248qe_24_1ms_1080p_3d.html
SSD http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U

your build is already over your budget first off and with my suggestions will go over more depending on what you use.
 
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Never start a build with two mid-range video cards


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($316.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($32.50 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($95.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($113.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.75 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($295.59 @ Newegg)
Case: Azza SIRIUS ATX Mid Tower Case ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Sceptre E205W-1600 60Hz 20.0" Monitor ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Sceptre E205W-1600 60Hz 20.0" Monitor ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Sceptre E205W-1600 60Hz 20.0" Monitor ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2014 Stealth Edition Wired Gaming Keyboard ($79.95 @ Newegg)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse ($52.99 @ Amazon)
Headphones: Razer KRAKEN 7.1 CHROMA 7.1 Channel Headset ($94.99 @ Directron)
Total: $1614.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-12 00:44 EDT-0400
 
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Once again its my first build, so would you explain to be the draw backs in power i would be getting if i used an I5 instead of an I7
 
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The i5 vs the i7 is the i7 has more cores. Both have just as fast at single core performance, but the i7 has a few more cores. AT least currently and for awhile, games are only using about 3 cores, so the extra cores in the i7 won't help gaming at all. Plus the cpu isn't as important as the gpu for gaming, unless the game is very very cpu dependent.
 
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He said this, because you limit your upgrade options sorely. You might be fine playing on 2 mid range cards for now, but in a couple years when you want to upgrade you will have to get a whole new gpu and not just a third to recieve a performance boost. Plus sli cards run hotter, use a lot more energy and only give you around 180% of the power at best. On top of that, the cards you chose are't really made for 4 gig of vram, because their memory bandwith is slower then better cards, but choosing to get 2 gig versions would even lower the extent of your life power performance. Lesson: It isn't worth it to start at midrange gpu sli.
 
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Thanks so much!
 
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