is my skylake build okay? (PLEASE HELP ME. I'M GONNA BUY TODAY AND STILL CONFUSED)

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I'm not from America, please note this things

Things I have:
Core i5 3470
Asrock B75M DGS R2.0
Corsair 2X4GB DDR3
Seasonic S12ii 520w
Phanteks Enthoo Pro
1080p 60hz 5ms Asus monitor (planning on going for 1440p late 2016)

Games I would like to play
BF4 (ULTRA @ 60FPS)
DOTA 2 (ULTRA @ 60FPS)
CSGO (ULTRA @ 60FPS)
DIABLO III (ULTRA @ 60FPS)
MGSV (willing to lower some in settings)
GTA V (willing to lower some in settings)


i5 6600k - 11850php ($252)
Asus z170 A - 9800php ($206)
2x4GB RipJaws V - 3200php ($68)

Noctua NH-D15S - 3999php ($85)
OR
Corsair H100I GTX - 5600php ($119)


Sapphire R9 390 Nitro Tri-X OC - 16200php ($344)
OR
GTX 970 Palit Jetstream -15500php ($330)
OR
MSI GTX 960 Gaming 2gb -10450php ($222)
 
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Recommended wattage for the Palit 970 is 500w, so you'll be slightly above that. I'd say you'd be good to go without upgrading the PSU. I wouldn't spend that much more for a different brand, Palit makes good nVidia graphics boards.
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If you already have an Ivy Bridge i5, don't bother spending the money on a new Cpu. The performance gains simply aren't worth the money you'll be spending. Take that extra money, and buy a better video card. That will definitely help out more than upgrading from IB to Skylake. The 390 is a better Gpu on most games than the nVidia 970 though, but like I said, I think you can afford a 980 or better if you keep your current Cpu, Ram, Motherboard.
 
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Oh well. I guess I'm not going for skylake this year.

should I get the Sapphire R9 390 Nitro Tri-X OC - 16200php ($344) OR GTX 970 Palit Jetstream -15500php ($330)

both come from respectable distributor in my country with a good customer service.
 
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I just recently built a PC and was stuck between 970 & R9 390 too.

I went with R9 390 as it has 8GB memory whereas 970 has 4GB (3.5GB usable and slows after). Future games will probably want more and more memory

Also R9 390 competes with 980..
 
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But can my PSU handle the r9 390?
 
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750w is a suggestion from the Sapphire website. However, I think that 520w might be a little light for the 970 as well. The 390 is a better overall card, but the 970 is nearly as good, and I don't think it would matter at 1080p really. I'd buy the better deal, and just upgrade the Psu. You will be saving money overall in that case too.

Again, Skylake is nice, but Ivy Bridge isn't a slouch, and no reason to upgrade from it.
 
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Okay.
So I just need a GTX 970?
a Palit GTX 970 Jetstream costs 15500php ($330) here in the Philippines. gigabyte/MSI/ASUS/EVGA costs $120 more, which one should I get?

and is the GTX 970 should be good with my Seasonic S12ii 520w psu?
 
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Recommended wattage for the Palit 970 is 500w, so you'll be slightly above that. I'd say you'd be good to go without upgrading the PSU. I wouldn't spend that much more for a different brand, Palit makes good nVidia graphics boards.
 
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