^^ Yes, get an SSD if you can, makes the whole system much quicker. Also, I would personally get a MSI or ASUS GTX 970, the EVGA one (I have this one) actually has heatpipe issues.
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/evga-geforce-gtx-970-acx-has-misaligned-gpu-vs-heatpipes.html
Not sure if they have addressed it or if it's only with the ACX 1.0 coolers.
Personal thoughts on my EVGA GTX 970:
No coil while unless running VERY HIGH FPS.
Looks meh, MSI and ASUS look better IMO.
Again, the cooler problem
The blue accents appear to be stickers (though it doesn't looks like it'll come off anytime soon).