New gaming rig

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DragonAsh

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So this is going to be my main gaming rig - thoughts?

Case: COOLERMASTER CM STORM ENFORCER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor: Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-4790k Quad Core (4.00GHz @ upto 4.70GHz)
Motherboard:Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 3: ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, XFIRE/SLI
Memory: 32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2133MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
Graphics Card: 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
1st Hard Disk: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Power Supply: CORSAIR 1000W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling: Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Extra Case Fans: 2 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Thermal Paste: ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Fan Controller: NZXT Sentry 3 Fan Controller with upto 5 Fitted Case Fans
 
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DragonAsh

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Yes, I have a 2TB HDD on-hand that will be going in there as well. The second SSD will probably be going into my (soon-to-be) backup rig.
 
Lorkem

Lorkem

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Looks good apart from the RAM, 32GB is overkill, You should drop it to 16GB or even 8GB if it's just for gaming. You could put the extra money towards a GTX 980 instead.
 
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DragonAsh

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The rig will have 16GB, the extra 16GB is going into the backup rig which currently only has 4gb.

And yeah, I seriously debated going for the 980, but my plan is to wait for the price to drop a bit then pick up a second 970.
 
keynes

keynes

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If you are planning to add an ssd and ram into your other build l, wouldn't it be easier (and possibly cheaper) to order those separately? For gaming Overclocking is not needed, you have a fan controller which is not essential and 8gb ram will be fine for gaming. If you are looking at gaming at high resolutions I would still consider a gtx 980 rather than spending in order bits that will not improve gaming performance
 
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