New Build - Advancements

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CaptainFreezy

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Evening all, around the start of November, with the help of people on this forum, I came up with a build for my new PC. I'm trying to fine-tune it and also have made some adjustments. My PC will mostly be used for FSX, BF4 and other shooters/open-worlds.

1.I found out that Intel boost doesn't work with FSX so will have to do a static overclock myself. Due to this, I have upgraded cooler to a H100i and have upgraded the motherboard to an Asus Z97-A
2. I have upgraded the PSU from 650W to 750W

Feedback on this build would be much appreciated. I would also like to know what case people recommend I go for. (Budget about £100 tops for case)


Case
Undecided
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i5-4690k Quad Core (3.50GHz @ upto 4.60GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® Z97-A: ATX, USB3.0, SATA 6GB/S, SLi, XFIRE
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - 1 DVI, 1 mHDMI, 3 mDP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE PICK YOUR PATH DIGITAL VOUCHER with GTX 780 / 780Ti /970 / 980 GPUs!
1st Hard Disk
250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1003FZEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET (£79)
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler (£89)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)



Price: £1,111.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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CaptainFreezy

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GTX 980 is out of my budget, it's coming in at £1381 even with those changes made. £1250 is my top budget. Would you recommend to make the changes and stick with a 970?
 
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bigben

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CaptainFreezy said:
GTX 980 is out of my budget, it's coming in at £1381 even with those changes made. £1250 is my top budget. Would you recommend to make the changes and stick with a 970?
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I would, Z97-A is SLI compatible - so if you aren't going to add a 2nd gpu you're paying for a feature you won't use. 750w is OTT for a single GPU as well.
If you did decide to go down SLI route I think you'd need to upgrade PSU.
 
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CaptainFreezy

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Yeah that makes sense. Would the gigabyte still be as good for overclocking? For example, which board has an easier bios to navigate.
 
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