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Skvipi
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My Budget is around 1500 USD, I live in Norway so prices are a bit different so around 16000nok, I have all ready a screen an DELL U2711B, and keyboard and mouse, so should I go for this SLI setup 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.00 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1560.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Or should I go for this setup?

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($109.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($92.00 @ Adorama) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB AMP! Edition Video Card  ($489.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1410.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-21 12:39 EDT-0400

Feel free to post inquries, sorry again if my english is kind of bad in anyway 
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Total Budget? Also are you in the US?

 

Corsair fans are really poor just fyi and you don't have any reason to use them anyways.

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go with a 980 ti if you can, best performance you can get in a single card thats worth buying 

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Go for a 6600k with the apropriate motherboard, along with 16gb of DDR4 ram ( it's only like $90 usd)  and you're good, everything else is fine ( the 970 build ) unless you want to get a 980ti instead of a 970 and eventually upgrade to a second 980ti. ( You'd have to get an SLI motherboard for the 6600k too)

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This is an optimization of the first build. The define S comes with 2 fans, so you need a max of two more to fill out the 4 slots available if top mounted. 

 

 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 240 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-BK 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-BK 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1496.35
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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The fans I choose are quieter yet move more air. The HF-14 venturi fans would be best but they are a bit expensive.
 
I would however suggest considering a 980ti instead of sli 970 as its about the same price with about the same performance but without the headaches of SLI.
 
Like so:
 
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: LEPA AquaChanger 240 103.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($139.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($649.99 @ Amazon) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-BK 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 
Case Fan: Fractal Design GP14-BK 68.4 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($14.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1506.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-21 12:48 EDT-0400
 
Otherwise if doing 1080p gaming instead you could opt for a 980 or a 390 (970 doesn't beat 390 basically ever, but sli 970 uses just over half the power of CF 390 so it's imho a better idea for cooling purposes).
 
 

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