Thoughts on new Gaming PC

[Drell1911]

So I am currently looking into getting a new PC since my current rig is nearly 5 years old. I just wanted to know if the new rig I'm looking at will be able play games such Witcher 3, GTA V Total War on high or ultra settings. I guess something that will last me another 3-4 years and still be able to play games at high settings, my budget is around $1500, I only play a few games but when I do play I want the graphic quality.

Current rig:
i7-2600@3.4GhZ/3.7Ghz
8-gb ram
GTX 570 2gb
1080p monitor

Surprisingly my setup was able to run witcher 2 at very high/25fps, Skyrim Modded at Ultra with 40fps, Battlefield 3 on ultra for 6 months at 30 fps and Battlefield 4 at very high settings for 2 months before I started getting blue screens of death/crashes.

Rig I am Looking at: a compact gaming pc
Will the 970 superclocked last? I heard there were problems or controversies with it.
Will this be able to run well with GTA V, Witcher 3 and future titles like Star Wars Battlefront?

1 x Seagate ST1000DX001 SSHD 1TB 3.5in SATA3 64MB Cache Internal Solid State Hybrid Drive OEM
1 x Silverstone Strider Essential ST60F-ESB 600W ATX 24PIN 120mm Fan 46A 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury Memory Black 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1600 CL10 Dual Channel Memory Kit
1 x MSI H81I mITX H81 LGA1150 DDR3 1PCI-E16 SATA3 DVI HDMI VGA USB3.0 Motherboard
1 x Noctua NH-L9i LGA1150/1155/1156 Low Profile Heatsink Cooler w/ Slim NF-A9x14 92MM PWM Fan
1 x Intel Core i5 4690K Unlocked Quad Core 3.5GHZ/3.9GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 6MB Cache Retail
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 2.0 4GB GDDR5 256BIT DVI-I HDMI SLI Ready Graphics Card

Thanks.

 

[James Mason]

This is just a smidge better:
The 970 "might" have issues with it's only 3.5 GBs of actual VRAM, and witcher 3 is gonna be pretty tough to run. The Seagates have kind of a high failure rate. I also assumed you wanted an mini-itx system since that was the MOBO you chose, which is fine, I've got 3 of them myself.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120M 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($68.80 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI Z97I AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($108.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card ($559.99 @ B&H)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case ($42.70 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($85.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.09 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.79 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1470.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-20 12:18 EDT-0400

 

[Drell1911]

This is just a smidge better:
The 970 "might" have issues with it's only 3.5 GBs of actual VRAM, and witcher 3 is gonna be pretty tough to run. The Seagates have kind of a high failure rate. I also assumed you wanted an mini-itx system since that was the MOBO you chose, which is fine, I've got 3 of them myself.

Wow! It's actually cheaper then what I'm looking at!
Yes Withcer 3 seems like a PC destroyer

So GTX 980 a better choice to give me a future buffer?
I was under the impression that G. Skill Ripjaws X series had problems and malfunctions with some of the reviews I read.
Yea I've been looking at the Silverstone Raven mini case, I am trying to get something that isn't big and klunky, easy to move around. Like a console-esque of sorts.