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DaltonM
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First things first: I own shield products,

I have 2.4 and 5G routers on every floor of my house.

I game stream A LOT.

An AMD card is out of the question, nothing personal,

I just MUST have game streaming. 

 

Okay guys, time to put the final touches on my PC build. Last month, I got a new CPU, PSU, MOBO and a cooler. Now I am ready for more RAM, an HDD, and most important of all GPU. 

Here is my build: Green means it's already in my PC, so I wont be changing or replacing these parts. 

 
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($290.00) 
Total: $380.88
 
My build is an mATX build so I wanted to go with the smallest GPU possible. I want it to be at most 8 inches. The one I have chosen seems to be the smallest one with 2 fans, I can go smaller, but I don't trust the cooling. 
 
My budget is about $450, and I only want a 970 because I plan to upgrade again when Pascal and HBM drops on the Nvidia side. But other than that, is there any upgrades you guys would make? I am also considering SLI 970s for some reason.
 
Thanks yall. 
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I think it's solid bro, You pretty much got good deals and parts in terms of combos. I give you the thumbs up :)

 

Edit: I did forget one tiny thing...That stock fan on the evo... GET RID OF IT! It's horrid T.T I have the hyper 212 evo and the fan is just a pos T.T Get a replacement noctua or EK fan, trust me it's worth it!

I fix computers and computer accessories... sometimes... when I want to...

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AMD Fury Nano? Jkjk,

 

There is a mini version of the EVGA GTX 970 out there ^^

I gotta say that Fury Nano was sooo alluring to me. I wanted it really bad for about 10 minuets lol then the LTT video ended hahah

 

Anyone have any drive recommendations? I am at work right now and I have TEN broken seagate barracuda drives sitting next to me lol. 

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I gotta say that Fury Nano was sooo alluring to me. I wanted it really bad for about 10 minuets lol then the LTT video ended hahah

 

Anyone have any drive recommendations? I am at work right now and I have TEN broken seagate barracuda drives sitting next to me lol. 

WD Black for gaming?

FPS <3

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First things first: I own shield products,

I have 2.4 and 5G routers on every floor of my house.

I game stream A LOT.

An AMD card is out of the question, nothing personal,

I just MUST have game streaming. 

 

Okay guys, time to put the final touches on my PC build. Last month, I got a new CPU, PSU, MOBO and a cooler. Now I am ready for more RAM, an HDD, and most important of all GPU. 

Here is my build: Green means it's already in my PC, so I wont be changing or replacing these parts. 

 
 
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Memory: G.Skill Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $0.00) 
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($290.00) 
Total: $380.88
 
My build is an mATX build so I wanted to go with the smallest GPU possible. I want it to be at most 8 inches. The one I have chosen seems to be the smallest one with 2 fans, I can go smaller, but I don't trust the cooling. 
 
My budget is about $450, and I only want a 970 because I plan to upgrade again when Pascal and HBM drops on the Nvidia side. But other than that, is there any upgrades you guys would make? I am also considering SLI 970s for some reason.
 
Thanks yall. 

 

Dont get a nex psu, get a xfx or seasonic 

~dm

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I gotta say that Fury Nano was sooo alluring to me. I wanted it really bad for about 10 minuets lol then the LTT video ended hahah

 

Anyone have any drive recommendations? I am at work right now and I have TEN broken seagate barracuda drives sitting next to me lol. 

Hahaha, if i read well, you are just a gamer, and not a video editor, i would go for an SSD as boot drive, and a WD blue as Mass Storage, some tests prove that the WD Blue are better than the Seagate Barracuda's, if you have more budget, Hitachi Driver are just Fu**ing monsters, i have them in my server since 2007, 0 problem

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Hahaha, if i read well, you are just a gamer, and not a video editor, i would go for an SSD as boot drive, and a WD blue as Mass Storage, some tests prove that the WD Blue are better than the Seagate Barracuda's, if you have more budget, Hitachi Driver are just Fu**ing monsters, i have them in my server since 2007, 0 problem

Budget isn't much of an issue for me. I added the WD black for $70. I want to start making videos, I am funnier than Pewds, but he rocks at editing. 

 

But I do have an SSD boot drive :) Was my very first upgrade back in the day lol .

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Budget isn't much of an issue for me. I added the WD black for $70. I want to start making videos, I am funnier than Pewds, but he rocks at editing. 

 

But I do have an SSD boot drive :) Was my very first upgrade back in the day lol .

Oh yeah, i totally forgot, yes the WB Blacks are a good choice ^^ 

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