Jcrowl

No problem, and believe me, it's seriously satisfying to get a part for that much of a steal and outbidding someone else at the last minute. You know they're cursing you  
Fore warning, it can be addictive lol

Wow, damn, serious pro tips right there.  I really appreciate that, man!  You likely just saved me a couple hundred bucks on this machine.

Yea, you need to be patient and fight your arse off to win an auction at a low price.
Don't just buy one for "buy it now" prices.
Those are for suckers.
Be patient, check everyday, watch for one on auction at a low price, wait until the last 2 minutes of the auction, place a bid that's the minimum they give you, and put about 10-20 bucks on the automatic bid thing afterwards just in case someone tries to outbid you.
This is how to get things for a steal.
I win almost every auction this way.
 
I got an asus maximum hero vii not long ago for 150 bucks and with all of my other left over parts and some other auction steals, I now have two VR computers
 
FYI, I saw two 970's go for 200 not long ago so you can definitely find one for $150. I'm actually saying 150 because I saw one go for that the other day.

Defo try and find a 980 Ti if you can fit it in your budget, they're sadly often overlooked. Same with the 980. A lot of people have more GPU power than they actually need. Even a 1050 Ti will handle most games on medium/high at 1080p. As long as you stick with 60fps, anything 970 or higher should be good. 

a 980 should do that... and a 980 Ti for sure. I can run all my games maxed out, and Battlefront 2 I keep at ultra on my 1080p ultrawide, with 140% render scale (I think 150% in Battlefront 2015) and still get 60+ fps ezpz. 

Pascal cards are crazy overpriced due to cryptocurrency mining right now. That 1060 shouldn't cost that much. If you want to save money, get a 9 series card like a GTX 970 for about 150 USD on ebay on auction used. It's actually a better card spec wise and is cheaper.
The 1060 6gb is a better card than the 970 but the 970 is better than the 3gb version so why pay an extra 100 bucks for a card that's not as powerful?
 
Don't be scared of buying used. If you get something that doesn't work on ebay, you can always return it as long as you do it within 30 days. Ebay has an automatic 30 day return policy even if the seller doesn't have one. You just have to test stuff right away.

Hmm that's strange, it works for me.  Maybe this one will work
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hzzscY

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($188.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($87.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 128GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Mini ITX OC Video Card  ($344.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-X1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($21.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $798.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-02-13 11:06 EST-0500