Is This A Good Gaming PC Build?

[-oChad-]

This is my first time building a pc so I need to know if all the parts work good with each other and can play games like dark souls 3, gta5 and more. Will I need a sound card with this or no?

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste

Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card

Corsair Graphite Series 230T Black ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer

Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit

Intel EXPI9301CTBLK PCI-Express x1 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Adapter

 

[hang-the-9]

No need for an extra network card, the motherboard has one built-in. For gaming an i7 is too much, if you are planning to overclock, an i5-6600k is fine.

Higher end build with no SSD is not a good idea for speed, you'd want a 256GB or 512 GB SSD for the OS and main programs.

970 is also out-dated now, you'd want a 1060 or a 1070.

EVGA power supply, the supernova range is the one to get from them.

 

[erictherad]

Your ram is good. However, whenever you get a chance, make sure you upgrade that. Congrats on an i7 processor. There is no such thing as 'Too much' anything when it comes to games Great build so far