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PSU: something particular, not just "80+ certified etc", like 600 Watts - EVGA 600 80 PLUS Power Supply
GPU: for future games, AMD is likely better choice: AMD Radeon R9 390X 8GB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card [Holiday Mega Sales - $100 Instant Off
SSD: i saw no SSD, highly recommended to get one
 
Geoff said:
I'd get 16GB of RAM, a name brand power supply, and a Samsung 850 Evo SSD. The GTX 970 is a fine video card: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1559?vs=1595
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850 Evo uses TLC NAND and remembering 840 and 840 Evo fiascos, I stay away from all TLC SSD's.

GTX970 is more 3.5GB than 4 GB card http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Responds-GTX-970-35GB-Memory-Issue

Also GTX970 is less future proof http://www.dsogaming.com/news/oxide...to-disable-certain-settings-in-the-benchmark/

Based on those facts, AMD delivers what they promise, Nvidia not.
 
H4rdR3s37 said:
850 Evo uses TLC NAND and remembering 840 and 840 Evo fiascos, I stay away from all TLC SSD's.

GTX970 is more 3.5GB than 4 GB card http://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-Responds-GTX-970-35GB-Memory-Issue

Also GTX970 is less future proof http://www.dsogaming.com/news/oxide...to-disable-certain-settings-in-the-benchmark/

Based on those facts, AMD delivers what they promise, Nvidia not.
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What fiasco are you referring to? The 840/850 Evo SSDs are considered the best for the money in the consumer SSD industry. I personally have had several for years now and are 100% flawless.

Look at the benchmarks, not the politics. Even taking into account the 3.5GB of VRAM, it is not far behind the 390X, and costs less. Plus, AMD drivers are crap. It's unlikely he will be trying to game at 4K anyways with the rest of the specs.
 
Geoff said:
What fiasco are you referring to? The 840/850 Evo SSDs are considered the best for the money in the consumer SSD industry. I personally have had several for years now and are 100% flawless..
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Same here.. agree with Geoff 100%
 
Geoff said:
What fiasco are you referring to? The 840/850 Evo SSDs are considered the best for the money in the consumer SSD industry. I personally have had several for years now and are 100% flawless.

Look at the benchmarks, not the politics. Even taking into account the 3.5GB of VRAM, it is not far behind the 390X, and costs less. Plus, AMD drivers are crap. It's unlikely he will be trying to game at 4K anyways with the rest of the specs.
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Samsung 840 Evo http://www.anandtech.com/show/8550/...40-evo-read-performance-bug-fix-is-on-the-way and http://techreport.com/review/27727/some-840-evos-still-vulnerable-to-read-speed-slowdowns and http://www.overclock.net/t/1507897/samsung-840-evo-read-speed-drops-on-old-written-data-in-the-drive and...

Samsung 840 http://www.pcper.com/news/Storage/S...-840-Basic-performance-slow-down-promises-fix almost same problem, still not fixed(!)

Considered by who? Samsung fanclub also considered 840 Evo "best for the money". Some (including me) disagreed and said that TLC drive should be much cheaper than MLC drive, because MLC is much better. Now we know that those who disagreed, were right. In case you have had 840 or 840 Evo for years and you say they are 100% flawless, well, look at those articles and think again.

In case you want professional opinion about 850 Evo, there you go http://techreport.com/review/27824/crucial-bx100-and-mx200-solid-state-drives-reviewed/7

Given the issues plaguing some of Samsung's TLC-based SSDs, I'd take the MX200 over any EVO right now.
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"Any Evo" includes 850 Evo. So that professional is not considering 850 Evo best for money. Reason is simple: 850 Evo is using TLC nand.

That 3.5GB shows effect on much lower than 4K resolutions. As for rest about GTX970, I already answered http://www.computerforum.com/threads/pc.237189/page-2#post-1989612

But then, provide facts that AMD drivers are crap. There are countess examples about crap Nvidia or Intel drivers also.
 
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