About to do the switch. Pretty scared, could use some reassuring answers...

Hey there!

I'm about to do the switch after many years of pure Mac. I want a PC for VR and 3D rendering, but might as well slap OSX on there too and keep my current workflow. I'll be waiting until Monday's keynote to buy everything, but honestly I don't have much hope.

I have a couple of questions about my build (specs below). Note that I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing. Budget is undefined but I want to go all out on GPU/CPU and cheap out on other things I can upgrade when my wallet hurts less.

• Is the motherboard any good? Will I have any foreseeable trouble? Is there a better one I should get?
• Will I need anything else in that list? I literally have no extra tools or hardware lying around.
• How stupid am-I for dual booting? Which Windows version should I prefer for such purpose?
• Will the 980Ti play nice? Hard to find info on that...
• Will you guys still love me when I stop using a throwaway and join the community for real because right now I'm too ashamed to link my account with that much incompetence?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor	$321.98 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$24.89 @ OutletPC
Thermal Compound	Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste	$6.89 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK ATX LGA1150 Motherboard	$169.99 @ NCIX US
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory	$61.99 @ Adorama
Storage	Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$88.00 @ Amazon
Video Card	EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB VR EDITION ACX 2.0+ Video Card	$699.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair SPEC-03 Blue ATX Mid Tower Case	$62.81 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$85.98 @ Newegg
Wireless Network Adapter	TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter	$36.88 @ OutletPC
Case Fan	Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM 120mm Fan	$4.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1599.39
	Mail-in rebates	-$35.00
	Total	$1564.39
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-19 18:09 EDT-0400

PS: Case and power supply will be bought overseas, at different prices than listed here.

Thank you so much for your help everyone!

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