another upvote to wait for zen, no point in building an AM3 build right now your budget is too high to even consider an AM3, honestly i bought my first AM3 rig for $603 in 2011 why on earth spend 1100 more then that almost 6 years later? i love my fx8120 to death and i wont retire her till she dies but no way would i pay retail for another FX chip
if your an AMD fanboy like me just wait for the next zen chip =)
the rx480 is faster and cheaper than the gtx970 also radion is owned by amd so thats another plus for yah!!
keep the psu if you want to have 2 gpus someday if you only ever see your self with 1 gpu then downgrade to the 650w
you most likely wont need the h110i with a zen or skylake so an air cooler will be fine
grab the evo instead of pro for ssd
rams good but 2133mhz is over kill for a gaming rig you could go 1300 or 1600 an save some money(theres no fps gain from your speed of ram unless your using an APU)
you wont need 4 fans unless your case comes with 0
and may i suggest a WD 3 4 or 5tb Red instead of the barracuda (yes overkill but if thats your only storage minds well keep it alive aye)
your build would have been good a few years ago but not anymore. PC building is in a weird spot until AMD launches a ddr4 platform
I am interested to know how much performance your getting from this cpu with an overclock, I have not yet overclocked mine but am thinking of doing so soon to around 4.5ghz ..
Thanks for the suggestion so i'm not sure if Zen will be out whrn i get the full amount so hear is a complete revamp of the build and title was changed.
You guys are the greatest community that i have ever had the chance of being around. The suggestion are informative and insightful.
Question on the motherboard, i read that the Asus Z170 A os an up and comer so im not sure if to keep it in the build or maybe go for MSI or even Gigabyt
I got mine to 4.4 with 1.425 volts. My mb is a 970m pro3 with 4+1 power. Lasted about 3 min before all heck broke loose. After a few hours my computer started working again but acting weird. It would not downclock and was stuck at 3.5 till I cleared cmos.
The chip is willing but the motherboard is weak.
Oh well who wants a boring overclocking experience anyway:)