How solid is this for 1500?

[Umegadem]

I am assuming that the price of the CPU cooler is 120. I am Also running 2 way SLI with my old GTX 970 STRIX. So how does this build hold up?

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Umegadem/saved/z4kRsY

Do tell me where to improve

Edit 1: I'm using this for gaming and I'm getting the windows 8.1 pro student edition as it is cheaper

[xnoobftw]

I would change the hard drive to a seagate barracuda 2tb,

and yeah the rest is pretty good!

[Alibaladin]

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

 

Get OS from G2A

[Javavia]

Are you overclocking?

If not then get a cheaper cooler 

[Umegadem]

Are you overclocking?

If not then get a cheaper cooler

I'm most likely going to overclock to about 3.8-3.9GHz

[Guest]

I'm most likely going to overclock to about 3.8-3.9GHz

You don't need a Swiftech H220-X to achieve that. Something like a Coolermaster Hyper Evo 212 would be fine for that.

[Ostwind]

Get a cheaper board and RAM that isn't running at a completely irrelevant speed and you can probably fit an i7 into that budget.

[Umegadem]

Get a cheaper board and RAM that isn't running at a completely irrelevant speed and you can probably fit an i7 into that budget.

The only reason im getting such fast ram is because it is for some reason $3 cheaper than 1600 ._.

And the 8.1 OS I'm getting it for USD$60 which will save me some money

[Ostwind]

for some reason $3 cheaper than 1600 ._.

 

crap like that is really makes me wonder why I bother making suggestions on threads like this because more often than not some weird pricing thing makes my input irrelevant.