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I highly suggest getting a GTX 1060 with two fans, one fan cooling for a GTX 1060 is going to be hot, so if you can, find a GTX 1060 with two fans instead of the one you have right now.

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Don't get Kaby. It's outdated, and there's no reason to get it. The Kaby i5 is equivalent to a much cheaper Ryzen 3 or Coffee I3. 

The 212 Evo is not a particularly good cooler. The M9i is smaller and performs equally. 

There's little point paying a premium for a Z series board with a locked CPU. 

There are equivalent RAM kits available for significantly less. While I picked a 3000MHz kit, do keep in mind that you'll only be able to run it at 2666MHz on the B360 board.

The SSD Plus is a pretty bad SSD. The MX500 is really good, and costs less. 

The 1060 you picked costs $60 more than an equivalent RX 580. With the RX 580 you Laos get support for Freesync, which can save a significant amount when buying monitors. 

The S340 has pretty poor airflow. I chose a compact and reasonably cheap case, but feel free to change it if you don't like it. 

600W is massively overkill, but the B1 is a really bad PSU. Swapped it for a much newer DC-DC PSU with a semi passive mode and a much nicer fan. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ Memory Express) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - M9i 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - B360M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($90.00 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($182.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($128.99 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: *Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.95 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 580 4GB GTS XXX Edition Video Card  ($328.37 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($47.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1147.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-26 20:38 EDT-0400

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor  ($229.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - B360M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($87.92 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($182.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($88.88 @ Amazon Canada) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.99 @ Mike's Computer Shop) 
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card  ($378.91 @ Amazon Canada) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterCase Pro 3 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($50.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Power Supply: Cooler Master - MasterWatt 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Total: $1153.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-26 20:54 EDT-0400

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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