New Gaming Build - Budget $1500

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Hey everyone from the community. Been reading the forums for quite some time now, but first time posting. Looking to do a new build after building my first gaming desktop 5 years ago and looking for some advice. I took the template from the pinned thread so hopefully answering these will give a better idea of what I'm looking for and what I can spend more on and what I can save money on to spend on better parts. I've included the PCPartPicker link below, but it will only have the CPU and Memory I'm looking to get so feel free to use it or start a new one.

PCPartPicker - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kM26zy

Approximate Purchase Date: Looking to target end of June (I know Pascal GPU's are "rumored?" to be releasing, but I have no intention of buying them)

Budget Range: $1500 after everything (shipping/mail-in rebates/etc) Budget is slightly flexible, but I would really want to keep it within budget.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Entertainment (movies/music), possible video/picture editing in the future

Are you buying a monitor: Yes - Looking to get two monitors.

Parts to Upgrade: New Build

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Flexible

Parts Preferences: Right now, I'm open to all builds, but just from reading around, I've chosen the below CPU and Memory. I'm still up in the air between the r9 390x/980/980Ti, but as far as GPU goes, I think these are the three I would want included in the build. As far as storage goes, I'm looking to have the OS on a SSD with additional space for installing certain programs/games onto and having a secondary HDD.

CPU - I7-6700k
Memory - G.Skill Ripjaws Series
GPU - r9 390x/980/980Ti

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe - I'm okay with have a single card build since right now, my gaming needs would not require it.

Your Monitor Resolution: At least 1920x1080

Games played currently: League of Legends, Diablo 3, Overwatch, Street Fighter V, CS:GO

Additional Comments: I know the games I play right now do not require a build that is something I'm looking to build, but I'm looking to "futureproof" the build so that if say I want to play Final Fantasy XV at high/max settings, I would be able to do so.
 
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Why don't you want to wait for Pascal, the 1070 might be stronger than the 980 for the price of a 970.
In this build it's either i7 or 980, can't have both.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($343.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($72.58 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($203.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.69 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($294.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1525.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-09 14:22 EDT-0400

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($72.58 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($203.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.69 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card ($466.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($129.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $1587.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-09 14:25 EDT-0400

EDIT: You can get a cheaper motherboard, but this one is a really good overclocker, so I suggest you keep it.
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ntGkvK

Can't really recommend a gpu right now, but you should definitely wait for the new ones. They're gonna cost the same as the ones you mentioned above and will be a lot faster. Also you might only want to buy one monitor for now and save the rest for a better monitor in the future. 1080p won't be the standard for very long, I feel like.
 
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I could wait for the new cards to come out, but I wasn't sure what the price points of them were going to be. I didn't really read too much into the "rumors," but if the price point is that of a 970 then I would totally just wait. I was under the assumption it would be higher.
 
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Thanks for the recommendation. That's what I was also afraid of in terms of monitors. From what I've been reading, it does seem like 1080p will inevitably no longer be the standard. I'll definitely take this into consideration when deciding on whether or not I will get two monitors when I decide to buy my new build.
 
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EDIT: You can get a cheaper motherboard, but this one is a really good overclocker, so I suggest you keep it.[/quotemsg]

Some issues with your builds. Most notable is the choice of CPU Cooler. It will not fit in the case. Taken directly from both websites, the Noctua cooler is too tall to fit in the S340 case. I'd also honestly consider spending less on the Motherboard in order to facilitate a better GPU (the 980 is terrible price/performance) All things considered about the GPU though you'd be better off waiting till the new GPU's launch to the public
 
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The 1070 will be priced at $379 and will outperform the Titan X.
 
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That's actually pretty sick. I didn't think the price point would be that low, but then I just did a little searching and it looks like the 1080 would be closer to the 980's price point right now. Besides what CV_Taihou mentioned about the cooler not fitting the case, which can be solved easily with a different case/cooler, I'm liking a lot of the parts you picked for the build as they do match a lot of the ones I was looking into before I posted this. When would you consider getting a 750W PSU over a 550W PSU? I would think since you recommended it, it would be enough to run the build, but I'm just wondering in general when do people get a 750W over something that's the bare minimum to run each build?
 
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There's a number of reasons for that. While you can definitely get away with a 550W for most of your needs especially if you're only using a single card, having more wattage means that you can easily add a second. Having higher wattage also makes overclocking less worrisome when you start changing the voltages. Here's a suggestion for a build that I would go with only not including a GPU for one of the new cards:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($343.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Universal 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Extreme6+ ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill TridentZ Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.69 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $946.61
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-09 16:57 EDT-0400
 
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Thanks for the response and recommendation. Yeah, that's why I was wondering if it would be more ideal to get a 750W PSU over the 550W. I think now knowing the GTX 1070 will cost around $380 it opens up my build options since I would save money on the GPU and would be able to move around costs to other parts if I have to.
 
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A 750Watt PSU is better, I just thought that the good high wattage PSUs are over $100 and wanted to save some money there.
A 750Watt PSU should allow you to run 2 GPUs and if it's at the same price you should go for it, also that one the EVGA G2 is a good PSU.
And the NH-D14 fits in your case just barely, the case max is 161mm and this cooler is 160mm.
 
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I don't know what the power requirements for the 1070/1080 are going to be but I'm already assuming it's going to be less than the current versions.
 
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These numbers seem to be more efficient than what's currently out right now. Do you guys think that a 550/650W PSU would be sufficient enough even when overclocking, or would it just be better to go for a 750W PSU and not worry about it. I guess overall it never hurts to have a higher wattage PSU, but I'm just wondering, if the new cards are more efficient, would it be necessary to get a higher wattage PSU.
 
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Wow, the 1080 is actually way more efficient than the 980TI is. The power draw for both of those is 970 is 145W and 980TI is 250W.
 
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