Help on Gaming PC. (Tips & Advice)

Hadi5

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Hello, in January I wanted to build my own gaming PC around €1600 (Btw, this will be my first time)
My GPU was a Gtx970, but now I've come to the conclusion of a 980ti. I wanted to play games on this gaming PC with 1920x1080p resolution, it may look like an overkill, but I just want to have this Gaming PC good enough for many years of playing the best games. I don't think I can handle 4K pricewise or timewise (amount of years playing with decent fps).

I went on Pcpartpicker and chose my parts. I've seen reviews on these parts, and also looked prisewise. I also have to remind that this is completely fresh & new, and I do not already have monitors or cases.etc.
I chose my list, and this roughly was around the €1570-1580 euros. I truly do want a good Gaming PC, and I truly do not want to be disappointed in the next years of having this. I want to make good use of it.
Now, my true questions are: I never truly have built a Gaming PC before, nor do I know good prices for specific parts, or if I even have enough parts for this PC as a whole. I am quite scared that I am paying money for things that I could've easily avoided.
So: Can I please have advice with this Gaming PC partwise, moneywise and maybe an estimated time of how long I will use it. (I also will remind that I am not such a ''hardcore'' gamer who always wants the perfects frames on max. I rather do want this for the first year orso, and atleast enjoy high quality games with ''good'' frames and graphics for around 3-4 years?)
Thank you for reading :)
Link: http://de.pcpartpicker.com/list/nTDBbj
(I may be quite a n00b at this. Excuse me for that xD)
 

inerax

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Its a decent build. I would look into the new 1070's or 1080's over a 970 or 980.

Also, add an SSD. You would be shocked at how much that speeds up your system. I go with the 500 SSD's so I can fit the OS, all games and applications on the SSD for fast boot and application launching.
 

Roti-Kebab

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IMO, you should switch out the GPU with a 1070, it's basically lower priced but it will most certainly have support for longer and has other features which the 980ti does not, other than that, i'd recommend going for skylake, not that it would make much of a difference but skylake's support will definitely last longer, if you do that, you could also run DDR4 mem that starts at 2133 MHz, i just dont see the point in getting older tech. Hope that helped, if you need advice on CPU/MOBO incase you change your mind, i'd be glad to help.
 

Hadi5

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Ahh, I see that I've somehow deleted the SSD. I'll see if I can edit the list and also edit the link afterwards. Though there are 1070's and 1080's... I did not think I had the price range for them. First a 970 was getting me close to €1600 euros, but now the 980ti is included for the same price. I promised myself to keep it at the €1600 range, so I'm not so sure if this is a money waste, or if it is better to just wait for a new GPU after some years. Thanks for your advice though :)
 

Hadi5

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The answer I gave to inerax about the 1070 & 1080 is ''basically'' the same. But I have just found out that the 1070 is the same price, so I'll give that 1070 a look too now. About the Skylake, I'm not so sure which specific part you're talking about. But thanks for the advice, and I'll also look into DDR4. :)
 

Hadi5

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Oops. Was clumsy and clicked Best solution. Can you remove it? Or did I goof it up? (I'm still a bit new with how it works) btw thanks for giving me the link, quite helpful