Looking good. you know that the new AMD RX580 is out is a couple of days.. Some saying 18th April so Tuesday.. Retailing around $220/250 and is = to a 980Ti.
So basically a GTX 1060 6gb for a lot less.
http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-58...official-leak/
970 is good, but that 3.5GB might limit you.. Nvidia had to refund people because they lied about it having 4GB hehe
Ask Saunders about it, as i know he owns a 970. Good card though and will meet your needs im sure.
Also don't bother with the X. all R7's are the same bin. X basically means WE (AMD) overcloked it a little bit for you. hence the higher Stock. lol
Save yourself some money and get the 1700 & check out some reviews about 1700 vs 1700X
you will see it don't mean nothing once you OC it to 4Ghz equal to a 1800X.
But if it was me i would be looking at a M.2 PCIe NVMe instead of the normal SSD and a Rx580.
$10 or 20 more in prices. But worth it
What ever you get, it's better than you have now huh.
so really it's a win win.