How is this build?

gampsy

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Is this a good build and would this be capable of a mild cpu overclock to around 4GHz

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston Savage 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card
Case: Corsair SPEC-02 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular

I will also add 4 120 mm fans

 

Barty1884

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Build looks pretty good.

I'd suggest the B2 or G2 models of SuperNOVA over the NEX line.
The B2 can be had so $64 after rebate: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-110b20750vr
Refer the Tier list http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
G2/GS/PS/P2/T2 are Tier 1, B2 is Tier 2. The NEX line is Tier 3 - getting into slightly lower quality 'budget' PSUs in Tier 3. Considering a lot of them are considered 'budget', you can surprisingly pick up Tier 2 units for around the same price, if not less in some instances.
750W is higher than likely required, but won't hurt in the slightest.

No need for the aftermarket paste - the 212 EVO has decent enough paste included.

Mild OC should be possible. I believe that's a solid board - Gigabyte have pretty good components for overclocking - generally.
The 212 EVO is still a good air cooler, so should allow an OC to 4GHz - silicone lottery of course, but 4GHz should be more than achievable.
 

gampsy

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The supernova G2 looks like a great psu I think I will go with that one because it is fully modular. Thank You for the help