Help with a gaming PC

[Sicpostman]

Hello! I'm trying to build a gaming pc on which I'll be able to play most games on ultra. I want to go with GTX 970 and possibly add a second one in a year or two. At the moment I am stuck between: Intel i7 devils canyon + ddr 3 and i7 skylake with ddr4 as well as MSI (gaming m5 or m7) vs ASUS Rog (Maximus VIII Hero) mother boards. I would prefer not to go over 1800 for the pc . Could you please give me some advise. on which processor and mother board I should choosw and is the 970 good enough at the moment or should I go with the 980? Thanks!

 

[basroil]

Haswell will be a bit cheaper, but you might as well go with skylake just for the improvements in motherboard features

 

[kawininjazx]

I feel the price of DDR4 is still way to high, if you have it in your budget you can do it, but you are going to be crying in a year when it drops in price.

 

[WildCard999]

If your just gaming the i5 (Haswell or Skylake) will be more then powerful enough, even for SLI and it will save you a good amount of money. As for the GTX 970 or 980 I would go with the GTX 970 but if your planning on running SLI then you might as well get a GTX 980ti which will give you similar performance to the GTX 970 SLI and leave you room for 4K gaming with SLI 980ti's.

 

[TopLuca]

Spending towards Skylake would be a nice investment , you get more PCI lanes than Haswell ( The CPU still gets 16 on Skylake however the chipset gets 20 so you could still SLI and have a pcie SSD like the 750 from Intel with Hyperkit) which is a major talking point as well as DDR4 ( the gains over DDR3 in games are minimal ) . If the money isn't an issue I'd say go towards Skylake and invest in a heavy duty gaming pc capable of doing almost everything ( like gaming , video editing , multi-tasking , streaming ,etc ) , just bare in mind that in a gaming scenario the GPU is the biggest talking point so make sure you invest in a great GPU that's capable of delivering your needs .
Example for a Build ( totally ridiculous ) :
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4kMnD3
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4kMnD3/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($350.00 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($159.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($119.95 @ B&H)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($459.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($107.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($96.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1766.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 10:51 EDT-0400

On the other hand , if money is a problem then I'd get Haswell which is still great value for the money and is capable of delivering all of your needs for the future. Example :
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MBCmsY
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/MBCmsY/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($317.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i GTX 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($150.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($78.89 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($199.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($654.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($93.75 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1803.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-03 10:55 EDT-0400

N.B : 2nd Build is better for gaming.