cavkic

Yeah... I'd get the 970 if I were you.

I second this as an owner of the Hero VI.

Gigabyte MOBOs I always found to be great, BUT, their GPUs weren't as high quality as, say ASUS or MSI, which I quite like, especially the twin-frzr series of coolers.

+1 on Dying Light and Stalker.

I plan on purchasing a HMD sometime around Dec 2016 - Jan 2017, as I feel by then the benchmarks and the software will be ripe enough to form an informed decision.

Untill then I can't decide which one to get, as I originally wanted to get the Rift, but after the Vive was announced it seemed like the better option. I still haven't decided which one, but I plan to get a HMD.

I've just tried the other day the new thing from Cooler Master. It's called MasterGel Maker Nano. There aren't many reviews yet as it's released maybe 3 months ago. It's not very expensive at 9.90€ for 4g and so far it's great. http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/thermal-compound/mastergel-maker/

It's noticably better than the MX-2 and MX-4 and appears to be better than the Shin-Etsu X23-7783 I've used previously, but the curing time isn't done yet.

Definitely recommend you research and try it out.

I did this the other day on an M17x R3. Repasted the CPU and GPU with no problems whatsoever. 

Whilst the laptop isn't any cooler while idle it's noticably more silent, and cooler under load.