Good to know ^_^ Yeah the 970 has an amazing reputation :) Personally I love it. It's arguably the best GPU as of right now. And by saying AMD is still notorious for overheating are you referring to the GPU suggestion from Kyure or the CPU suggestion from Immortal or both?
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As far as CLCs go I don't intend on getting one immediately. And Soul if you plan on getting watercooling then CLCs are much safer if it's your first time to make sure that you don't soak your PC And for the 970 I personally would go with the EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW+ ACX 2.0+. EVGA has a good reputation when it comes to GPUs and they make really good units IMO. Soul for your GPU you might wanna consider EVGA over ASUS? Just my opinion really. Also I've heard ASUS has some problems idk. I don't think I actually have any parts chosen that are ASUS so far XD I chose a really nice Acer monitor And ASUS makes a bunch of stuff so they might not be as focused on GPUs compared to some other manufacturers. Again just my opinion It's your call.