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Is this a good build? [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] If not could you tell me what I could do better
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Gosh no, that's terrible. AM3+ is ridiculous in a rig that costs more than a grand. Keyboard is over-priced. PSU isn't the greatest. No SSD in a $1k+ rig is laughable. Fans aren't great. GTX 970 would be a terrible choice at this point. GTX 1070 out-performs a 980Ti in many situations., for $389 MSRP. GTX 1070 releases on June 10th.

Something like this would be a far better choice;
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Choose a cooler you like, or get an i5-6500 instead if you're not interested in overclocking. Corsair Strafe with MX Blues for $80 is a freaking steal, so I'd jump on that asap. SLI support so you can add a 2nd GTX 1070 at any point if you wish. Use the 2x120mm fans in the front as intake, and the 140mm fan in the rear as exhaust.
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Thanks for the reply this stuff is hard lol
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It's cool, just want to make sure you don't waste your money If you want an AMD CPU, wait for Zen but that could be a while. Otherwise, Intel is your best choice. If you're not interested in overclocking, get an i5-6500 and save $40. You can use stock cooler with the 6500 or just buy a nice, cheap cooler with the $40 saved. If you're wanting to overclock, you'll need the 6600k and you'll need to buy some sort of cooler as the 6600k doesn't come with a stock cooler.
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