Need some help with my build

[Jurgvds]

Hi guys!

I'm in the process of buying myself parts for building a new pc and want some opinions on it, especially the GPU part.

My build:
-MOBO: msi z97 krait edition
-CPU: i7-4790K
-GPU: gtx 970 or gtx 980 (is there any reason I should no get the gtx 980 appart from the price difference?)
-RAM: Kingston hyperx 1866 (4x4gb)
-CASE: NZXT H440
-CPU cooler: Corsair H105 Hydro series
-PSU: Antec edge 750w (80 gold plus)
-SSD: Intel 730 240gb x2
-HHD: Seagate SATA3 1TB 7200rpm

I will use it for both Gaming and video editing and rendering. Would getting the 980 be a good thing, and will it work? Or am I just better off sticking with the 970?

Thanks guys

 

[Lucias OKeefe]

The 970 is better bang for your buck, and on a single monitor it won't be strained. If you're video editing I recommend another drive for raw file storage, like a Western Digital Green. You'll go through a terrabyte faster than you realize with video files.

 

[Jurgvds]

The 970 is better bang for your buck, and on a single monitor it won't be strained. If you're video editing I recommend another drive for raw file storage, like a Western Digital Green. You'll go through a terrabyte faster than you realize with video files.

Yeah I heard it's better value for money. And thanks! didn't think of RAW file storage actually!

But what do you mean it won't be strained on a single monitor? Will the 980 be strained?

 

[Lowie1771]

Be sure to RAID-0 the SSDs.

 

[Lucias OKeefe]

No, the 980 will similarly laugh at the suggestion of even 4K single screen gaming being a problem. It will do better than the 970, but not enough better to warrant the extra price is what I was meaning overall.

 

[Jurgvds]

Be sure to RAID-0 the SSDs.

I thought about that, but after some reading they said that it's useless as you barely notice a difference in speed and performance

 

[Lucias OKeefe]

SSDs are already blazing fast. If you're going to RAID anything RAID together a couple of HDDs for games that won't fit on a single 256GB SSD and save some money.

 

[Jurgvds]

No, the 980 will similarly laugh at the suggestion of even 4K single screen gaming being a problem. It will do better than the 970, but not enough better to warrant the extra price is what I was meaning overall.

Oh ok I see what you mean, sorry got a bit confused with what you said. But thanks!

So you think overall the 970 stays the better pick?

 

[Lowie1771]

It's great for loading times in things like Skyrim. But, not necessary, if you don't want to. I personally use two Raid-0 SSDs for the most loading-intensive games like Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim (with around 300 mods) and a 1TB HDD for everything else.

 

[Lucias OKeefe]

The 970 will do you fine until you want full setting 4K gaming or running high definition triple monitors. Even then dropping some settings will let you do it.

 

[Jurgvds]

Ah ok, I could always get another 970 when I would need to do that though and run it in SLI? And I will do more reading into the SSD's. But I thought I would use one for my games and other for my editing programs and OS. Further store all the other stuff on the HDD

 

[Jurgvds]

But thanks for the help and advice guys! appreciate it!