Stoormtroopeur

Hello all, First let me say that this is my first time building a pc and any help is greatly appreciated as I am a complete beginner to both pc hardware and software. I had bought a GTX 980 (yes I am 100% sure it is a 980) from Gigabyte. However upon first booting up my newly built system, both nvidea Geforce experience and device manager are telling me that I have a GTX 960 installed. I updated my motherboard through MSI's live update software to no avail. My system is still telling me that I have a gtx 960. This is an incredibly stressful situation, can anyone point me in the right direction?

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It isn't absolutely necessary. I'll settle for less storage if I can put the money in other components that give me better overall performance.

Thanks for the recommendation. Why did you pick that CPU? What should I be looking for when trying to pick one for gaming at 1080p?

I am building a new rig, just using a few parts from my old machine

Hello everyone, I am a first time PC builder and new to the Tech Tips forums so let me first thank you in advance for looking at my post and helping out a complete beginner. I have been PC gaming for a while on a gateway FX 6802 I purchased from Future Shop about 5 years ago with the help of a more tech savvy friend. I have decided I want to dive into building a custom rig and would very much appreciate some help and different opinions with choosing parts. Here is some more info: Approximate Purchase Date: September of 2015 Budget Range: $1000 CAD after taxes (13% in ON) and shipping System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming at 1080p with max settings for current and future games, Web surfing. Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, RAM (from my old PC - 12GB of DDR3), optical drive, sound card. Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, ncix.com, canadacomputers.com etc. Country: Canada Parts Preferences: none Overclocking: Maybe; so long as it does not require any extensive cooling. SLI or Crossfire: No Monitor Resolution: One monitor at 1920x1080, Additional Comments: I would like to have a mid-tower windowed case preferably a minimalist design, nothing too flashy. I would like to upgrade this machine in the future, possibility for expansion would be nice. As a side note I have done some research myself albeit with limited results. I am still not very sure how to go about choosing a CPU or motherboard. I have come up with a draft list of parts here: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/FsC3vK Thanks again for your help.