Is this a Solide future proof build?

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Here are the parts that I have picked out: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/qzKpxr

As you may see I have not selected a graphics card as I will be using one that i already have now until the new pascal gtx 970's come out sometime in june when I will be purchasing one of these. Any advice or suggestioms would be great appreciated! I can't go up any higher in price and I am set on getting the case and the cpu. Any of the other parts can get exchanged if I find a better part for equal value. Thank you in advance!!
 
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128GB is enough but you should understand yourself that this depends on how you will use it. Use it for OS + a couple of main programs, make sure Downloads/documents/media files go to HDD, then 128GB will be fine.
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If that isn't solid, then I don't know what is :).

To improve your build even more, I'd change the EVGA G2 850w to the P2 850w. Only 10 dollars more expensive and even higher quality.

Other than that, it does miss an SSD. You already have one?
 
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Good build, should last a while. No such thing as future proof though. We can none of us predict what hardware requirements will be in a few years time, and if all the people gaming on i5's now find themselves needing an upgrade your "future proof" i7 will soon follow suit. Spending the extra is unlikely you get you more than a few months more in my opinion.

There's 3 good ways to approach gaming PC's if you like to keep up with current games.
1. Build the best PC you can afford and keep it until it no longer does the Job - virtually no resale value at that point.
2. Build the best current mid range bang for buck machine and replace it every 1.5-2 years while it still has some resale value
3. Build an expensive high end beast and hope it lasts long enough to make up for the price premium over option 2

Then there's option 4, my personal one - build a PC that's better than you need then replace it every 1-2 years because you like building PCs :) - has the advantage of good resale value but is wasting a lot of money. I probably get half my build price back on average.
 
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It`s one of my pet hates when people ask if the system, or parts they choose will be future proof.

Because the answer is it will last as long as you need it to.

You could go and buy all the parts and in a month, any part of it may be superseded, by a better bit of technology, that is faster, more powerful. for the same amount of money that you spent on all of the parts for your system.

Bearing that in mind how is any system future proof in any way.
You just buy the best bits of parts you can buy at the time you have the money to spend on it all.
And then spend more money a few months down the line to get a better part, when it is released and you have the money to buy it.

So where does the concept even come in of future proof, as you say yourself if you plan to buy a pascal based Nvidia card when released. You can only do the best you can with what is available to buy at a set time.
 
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I have used ssd's before and I truely just think they are a pain to deal with. I have one but I have not decided whether I'm going to use it yet. What I meant by future proof was does it have the most current technology? I know that in an a month a new cpu can come out that is better than this one but thats just the risk you run.
 
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I would never go back to a machine without an SSD, if it's a pain you're doing it wrong. Get a 256 or 512 and use it as your OS drive and install your favourite games on it and you won't regret it. It's the single biggest performance increase PC's have had in the last few years, why would you skip it.

Oherwise it all looks good.
 
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What is the easiest way to set that up? I remeber when i used to use my ssd that it became a giant mess and things were downloaded on both drives and it was just too cluttered. Any other sugestions as well?
 
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get a 240 gig drive and have all your main programs and os on it then used the other for games steam and any other storage hungry tasks
 
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128GB is enough but you should understand yourself that this depends on how you will use it. Use it for OS + a couple of main programs, make sure Downloads/documents/media files go to HDD, then 128GB will be fine.
 
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