gourimoko
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Some advice..
Add 8GB of RAM. (2 more DIMMs assuming you have two more slots)
Don't buy the Toshiba HDD. Buy a 2xWestern Digital Blacks @ 1TB a piece. When you get your machine, boot into the BIOS and turn RAID on. Go into your RAID option ROM and configure the two disks as into a RAID-0 stripped array with 16k blocks. You'll get nearly 2x performance on R/W from the volume for only $35 more? If the Mobo doesn't support RAID out of the box, buy a cheap SoftRAID card for $30 bucks.. It's worth it, believe it.
Seriously get a better PSU. Not enough watts there (430W for oc'd i5 + GTX 970 sli?). The brand is good, just up the wattage.
If you didnt' buy aftermarket cooling, I'd recommend now is the time. Noctua makes some of the best aftermarket heatsink, fan combos there are.
Add 8GB of RAM. (2 more DIMMs assuming you have two more slots)
Don't buy the Toshiba HDD. Buy a 2xWestern Digital Blacks @ 1TB a piece. When you get your machine, boot into the BIOS and turn RAID on. Go into your RAID option ROM and configure the two disks as into a RAID-0 stripped array with 16k blocks. You'll get nearly 2x performance on R/W from the volume for only $35 more? If the Mobo doesn't support RAID out of the box, buy a cheap SoftRAID card for $30 bucks.. It's worth it, believe it.
Seriously get a better PSU. Not enough watts there (430W for oc'd i5 + GTX 970 sli?). The brand is good, just up the wattage.
If you didnt' buy aftermarket cooling, I'd recommend now is the time. Noctua makes some of the best aftermarket heatsink, fan combos there are.