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I ordered some new components, so this is my current build. Are there any bottlenecks or flaws you can think of?

So this is now my new build. If there is anything wrong I would like to know. Although I hope not, I spent quite a lot of money on this :P

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.97 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Silverstone SST-HE01 171.0 CFM Ball Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($102.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (Purchased For $0.00)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($84.28 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: BenQ GW2255 60Hz 21.5" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG278Q 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($807.58 @ Newegg)
Sound Card: Asus Xonar DX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($69.98 @ NCIX US)
Wired Network Adapter: TP-Link TG-3468 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI-Express x1 Network Adapter (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $2006.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-24 16:14 EDT-0400

 

Edit: If anyone have some overclocking tips for this build, I would really appreciate it. 

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I would have gone for a different psu, cooler and motherboard. Also 2 x 8GB Ram would have been a better choice.

 

Also the soundcard isn't really needed. Most boards have good onboard audio.

 

Everything in your spec will work ok though.

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yeah you should have gotten the gigabyte windforce or g1 gaming those have better quality parts than the strix but the strix is still good and you got windows 7 and not 8.1 because the possibility of being able to upgrade to windows 10 from 8.1 and you don't have a hdd other than those its a good build

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I do have 2TB of HDD storage, I just forgot to add it ;) Also the cooler, and one of the RAM setts I owned from before.

 

Apart from that, thanks for your input, good to hear it's going to work alright. 

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I would have gone for a different psu, cooler and motherboard. Also 2 x 8GB Ram would have been a better choice.

 

Also the soundcard isn't really needed. Most boards have good onboard audio.

 

Everything in your spec will work ok though.

 

I would have changed the cooler to this Phanteks PH-TC14CS and changed the PSU to this Rosewill CAPSTONE-750-M

 

Mobo seems like good value, except ASRock mobos have an issue with their SATA performance. Something PCF picked up on a few months ago with the B85 and A88X mobos.

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I would have changed the cooler to this Phanteks PH-TC14CS and changed the PSU to this Rosewill CAPSTONE-750-M

 

Mobo seems like good value, except ASRock mobos have an issue with their SATA performance. Something PCF picked up on a few months ago with the B85 and A88X mobos.

 

 

I do have 2TB of HDD storage, I just forgot to add it ;) Also the cooler, and one of the RAM setts I owned from before.

 

Apart from that, thanks for your input, good to hear it's going to work alright. 

 

 

yeah you should have gotten the gigabyte windforce or g1 gaming those have better quality parts than the strix but the strix is still good and you got windows 7 and not 8.1 because the possibility of being able to upgrade to windows 10 from 8.1 and you don't have a hdd other than those its a good build

 

 

I would have gone for a different psu, cooler and motherboard. Also 2 x 8GB Ram would have been a better choice.

 

Also the soundcard isn't really needed. Most boards have good onboard audio.

 

Everything in your spec will work ok though.

he already bought the stuff so dont give him buyers remorse its a horrible feeling

also OP your fine 

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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he already bought the stuff so dont give him buyers remorse its a horrible feeling

also OP your fine 

he asked if he did good and i told him he did but i also told him what parts should've been changed for something else 

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he already bought the stuff so dont give him buyers remorse its a horrible feeling

also OP your fine 

He asked for an opinion. Maybe next time I should lie ?  :mellow:

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he already bought the stuff so dont give him buyers remorse its a horrible feeling

also OP your fine 

Doesn't really matter, thought he might be American but he's Norwegian so the prices would have been totally different.

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Yeah, the prices are irrelevant. Also, I asked for tips after I bought it all, I expected to hear better alternatives. 

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