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I am planning to build a gaming cpu and so far thought of the following to buy:

asus z97 pro wifi+ ac motherboard <-is this better than msi gaming 7?
msi geforce gtx 970 <- is the other brand better? Are they compatible?
intel core i5-4690k <- what's the difference with i7 in terms of gaming?

I don't have money to buy those high-end components.
I do not have any clue as to the other parts like power supply, please give suggestions.
 
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Alrighty then. Sorry for all the confusion, it's definitely a little tough to switch between currencies and I know that a lot of parts tend to get inflated when transferred across borders. So from here on out we'll shoot for $800-$1000 using PC Express online pricing.

Ok, so we're still going to go with the Asus Strix GTX 970($410). This is the most important part of your gaming build because this is what drives the frame rates you'll see in game, but modern games are also using the processor more and more.

So next, the CPU. I know you want the i5 4690K, but seeing as how we've dropped the budget, you might look into something like the i3 4150. It's a dual core with 4 threads, so it acts like a 4 core CPU and it has a good clock...
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Ah, if you got the i5-4690k, then that's a good purchase! The Z97-a too. That's a good pairing.

The 650W is "okay" but if you have limited funds, you might as well have just picked a more affordable 500W or 520W PSU (as that would be enough for a GTX 970 rig). But if you have already bought the 650W, then no problem (performance-wise). That 650W may be too risky to SLI the GTX 970, so your upgrade path in the future if you decide on replacing the GPU would be the GTX 980 Ti (which only needs 600W).
 
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The only reason I suggested the 620 was that was the highest quality PSU I could find on the site I was looking. raisonjohn is completely right about the PSU. And also that's pretty awesome that you were able to get an i5-4690K.

Is there anyway you can tell us what what PSU you bought specifically?
 
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It's a cooler master GXII pro 650W PSU. I can't seem to find it on their website but that's the one i bought.

Is going SLI better than upgrading the card to gtx 980? 980ti?
Can I go SLI, use the same series GTX 970 but different brand?
 
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