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dropsonde
By dropsonde
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PSU- There are WAY cheaper PSUs in that wattage range. Pick up a good semi modular CX 600 for about 60-70 bucks.

The CX is cheaper for a reason.

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scrapped that plan.. would rather have more performance..

Fine. If you want to go over 1k, your build is a great choice! But if you want to go under it, then there's just no other way to do it.

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That 2nd link is a CS. Totally different power supply.

Ye. I just copied it from another topic with the same discussion about COrsair being shjt.

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Made a few changes... trying to keep it under 1000 is hurting my brain. let me know what you think, thanks!
 
Intel Core i5 4690K Unlocked Quad Core 3.5GHZ/3.9GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 6MB Cache Retail $284.99
Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit $84.98
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive - OEM  $72.09

OCZ ZT series 650w power supply... $119 <- I want something that is modular

eVGA  GeForce GTX970 SSC $429.99 <- newer model I believe?
ASUS Z97-E ATX LGA1150 DDR3 2PCI-E16   $146 <- slightly cheaper for pretty much an identical board...
 
total ~$1116

 

This EVGA B2 750W is $79.99 after rebate. It is a good power supply, and will handle SLI.

 

https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr

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Made a few changes... trying to keep it under 1000 is hurting my brain. let me know what you think, thanks!
 
Intel Core i5 4690K Unlocked Quad Core 3.5GHZ/3.9GHZ Processor LGA1150 Haswell 6MB Cache Retail $284.99
Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit $84.98
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive - OEM  $72.09

OCZ ZT series 650w power supply... $119 <- I want something that is modular

eVGA  GeForce GTX970 SSC $429.99 <- newer model I believe?
ASUS Z97-E ATX LGA1150 DDR3 2PCI-E16   $146 <- slightly cheaper for pretty much an identical board...
 
total ~$1116

 

 

I don't understand, what is so hard?

 

$970 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Mushkin ECO2 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($315.04 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Rosewill 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.00 @ Newegg)

Total: $932.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-18 15:33 EDT-0400

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I don't understand, what is so hard?

 

$970 before rebates:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($91.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Mushkin ECO2 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ NCIX US)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($315.04 @ Amazon)

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Power Supply: Rosewill 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.00 @ Newegg)

Total: $932.97

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-18 15:33 EDT-0400

Please, understand that we are talking about CAD here, not USD.

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Please, understand that we are talking about CAD here, not USD.

 

Oh shit... not gonna happen with a 4690K and a GTX 970.  :(

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The 330 range for video cards would get me a 960 like this http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-960-oc-2c-108015.htm or http://www.ncix.com/detail/evga-geforce-gtx-960-4gb-7c-106961.htmor http://www.ncix.com/detail/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-960-g1-73-108014.htm 

 

I have read that the 970 falsely advertises it's use of 4gb vram... is this true? The price gap from 960 to 970 is quite large..

Oh yea, sorry, I said 330 USD. More in CAD. And yes, they did have a problem with that. The 970 actually has 3.5GB VRAM, 3.5GB primary and 0.5 unaccessable RAM.

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Oh yea, sorry, I said 330 USD. More in CAD. And yes, they did have a problem with that. The 970 actually has 3.5GB VRAM, 3.5GB primary and 0.5 unaccessable RAM.

Wrong. The card can (and will)  access all of the 4gbs, if needed. While not being able to use the remaining .5gbs at full speed, be thankful that it is there; otherwise, there would be even bigger FPS dips due to the need to use system RAM.

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