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maxjan

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I made a build, and I plan on putting a second GPU in a couple of months down the road. I'm wondering if there are parts I dont need, or parts that could be replaced by better ones keeping in mind the budget is €1500 and the system will be used for gaming only.

Intel i5 6500 6mb cache
ASUS Z170-E ATX motherboard
8GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133Mhz (2 x 4GB)
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX970
120GB samsung 650 SSD
Corsair H55 hydro cooler w/PCS liquid series Ultra Quiet Fans
Arctic MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL conductivity compound.
Onboard channel 6 (5.1) high def audio
WIRELESS 802.11N 300 Mbs
 
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maxjan

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Case SHARKOON BD28 GAMING CASE (Green LED)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-6500 (3.2GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® Z170-E: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM) 8GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 2 x DVI, HDMI, DP - GeForce GTX VR
Ready!
1st Hard Disk 120GB SAMSUNG 650 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 450MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 1TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 32MB CACHE
Processor Cooling Corsair H55 Hydro Cooler w/ PCS Liquid Series Ultra Quiet Fans
Memory Card Reader EXTERNAL MEMORY CARD READER (READS MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT
PORTS
 
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jerpers

Master
The air coolers will be sufficient for your build, plus you may want to up the PSU to at least the CS 650 if planning to SLI later. Double check using the configurator that you can support 2 GPU's.
 
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maxjan

Member
Alright, so switch to regular air cooling, and get more wattage, any other comments on performance, perhaps useless things on it?
 
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jerpers

Master
Otherwise looks good. I did not spot the HDD, the WD black do perform better. Do you need the Wifi card? Homeplugs do perform better. You may not really notice much difference with the thermal compound but thats such a low cost IMO.
 
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jerpers

Master
Most modern games will fly with that spec. The i5/970 combo you have is the current sweet spot of price/performance.
 
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