Looking for an aftermarket GTX 980

[OmarWazzan]

I'm looking for an aftermarket GTX980,

I have my current build below but it's not compatible with the cards, can anyone suggest a good MB too to go with it?

Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($329.93 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-DELUXE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($149.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic X Series 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($45.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal Remover & Purifier ($5.99)
Other: Belkin Anti-Static Wristband ($4.78)
Total: $1472.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-03 07:48 EST-0500

 

[Brighttail]

Why would the asus z97 not be compatible with a GTX 980? Personally when it comes to 980's i love MSI or Asus Stirix. They both run fast, cool and both have the zero fan spin up where the fans won't spin up until the GPU reaches 50-60C.

 

[lightcloud]

I don't see a reason why it is not compatible.

Regarding the manufacturers, I recommend either Asus, Gugabyte or MSI. Stay away from EVGA for now due to their cooling issues.

 

[Andres de Groot]

Perfect system for a GTX980 if you ask me

 

[OmarWazzan]

A friend of mine told me the sockets weren't compatible.

Can I have a few links please? Price is not an issue, going for $2,000 or less.

 

[Brighttail]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121838&cm_re=980_gtx-_-14-121-838-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127834&cm_re=msi_980-_-14-127-834-_-Product
These cards are no where close to 2k

 

[Dagstar]

Another vote for the MSI. I have and love it. Can't believe how quiet and cool it runs, even overclocked during heavy gaming.

Looking at the rest of your setup, personally I'd get the 4790K (same price), 8GB of RAM(unless you do a lot of video editing), and you can save almost $70 going with http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st2000dm001 for a hdd. I've had 2 of them for years and they've been great. There's also much cheaper mobos out there depending on your needs. I have the MSI Z97Gaming 5 and it's worked out well so far.

 

[Farapon]

You may want to get higher speed ram and gigabyte g1 980