About to buy for upgrade, SAVE ME if its a bad choice

[badquestionasker]

Based upon recommendations from CoolDude X (Thanks for you help), This is what I am about to purchase for upgrade (Keeping in mind I just got into PC gaming last month but i already don't like my current graphics, be gentle):

MSI Computer Corp. Z87M GAMING Motherboard
Intel Core i5-4690K Processor 3.5 GHz LGA 1150
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan
Corsair CX Series 600 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 G1 Gaming GDDR5 Pcie Video Graphics Card, 4GB

 

[Pratyay67]

The 4690 paired with the 970 is always a good choice. But if you want a little better, I'd ask you to buy an ASUS Z-97-a, as it can allow overclocking. For the cooler, a liquid cooler would be needed if you overclock, like the corsair hydro series. Here the corsair H-80i will be sufficient.
You haven't mentioned the case. What do you plan on buying?

 

[badquestionasker]

The 4690 paired with the 970 is always a good choice. But if you want a little better, I'd ask you to buy an ASUS Z-97-a, as it can allow overclocking. For the cooler, a liquid cooler would be needed if you overclock, like the corsair hydro series. Here the corsair H-80i will be sufficient.
You haven't mentioned the case. What do you plan on buying?

I bought a prebuilt so I already got a case, its a Deepcool? Its white with 4 round vent looking things on top that light up. With my picked set up, do you think i can push the graphics on a game like rome 2?

 

[Pc6777]

don't get the 970 it has problems with vram, get a 780, 780 ti, 980, or titan

 

[chenw]

If the person games on 1080p, 970 is more than adequate for anything but extreme VRAM hog cases. Better reason to buy 970 than 980 IMHO.

Unless of course the OP only plays games that are known to be memory hogs.

 

[17seconds]

If the person games on 1080p, 970 is more than adequate for anything but extreme VRAM hog cases. Better reason to buy 970 than 980 IMHO.

Unless of course the OP only plays games that are known to be memory hogs.

Do you mean, like, Watch Dogs at 4K with Ultra textures enabled?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_970_Gaming/22.html

 

[Pratyay67]

Considering price vs performance, 970 outruns 980 and 780 too. Oviously if you have money go for the 980. It doesn't have the Vram issues. Titan is not an option from any angle.
The build is pretty high end, so yo can play games with settings maxed out.
Happy gaming!

 

[chenw]

The only games I had in mind that hogged disproportionate amount of RAM compared to its resolution is CoD:AW and possibly DA:I, most others I know hit GPU wall a lot earlier than hitting the 3.5GB VRAM mark.

The only game I know of that can possibly hit the VRAM mark before hitting the GPU mark is AC:U at 1440p with SLI 970's, I was using about 3.6GB VRAM with maxed details and 2x MSAA, and I was doing about 50's fps with occasional hiccups, I'll give it another shot later on by lowering down details and see if it drastically improves performance.

Most of the time, games runs flawlessly on 1440p, barring some weirdly coded games. Even games that don't do SLI (Wolfenstein: The New Order) runs pretty well at 1440p on maxed settings.

However, I must admit, I am pretty biased against 980 when it was released when comparing to 970. With this 970 VRAM issue (some may not even call it an issue) blown open, and reading the specs on Titan X, I am really inclined to believe that Titan X will provide better overall gaming experience, now and in the forseeable future, than a pair of 980's. For the money spent, I really doubt 980 is going to last 60% as long as a 970 before 980 becomes an 'old' card.

If 980 was a 6GB card then my opinion would have been a whole lot different.