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These are the specs of the PC I'm going to build. Is anything here wrong or doesn't make sense going together? And is it unwise for me to go for skylake when kaby lake is hot out of the oven? Thanks in advance 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/msY76X
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/msY76X/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($306.25 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($187.95 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($138.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: ADATA Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($94.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.85 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($365.98 @ NCIX) 
Case: Thermaltake View 27 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($81.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($33.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($33.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Total: $1403.93


Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Looks good to me. I would consider moving to a larger HDD if you don't have another mass storage solution. 1TB can go surprisingly quickly.

 

As for Kaby Lake, you may as well move to the 7600K for an extra $10, get a little better performance when overclocking. You wouldn't be missing out on much if you stuck with Skylake, though. 

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Looks fine honestly. A couple places where you could have saved money but you didn't get a bad value.

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It's fine but personally I would get i5 7500, B250 motherboard, used stock cooler and saved money put towards GTX1070 as that will give you way more FPS than overclocking CPU.

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eh, its a pretty good pc, definitely no complaints from me.

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It looks great. However, if you haven't already bought the parts, you could fit a lot more power into a similar budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($306.25 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler  ($24.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($125.75 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: GeIL EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.99 @ Memory Express) 
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.25 @ shopRBC) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 8GB WINDFORCE OC 8G Video Card  ($799.99 @ NCIX) 
Case: BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.60 @ DirectCanada) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($74.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $1590.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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There isn't much reason to go with Skylake over Kabby when the price premium isn't that different and you get extra features besides the slight performance increase. 

 

Stick to the H7 cooler, though. 

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($315.25 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! PURE ROCK 51.7 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($37.99 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270P-D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($114.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.98 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($62.94 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($509.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($71.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($104.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case Fan: NZXT RF-FN142-RB 50.0 CFM  140mm Fan  ($9.05 @ DirectCanada)
Case Fan: NZXT RF-FN142-RB 50.0 CFM  140mm Fan  ($9.05 @ DirectCanada)
Total: $1486.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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29 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

However, if you haven't already bought the parts, you could fit a lot more power into a similar budget.

 

Total: $1590.80

how is an extra $190 supposed to be a similar budget? o.O

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You won't find cryorig in Canada for a decent price. Consider Be Quiet!/noctua/CM maybe. 

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12 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

how is an extra $190 supposed to be a similar budget? o.O

It's a 13.5% increase in budget. You have to think about it in proportion to the initial cost of the build. If I went $200 over budget on a $400 build, it would be pretty gross at a 50% increase. 

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15 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

It's a 13.5% increase in budget. You have to think about it in proportion to the initial cost of the build. If I went $200 over budget on a $400 build, it would be pretty gross at a 50% increase. 

you can't always look at it by percentage, no point claiming that the price is similar if its a few hundred bucks too expensive for the OP.

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20 minutes ago, herman mcpootis said:

you can't always look at it by percentage, no point claiming that the price is similar if its a few hundred bucks too expensive for the OP.

'A few hundreds' is a rather absurd exaggeration. It's $190 more, not $300 more, and closer to $140 more without the SSD. $1400 and $1590 are similar in the same way $400 and $450 are, and when it can get him a demonstrably faster GTX 1080 without compromising on a Core i5 6600k with a good cooler and an overclocking motherboard, the additional 13.5% investment is worth it.

 

It makes sense to look at it in terms of proportion rather than absolute value, because different people can afford to spend different amounts of money on a PC. My $450 PC was expensive to me when I planned it, but I could see the improvement in performance another $50 investment would get me (a GTX 960 over an R9 270x and a Seasonic ECO-430 power supply). Similarly, if OP can afford to spend $1400 (in CAD now), it's a most reasonable assumption that a $190 stretch isn't as much for him/her as it was for (example) me.

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Get lower Mhz RAM and a 2TB hdd (which is not much more $$$ than a 1TB) and you'll be all g

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