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Before telling you my new PC config, I´d like to say that I´m new to the forum, so I apologize in advance if this is not the right category for this thread.
I´d like to upgrade my PC but I have decided to sell it and buy a new, more powerful one for gaming.
These are the components I´m gonna buy:
-Case:ZALMAN Z11 Plus
-GPU:GeForce GTX 980 GAMING - 4 Go
-CPU:Core i7- 4790K - 4,0 GHz
-Motherboard:Asus Z97-A
-Hard Drive:WD Blue Desktop 1 To
-Ram:Ripjaws X 8 Go (2 x 4 Go) - DDR3 1600 MHz Cas 9
-PSU:LEPA MaxGold GM700 700W - 80+ Gold
-Samsung 24X - SH-224DB - Super-WriteMaster - SATA - Bulk Black
-Cable RJ45 mâle / RJ45 mâle, cat.6 5meters(This is just for the internet connection not important)
I´m also thinking about buying 3 Noctua NF-F12 for cooling. I already have thermal paste silver 5 and the cooler master hyper Evo 212 for my CPU.
I´d like to know if you guys think I should change some components. I can´t decide if I should buy this GPU or just wait for the Gtx 980Ti to drop its price. I can´t also decide if my PSU is too much or if a 600W or 650W one is enough. Also I´m on a budget(1400€ max(1 546,45$)) since I live en Europe, and I´m thinking about buying only 3 Noctua NF-F12 and leaving 4 stock fans that come with the Zalman Z11 Plus because the Noctua are too expensive.
Hope you guys can help :D
 
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It will be but barely, you don't have the same margin of safety or efficiency that you would have by using a bigger power supply, namely a 750-watt. Depending on your internal components you could go near the 550 or even 600-watt mark, which will put a strain on your PSU and make it run less efficiently. If the PSU is cheaply built and you approach capacity, bad things can happen, including explosions.
Probably a good power supply, if you will get a 980 Ti, would be a Rosewill Valens-700M or Hive-750...
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You could save some money by going for a 600 or 650 watt PSU, like Harald said. The primary advantage of having a larger PSU, though, is to cover any future upgrades. If you were to, say, go Team Red in the future or even get a 980 Ti, a 750-watt PSU will do a better job of staying efficient under load. I also think you might want 16GB RAM, just cuz. Instead of the Ripjaws X RAM, grab some Trident X RAM. G.Skill makes a 2x8GB Trident X kit that has a DDR3-1600 frequency like your RAM, but with a more responsive CAS latency of 7ms.

There is a possibility of the 980 Ti dropping in price, I've heard speculation that since the 980 Ti was taped a while back Nvidia can afford to cut back on prices to combat the Fury X. And if AMD responds tit-for-tat with a price drop of its own - which may not happen, but it's possible - then Nvidia is likely to counter with yet another price drop. A pricing war may happen indeed. This is speculation, though, and Nvidia might not lower the 980 Ti price.
 
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Do you think a 600W PSU is enough for a GTX 980ti if I upgrade?
 
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I´m only going to buy it when i come back from holidays in September, so that´s why I´m hoping that the GTX 980ti drops its price later then. If not, I´m sticking with the GTX 980. But concerning the PSU, which one would you recommend?

 
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It will be but barely, you don't have the same margin of safety or efficiency that you would have by using a bigger power supply, namely a 750-watt. Depending on your internal components you could go near the 550 or even 600-watt mark, which will put a strain on your PSU and make it run less efficiently. If the PSU is cheaply built and you approach capacity, bad things can happen, including explosions.
Probably a good power supply, if you will get a 980 Ti, would be a Rosewill Valens-700M or Hive-750 or an EVGA NEX-750B2 (That's with a single +12V rail).
 
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Thank you for your suggestion I´ll definitely check those out :)

 
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