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I would have taken a GTX 1060, not a 970.

Main PC: R7 3700X / Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro Wifi / Radeon RX 5700 XT / 32GB DDR4-3200 / 250GB & 2TB Crucial MX500 (in HP Prodesk 400 Case)

Laptop: R5 2500U / Radeon Vega 8 / 8GB DDR4-2400 / 500GB SK Hynix BC501 (HP Envy x360 13)

My little Server: i7-7700 / Asrock H110M-ITX / 24GB DDR4-2400 / Samsung 860 Pro 250GB & Seagate Firecuda 2TB / VMware ESXi 6.7

(Don't tell me i should Name them, i don't want to ^^)

 

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I'd go for this instead: 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4Xv7TH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4Xv7TH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($393.25 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($369.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.00 @ shopRBC) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan  ($6.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1070.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-01 16:39 EDT-0400

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25 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

I'd go for this instead: 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4Xv7TH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/4Xv7TH/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($393.25 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  ($369.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.00 @ shopRBC) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan  ($6.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1070.15
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-01 16:39 EDT-0400

 

 

Well, not quite there yet, try adding a SSD and change VGA and that will be a great PC.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/BMCn7h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/BMCn7h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($398.55 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX) 
Storage: A-Data S511 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($60.53 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 480 8GB Red Devil Video Card  ($379.00) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.00 @ shopRBC) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan  ($6.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1144.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-01 17:07 EDT-0400

 

 

Get a custom 480 and not the reference AMD card. PowerColor Red Devil is looking great.

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Just now, SliceT said:

 

 

Well, not quite there yet, try adding a SSD and change VGA and that will be a great PC.

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/BMCn7h
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/BMCn7h/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($398.55 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock H170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($74.98 @ NCIX) 
Storage: A-Data S511 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($60.53 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon RX 480 8GB Red Devil Video Card  ($379.00) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($92.00 @ shopRBC) 
Case Fan: Cooler Master SickleFlow 69.7 CFM  120mm Fan  ($6.99 @ NCIX) 
Total: $1144.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-01 17:07 EDT-0400

 

 

Get a custom 480 and not the reference AMD card. PowerColor Red Devil is looking great.

Oh yeah I forgot about the SSD.

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