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I am looking to upgrade my computer before I head off to college next year and I want to make sure: every component will be compatible, the system will yield great gaming performance, and it is future proof. Also if you guys have any suggestions about making the system better in any way I'm up for the suggestions!
Here is the list of my components:

Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402

Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181060

MSI X99A MPOWER ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Motherboard-X99A-MPOWER/dp/B00UN7AWY4/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory -
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233834&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147361&cm_re=samsung_850_pro-_-20-147-360-_-Product

Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=ppssGamingHDD-_-22-236-624-_-Product

MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127834&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-VigLink-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=6146836&SID=igk8t6gjnu000a1700053

Rosewill THOR V2 ATX Full Tower Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147053&cm_re=rosewill_thor_v2-_-11-147-053-_-Product

Acer XB270HU abprz 144Hz 27.0" Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009848

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Full (32/64-bit)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832416806
 
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Regardless of your above statements, there is no "future proof" systems. Future proof would indicate that regardless of future system requirement increases, the system WILL be able to handle those changes and there are no components that fit that description. Buying whatever is the most recent hardware release is the only way to extend the probable usefulness of your purchase, but regardless, at some point it will be obsolete.

As there are few games that can actually make full use of more than four cores, and even fewer that will utilize 8 cores or threads, the 5820k is perhaps not the best choice unless you're planning to run M.2 or PCIe storage drives. It does not have enough lanes to offer full x16 speeds on dual GPU cards, unlike...
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Oh sorry I already bought it. It is the Antec HCG 850W. Regarding future proof builds I would disagree... If I were to buy an lga 775 Pentium from 2006 is that future proof? Of course not. No modern technology will be compatible with that. Even DDR4 ram and other technology is incompatible with lga 1150 cpus so an lga 1150 build is not a future proof build at all. I guess my question would be what is more prone to future changes in technology? A skylake or lga 2011-3 or lga 2011 or what?? Is there even a way to predict that?
 
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Ok thanks. I've been stubborn on switching to 10 since 7 is such a good OS but I guess I could finally make the jump..
 
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I upgraded from windows 7 to windows 10 and I'm finding it great. Windows 10 supports directx 12 while windows 7 does not. Cortana and virtual desktops are handy features in windows 10 too. You can buy windows 7 and go for the free upgrade to 10.
 
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Regardless of your above statements, there is no "future proof" systems. Future proof would indicate that regardless of future system requirement increases, the system WILL be able to handle those changes and there are no components that fit that description. Buying whatever is the most recent hardware release is the only way to extend the probable usefulness of your purchase, but regardless, at some point it will be obsolete.

As there are few games that can actually make full use of more than four cores, and even fewer that will utilize 8 cores or threads, the 5820k is perhaps not the best choice unless you're planning to run M.2 or PCIe storage drives. It does not have enough lanes to offer full x16 speeds on dual GPU cards, unlike the 5930k or other ExtremeCore chips, so that aspect makes it ill suited. If however you only plan to run a single card, plus an M.2 or PCIe storage device, and don't want to compromise any of your SATA headers, or using dual cards at x8 speeds plus an M.2 or PCIe device is ok, then it may still be beneficial.

I wouldn't choose it simply for the number of cores though, at least not on a gaming only machine. Instead, if you want to get the longest usable lifespan out of your hardware, I'd suggest opting for a newer Skylake i7 build. It's probably not going to be fully realized either, for now, but is probably going to be significantly cheaper considering the CPU is about twenty bucks less and the motherboards are, on average, about fifty to seventy five bucks cheaper for models that are similar in quality and features aside from the 24 lanes of the X99 and extremecore cpus. You'll also probably get about an extra years worth of useful service out of it before needing to upgrade, since the X99 platform is already more than a year old.
 
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