Should I build now?

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Okay, I am finally doing it, my first built gaming PC with a 2200$ budget. I am finally doing it.
The link to the final draft : https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/BZnTkT . I will switch to watercooling later possibly, but that's once I decide I need 5.0 MGHz or something and get another card.
My main concerns are, is there anything I can improve on? And the second and most important is, should I build this now? I heard the coffee lake CPU's are coming out, but I don't think I will get one of those, but will the 7700k price drop? Any ideas on how long it should take? I have been waiting for over 3 months and am getting a little restless. I saw Ethereum stocks are biting the dust too, but idk. Please help me?
 
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Ethereum prices have nothing to do with CPUs only certain GPUs.

You'll be waiting forever if you wait for a 7700k price drop, just buy it.

Your build is good except the PSU, the NEX series is bad. get the EVGA 550G2 or 550G3. You don't need 650w (even overclocked) and the G2?G3 is way better quality.

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Ethereum prices have nothing to do with CPUs only certain GPUs.

You'll be waiting forever if you wait for a 7700k price drop, just buy it.

Your build is good except the PSU, the NEX series is bad. get the EVGA 550G2 or 550G3. You don't need 650w (even overclocked) and the G2?G3 is way better quality.
 
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i would rather get a Ryzen, better price/performance.... (like a R7 1700)
u got more cores
more stability
a stock cooler (on non X) which means u don't need any aftermarket cooler to be disposed off when u change to liquid cooling later on
fps won't be higher, but it's much more stable (if i7 can get 144, the R7 might only give u 120 but Ryzen lower bound will be higher than intel's)

anyway, to the i7 7700k, seeing some rumours that coffelake is just a kabylake refresh, yes, they might cannibalize the kabylake, causing the price to drop, but i rather u opt to my first suggestion about ryzen, productivity and later on, games too, will utilize more cores/threads, therefore having it now won't hurt u
 
the 7700K is down to $308 on Amazon...

Regardless of what else delivers over the next few months (Threadripper, 8700K), it will likely remain near or at the very top of gaming performance, IMO.....

(If I knew for sure 8700K was coming out next week, I'd wait out of curiosity, but we don't even know for sure when it is releasing)
 

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Idk....I have an AMD rn and didn't really like the drivers, RAPTR is decent but idk.....not too comfortable with AMD CPUs.
 

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Yeah, I still have some things to flatten out, so hopefully it's out by then. And I wish it was that cheap here in Canada, 308$ would be a miracle for me