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Hi

I am building my first gaming rig and have these parts being delivered tomorrow

EVGA NVIDIA GTX 970 Superclocked 2.0
Bitfenix Prodigy M MATX Cube Case
Gigabyte Z97 GA-Z97M-DS3H Micro ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4460
250GB Samsung EVO SSD
24X Lite On DVD-RW Drive
EVGA Supernova NEX 650w 80 plus gold modular
Windows 8.1
2x4gb Corair vengance blue 1600mhz

Just checking if this is a good build straightforward to assemble etc
 
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You shouldn't have to worry about configuring anything in the BIOS, I actually didn't do any tweaking for a week or two running all stock settings. Only thing I would possibly modify is your SATA drive boot settings if you are using multiple drives, setting which one you primarily boot to, excluding any data drives from the list. After you get everything set up you can then start playing around with other settings.

Newer Motherboards will allow you to have multiple profiles for your BIOS, and I don't take this feature for granted! Create a Profile and name is "Basic", "Stock", or something along those lines. Then you can create/save one called "Normal" for the basic tweaks you want to adjust (maybe giving names to your drives, cleaning...
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Well, everyone buys what they want for a specific reason or goal in mind. Just to give you an idea of what I'm using so we can relate:

Zotac nVidia GTX 970 AMP! Extreme
AzzA Hurricane Case
Asus Z87-A ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4670k
1x 240GB Edge Boost Pro (Primary OS Drive and Apps)
2x 240GB Edge Boost Pro (Strictly my Gaming Drive)(RAID-0)
EVGA SuperNova 1300W
Windows 8.1
2x4GB Mushkin Redline 2133Mhz

So all in all we share some similarities and I have yet to overclock anything yet, save for the fact the GPU comes factory overclocked. I am also using a 70" 1080p TV as my monitor as I game in the living room and use my PC as a media hub as well.

I can throw pretty much any game at it in 1080p resolution on max settings hands down no problem. Only game that will struggle on everything turned up is GTA V because you can push the textures and settings past 4GB. I think if you do casual to moderate gaming like me, you will be extremely satisfied with that build, and honestly I have purchased demanding games just to casually play so I could push all my system specs and the thing handles it like a champ.

TL;DR, GTX 970 is a beast of a GPU for 1080p and 2K gaming. i5 is very good for gaming, and I see no reason at all for moving to an i7 if the most you'll be pushing are games. SSD only decreases load time in games which is great, and also makes everyday tasks super snappy. The power supply will be plenty for that setup (don't forget to register the EVGA PSU for the free extended 7-year warranty!). And lastly the RAM is plenty enough for gaming.
 
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Thanks for the warranty reminder and replying, I'm going to be running on a 42" Sony bravia and thought this would be an ideal setup for max (or near enough) settings on modern games @1080p
1080p.

My main worry is the actual building part as Im going to be breaking my build cherry with this. Do you know if I need to adjust any bios settings or can I just go straight into installing the o/s
 
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You shouldn't have to worry about configuring anything in the BIOS, I actually didn't do any tweaking for a week or two running all stock settings. Only thing I would possibly modify is your SATA drive boot settings if you are using multiple drives, setting which one you primarily boot to, excluding any data drives from the list. After you get everything set up you can then start playing around with other settings.

Newer Motherboards will allow you to have multiple profiles for your BIOS, and I don't take this feature for granted! Create a Profile and name is "Basic", "Stock", or something along those lines. Then you can create/save one called "Normal" for the basic tweaks you want to adjust (maybe giving names to your drives, cleaning things up, setting up RAID, basic performance settings, etc.). From here if you feel confident you can create a profile for overclocking and the like, revert back to your original profile if you run into issues.

To answer your question, you should not have to modify any BIOS settings after everything is hooked up and you are ready to install an OS.

(P.S.: When you connect to your TV, check the specs and see what refresh rate your TV monitor outputs. If your PC does not detect the TV's refresh rate automatically if it's over 60Hz (I had to manually put this in for my TV!0, you can manually input the refresh rate in the nVidia Control Panel once you have the drivers installed.)
 
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Thanks again, it's my first gaming pc so I am going to keep things as straightforward as possible, will make sure the sad is set as boot I'm getting second hd when storage becomes an issue. TV is 200 mhz so I will check what that gets set to as well
 
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Absolutely, you should be good to go then! Just check exactly how many Hz the TV is as some manufacturers with market them with fancy names such as "SuperX 240" or "SpeedView 120", but they really translate to 120Hz and 60Hz respectively. I just know my PC detected my TV as the 60" model at 60Hz and I never noticed anything wrong with the output and thought my flat panel was actually a 60Hz screen. When I forced my graphics card to use 120Hz all the images/video flowed like water and I could actually notice differences when changing graphics settings in games, it makes a world of difference!
 
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