Are the parts in this gaming build good?

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I'm making my second gaming pc build and I was wondering if the parts I picked were good or needed to be changed.

Some things to note:
- The parts I think might need changing are the psu and motherboard.
- pcpartpicker didn't have the actual ram I was thinking of getting. I'm actually getting 2x4 gb adata xpg z1 2800MHz. I'm getting that because they are cheaper than other ddr4 and they look quite nice. Also I haven't heard anything bad about them.
- I'm getting the stock gtx 970 cuz I got a good deal on it and unless someone can give me a really good reason to switch to something else, I'm sticking with it.
- This is the first time I've seen this sandisk ssd and so I don't know if I should swap it or not. I know it doesn't have the best read/write speeds but it'll do fine as a boot drive along with some other things on it.
- The place I'm buying from only has the gigabyte wifi adapter, some cheap unknown card, and the tp-link archer t8e (which is $40 more expensive than the gigabyte one). I'm not sure if the tp-link archer t8e is worth it.

That's it. I'd be grateful to anyone who helps me out. Thanks

Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cmzpt6
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($253.89 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($100.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($82.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($305.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $968.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-30 22:55 EST-0500

I'd generally recommend a R9 390 over a 970. We are already seeing 6 GB of vRAM usage in new games like Tomb Raider and The Division. 970 looks very bad in comparison to the 390 in these games.
 
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really? How much more fps would an r9 390 get vs the 970? Would the 970 only have problems with fps or also with stuttering and textures not loading in?
 
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also, what do you think about the motherboard I picked. The major reason I picked this over something else is because it's white and maches with the ram, case, and cables
 
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The motherboard you picked was really only more expensive because of brand. The ASRock board I linked is just as high quality without the flashy gamer price tag.

The 970 will stutter in games with higher resolutions or textures than it can handle. Aside from that, it will be 10-15 fps slower in the division at 1080p. When you go above 1080p in resolution, the 390 really starts to pull ahead of the 970 because it has more memory bandwidth, memory, and raw power. The only reason I didn't not include on in your build is that a 550w PSU is a bit too small for a R9 390. The drawback of the 390 is that it requires more power.

The 970 is a good card for two scenarios. 1st, you like overclocking. 2nd, you only intend to play at 1080p for the life of the video card.
 
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how about the r9 390x? at the place i'm buying all of this, its only 60 dollars more expensive. However, it needs more power and so i'll have to upgrade the psu too. I will also take your suggestion for the motherboard into consideration.
 
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what kind of power supply would be needed for the 390 or 390x. Also, arn't some games more compatible with nvidia than amd?
 
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You'd want a high quality 600w. Check the PSU tier list to see whats good. If you can find a quality PSU with higher wattage than 600w at a good price even better. I would not go above 700w unless you plan on overclocking.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

To answer your second question, kind of. Certain games will run better on Nvidia cards but certain games will also run better on AMD hardware. The only game where this will actually impact your playing experience is Project Cars. It's probably the most poorly optimized game I've seen in a long time. So unless you mostly play Project Cars, you won't really notice a preference for either Nvidia or AMD in pretty much all games.
 
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How about the EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G1 80 PLUS combined with the r9 390x. Also, arn't there features that nvidia offers like physx and streaming to other devices?
 
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That power supply is quite good and will be more than enough.

Nvidia calls it's extra features like PhysX and HairWorks Nvidia GameWorks. These are features that are supposed to enhance the game but you don't have to look hard to find Nvidia users having performance or crashing issues with them. For example, in the Witcher 3, turning Nvidia HairWorks on alone reduces FPS by 20 fps on an Nvidia GPU. Newer games like the division use other Nvidia GameWorks features like HBAO+ but once again results in a massive FPS drop. The problem here is you are getting next to nothing visually for a massive FPS loss. I'd recommend you check out Joker Productions, he's an Nvidia only kind of guy, and even he turns off and advises others to do the same for Nvidia GameWorks features. Even with his SLI GTX 980 Ti he turns GameWorks features off because they don't improve the visuals and tank FPS.

AMD also has similar tech but they support open source software instead of closed code that Nvidia uses. For example, PureHair that's used in the new tomb raider has almost no impact on FPS and runs well on both Nvidia and AMD cards. In addition, Free-Sync doesn't cost $200 extra like G-Sync and it's an open standard that any other GPU manufacturer and adopt. AMD has developed (in conjunction with other companies like Intel) two open GPU languages that allow programmers to take advantage of the GPU in regular programs. Nvidia's proprietary CUDA language isn't open and programs made to take advantage of it will only ever work on Nvidia cards.

Nvidia only allows you to stream games to their own tablet, which is another $250. That kind of investment is insane considering the experience is going to be subpar on the tablet and that it'll only ever work with Nvidia hardware.
 
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The place where i'm buying my parts has a free upgrade from the 980 to the 980ti and i definatly want to take that offer. Wouldn't it be dangerous to use an XFX TS 550w for a gtx 980ti? I didn't think the XFX TS 550 was good enough to run at a high load all the time.
 
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Yeah, you're going to want to get a higher wattage power supply either way.
 
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The place where I'm buying is really stupid and doesn't have much selection but its cheaper than if I would buy the parts on amazon. My choices for a 600 - 750 watt power supply are:

EVGA 600 80 PLUS
Corsair CX600M CX Series Modular 80 PLUS BRONZE
Corsair CSM Series CS650M 80 Plus Gold
Thermaltake SMART Series SP-750PCBUS 80 PLUS BRONZE
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G1 80 PLUS Gold
Thermaltake Toughpower - 80 PLUS Gold

Which of these power supplies would be the best? I'm going to buy the parts today so a quick response by anyone is appreciated.
 
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That's the 650w review. A review of the 750w unit shows a good PSU.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_nex750_supernova_psu_gold_review,8.html

It's not a top PSU but it's better than the other options he has for sure, which are bottom of the barrel.
 
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That's not even worthy of being called a power supply review. They don't even go over ripple or the insides. Voltage regulation checks are just done poorly and I question the accuracy. Jonnyguru himself calls Guru3D reviews not done right.
 
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thanks
 
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Did you see my post?
 
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yea but the other guy is ranked veteran ++ lol. its not that I don't value your opinion its just that I'm not really looking for a top notch power supply anyways. Just something that won't fail and will get the job done
 
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yes you are but unless you can give me an alternate power supply from the list provided then I will just have to go with the G1. I didn't add this before because its too expensive but there's also one other power supply i didn't mention: Corsair RMi Series RM650i 80 PLUS GOLD. Is it any good and is it worth dishing out 50 more dollars for it? Please list any benefits that it might have over the G1.
 
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But you see, that wasn't one of the choices. If I had the option to pick something better I would but these are all my choices:

EVGA 600 80 PLUS
Corsair CX600M CX Series Modular 80 PLUS BRONZE
Corsair CSM Series CS650M 80 Plus Gold
Thermaltake SMART Series SP-750PCBUS 80 PLUS BRONZE
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G1 80 PLUS Gold
Thermaltake Toughpower - 80 PLUS Gold
 
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