i7 - 970 - micro atx; does this look ok?

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BitFenix Colossus M Micro ATX - Black
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler
TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EX OC
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W
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I'm not planning to overclock and I don't like the idea of water-coolers.

Thanks.
 
Thanks for the reply Telecaster.

I guess I could hold out for the new mid-end amd card but otherwise I think it has to be the 970. 980 is pushing my budget, 290 runs hot for a small case (?), 960/285 are soon to obsolete with 2gb vram (?).
 
Yes there isn't much choice for affordable, cool and quiet running but powerful GPUs for small cases.

One good thing I guess is that the 970 will hold reasonable value should something more suitable come along in the next 6-12 months. I'm waiting on full fat Maxwell for my Ncase M1 build, meanwhile my 750ti copes admirably at 1920x1200 with appropriate game settings.
 
My current system is a phenom ii with a 660. So it's 'ok' for most things.

But I do play strategy games (ck2, distant worlds, civ) more than anything else so the cpu feels it's age at times.

I could probably drop the cpu to 4690 but future strategy games might benefit from the i7 (thinking galciv 3).
 
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