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sephallanx

This may cost $130 more, but in the long run it would be worth it. 

The reason I made the CPU a Pentium G3258 is the fact that it is an amazing CPU as long as you overclock it (very simple from bios or quick youtube search). It can get up to 5.0GHz I believe, which is awesome. It may be a dual core, but that is fine as long as you dont have "80bajillion" windows or applications open at once. Let me know what you think..

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/98VJTW

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Taking someone's build from $680 to $815 is a $135 price jump. I know you added more ram and a better PSU to the build, but OP didn't ask for that, and doesn't need it either. A 500 watt PSU would be more than enough for an overclocked G3258 and GTX 970, and still has extra juice leftover if you want to upgrade the GPU or CPU. 

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Modern games prefer more than 4 cores.. According to my research

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This may cost $130 more, but in the long run it would be worth it. 

The reason I made the CPU a Pentium G3258 is the fact that it is an amazing CPU as long as you overclock it (very simple from bios or quick youtube search). It can get up to 5.0GHz I believe, which is awesome. It may be a dual core, but that is fine as long as you dont have "80bajillion" windows or applications open at once. Let me know what you think..

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/98VJTW

bad build  ,50$ cooler on 60$cpu?? its like buying fiat and putting tires of ferrari on it.30$ h81 board is just fine .in 80$ he can get z97 board.and 750w psu is overkill for single gpu .450-500w 80+ bronze psu of good brand should work fine

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