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geofelt
Your build is good and will work as is.

Possibly not the ram with two different sticks.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards can be very sensitive to this.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.
Although, I think the problem has lessened with the newer Intel chipsets. Still,
it is safer to get what you need in one kit.

With Skylake now available, there is absolutely no question in my mind that a new build should be Skylake.
a. Prices for cpu, z170 motherboard and ddr4 ram are almost precisely...
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Zackun7

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The thing is , there aren't any 2x8gb at 1866Mhz . Its either 2400Mhz in a single pack ( which is slightly expensive ) or 1866MHz in 2 pack .


 
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Your build is good and will work as is.

Possibly not the ram with two different sticks.
Ram is sold in kits for a reason.
A motherboard must manage all the ram using the same specs of voltage, cas and speed.
Ram from the same vendor and part number can be made up of differing manufacturing components over time.
Some motherboards can be very sensitive to this.
That is why ram vendors will NOT support ram that is not bought in one kit.
Although, I think the problem has lessened with the newer Intel chipsets. Still,
it is safer to get what you need in one kit.

With Skylake now available, there is absolutely no question in my mind that a new build should be Skylake.
a. Prices for cpu, z170 motherboard and ddr4 ram are almost precisely the same.
b. 6600K has an estimated 5-10% performance improvement per clock over haswell.
c. 14nm runs cooler, you get a decent overclock without the need for exotic cooling.
d. The Z170 chipset permits the use of much faster ssd devices on the horizon. Samsung 950 pro for example:
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/global/html/ssd950pro/overview.html

Nothing wrong with a i7-6700K, but for gaming, the hyperthreads will go largely unused.
Both chips will OC to about the same level, likely 4.6.
Use the savings elsewhere. 240gb ssd will be much better for about $20 more.

 
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Overclock as you please. Add a second GTX 980 TI in SLI when / if you need more graphics power.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($28.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($76.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card ($629.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 1050W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($161.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1621.59
 
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This is an overclocking setup on the Z97 chipset where SLI is available. The PSU is sized for adding a second GTX 980TI down the road. The OP didn't state one way or another and with this type of setup you typically don't limit upgrade options. ...so it was included. Obviously the size could be reduced if the OP would only ever run one GPU.
 
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Zackun7

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so basically im okay with the current psu for one way card ?
 
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