The work week is now over and I can start to have fun!
As logainofhades mentioned, it's your money and you can do with it what you will. We here, will tell you what WE would do, and/or what we think YOU should do with your money. It's fun spending OPM.
Here's my thinking.
The 4690 is a fine CPU. A LGA socket i5 is the current go-to processor for gaming. The 4460 is 25% cheaper and only 9% slower, and you will hardly notice the difference. That is the choice I would make. The overclockable (but you don't have to) 4690K is cheaper by a bit too, so I would buy that rather than the 4690, just in case
The stock cooler is fine. My current machine contains the stock cooler, two case fans, a PSU fan, and two fans on the GPU. I cannot hear it over the room background at a distance of three feet. If needed you could upgrade the cooler later. If you want quiet, research the quietest inexpensive CPU coolers.
The motherboard is a 'forever' decision that shapes your whole system. At the moment, you need one with an LGA 1150 socket. For 1080p, one good graphics card will do the business and, although the 980 is more powerful than the 970, the 970 is much more price/performance cost effective. some of the fastest non-reference 970s approach the performance of the stock 980. Since you don't want SLI or overclocking now, you could choose to go with a H97 chipset, high quality motherboard, which will handle and processor without overclocking, and any single GPU. If you want to allow for the possibility of either overclocking or SLI in the future, you need to get a decent Z97 motherboard. I would look at the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97M Killer myself, but there are other choices as good. This sort of board will both overclock and handle a second GPU for SLI. the MATX form factor will give you maximum case choice. (Prices favor the ATX version at the moment)
2 x 4Gb memory is dual channel, which means that both sticks can be accessed in parallel. This is faster than 1 x 8Gb. The motherboard I suggested above is capable of handling four sticks, so you could go up to 16Gb later if needed.
That's a good high-performance SSD. I'd use a slightly slower cheaper one, like the Crucial MX100. Read the reviews
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html and see what works for you. If you really want to spend the money, a 1Tb SSD as your only storage (to start with) would be worth considering.
Fine standard HDD although better (more expensive) than I would buy.
GPU: Top of the line, but price/performance does not work for me. Fast 970 (1.13Ghz+) is nearly as good and a lot cheaper.
Case: Personal choice. I tend to buy functional, good, but inexpensive cases. At this price point I would be looking at everything up to about $125 to find something I REALLY liked. (Or spend $60 or less)
You system is capable of running on a good 500W PSU. If you plan to overclock and/or SLI, then I would move up to a good 750W unit. In practice, buy the best PSU in your price range no matter what it's power. The excellent EVGA 110-B2 semi-modular 750 W Bronze is a good choice, but The Rosewill Capstone 750 Gold is semi-modular and less than $100.
You know better than me what you need for your listening and viewing pleasure.
PCPartPicker part list /
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z97 Killer ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($196.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($77.75 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($348.95 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($114.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Rosewill Capstone 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VG278HE 144Hz 27.0" Monitor ($366.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Headphones: Beyerdynamic DT 990 Headphones ($379.00 @ Adorama)
Total: $1958.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-10 10:22 EST-0500
Here's how I would make small changes. The CPU will run on the stock cooler until (if) you want to overclock it. The two case fans that come with the case should be enough, but it is easy, with the built-in controller, to add more if needed.
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