Is this build worth it right now? (My first build)

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I'm currently using MSI GX70, which its gpu gets bottlenecked.
And I came up with this build.

1.The budget is around $1400.
2.This will be a gaming dedicated PC and I want your opinions on how well it will perform, or what component should i add or change.
3.I'll game on 1080p
4.I might go for SLI gtx970 once the price drops.
5.What games do I play - Star Citizen, Black Desert, and other AAA titles.


1.CPU
INTEL Core i7-6700K 4.00 GHz

2.Mainboard
GIGABYTE Z170-HD3 DDR3

3.Ram
KINGSTON Hyper-X Fury DDR3 16GB 1600 (8GBx2) Black

4.VGA Card
MSI GTX970 GAMING

5.Hard disk
Western Digital Blue 1TB WD10EZEX

6.SSD
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 120GB

7.Case
THERMALTAKE Thermaltake NEW Chaser A31 Black

8.Power supply
XFX ProSeries 650W XXX Edition

9.Monitor
BENQ RL2460HT
 
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Its a good build but I am not keen on sli 970's as your currently limited to 3.5gb of efficient VRAM and it introduces the issues associated with sli. DX12 is a real unknown, no one knows how well VRAM stacking will work and I expect it to be a couple of years until DX12 is the standard for all new games.

Now as the 6600k and 6700k perform the same in games could you drop to a 6600k, add a little more to the budget and get a 980Ti. This way you get similar performance to sli 970's with 6gb VRAM and no associated sli ussues
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Can you tell us specifically what games you play also imo it's a very solid build, if you want to sli you should wait until most games get dx12 support to get VRAM stacking.
 
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Its a good build but I am not keen on sli 970's as your currently limited to 3.5gb of efficient VRAM and it introduces the issues associated with sli. DX12 is a real unknown, no one knows how well VRAM stacking will work and I expect it to be a couple of years until DX12 is the standard for all new games.

Now as the 6600k and 6700k perform the same in games could you drop to a 6600k, add a little more to the budget and get a 980Ti. This way you get similar performance to sli 970's with 6gb VRAM and no associated sli ussues
 
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PestoB

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I'll be mostly playing star citizen and other AAA titles
 
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I've heard people said that there are little to no difference between DDR3 and DDR4. So i picked the cheaper one.
 
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1.So how long will the i5 last, compared to i7?
2.Will it somehow bottleneck the GPU?
3. If I picked that combo, should i change the 650w psu?
4.Is 980ti an overkill for 1080p?

 
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It is enough as long as you won't sli it. If you will, get at least 850w.
 
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Any comments on this build?
1.CPU
INTEL Core i5-6600K 3.50 GHz

2.Mainboard
GIGABYTE Z170-HD3 DDR3

3.Ram
KINGSTON Hyper-X Fury DDR3 16GB 1600 (8GBx2) Black

4.VGA Card
MSI GTX980TI GAMING

7.Case
THERMALTAKE Thermaltake NEW Chaser A31 Black

8.Power supply
XFX TS Series 850W

9.CPU cooler
Cooler Master: Hyper 212 EVO

10.Monitor
BENQ GL2450

 
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