Is this a good futureproof 1080p gaming pc? What would you change?

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I am building a new gaming pc and this is what I picked together. Is it a good build for gaming at 1080p for a while? I'm talking like 2-3 years. What should I change? I don't want to go above 900$. thanks.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial - 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($269.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $821.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-13 12:38 EDT-0400

 
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In this range Ryzen is a better choice than the i5 ( and more future-proof)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($126.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($269.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply:...
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In this range Ryzen is a better choice than the i5 ( and more future-proof)

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($126.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($269.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Deepcool - D-Shield ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $766.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-13 12:42 EDT-0400

* Also you picked a Z270 motherboard while your cpu is locked ( cant be overclocked) ,
 
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Depends on the games you are playing really. As for future proof, that setup has roughly the same performance as what a 3-4 year old top of the line system would have. So it would still have life to it but not a terribly high amount. If staying at 1080p, i think youd get a few years out of it. But if id have to suggest one major change, is to get an SSD as OS drive with your games on it and just use the disk hard drive as storage.

An ssd doesnt change gaming performance but load times are chopped way down. With my samsung 840 pro 250g SSD, from hitting the power button on my tower to being in battlefield 1 and ready to join a game is about 20 seconds lol. With a disk hard drive you are talking much much much more time, probably triple or quadruple the time, if not more.
 
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At that price point you should really be including a 250 GB SSD.

 
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Yes! If you OC ryzen it will completely crush the locked i5s in literally every benchmark.

 
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