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Approximate Purchase Date: soon (black friday/cyber mon deals to help lower costs?)
Budget Range: Target of ~$1200 CAD all in (including shipping, tax, everything)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Used for work (email, word, excel, etc.), multimedia (kodi) and light gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes but I'll source that separately
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Cheapest
Location: Toronto, Canada
Parts Preferences: none - looking for value and performance
Overclocking: Probably not but could be convinced otherwise
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1080P or higher

Here's what I was thinking:

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3h47Vn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/3h47Vn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($258.71 @ Vuugo)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.71 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($136.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($119.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($219.61 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card ($161.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.95 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($21.01 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1094.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-21 17:20 EST-0500


 
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It will be more than enough for your needs. One note is that as your CPU is locked (can't be overclocked) there's no need for a CPU cooler as the stock one will be sufficient. I would say that I'm unsure if your needs really necessitate a build of this sort. If you want to do more gaming, it might be worth not going to Skylake or maybe dropping the SSD for a cheaper one, and upgrading your GPU with the savings. I don't know how much gaming you want to do though.

Either way, do what you will, it depends how intense your work/gaming is
 
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Thanks for the input. I want the SSD for speed. Because it's primarily a work computer, I'm interested in high productivity, so fast boot times and file transfer are important. Also, I usually work with alot of open windows - dozens of browser tabs, several word, excel, powerpoint, and PDFs open at any given time. Thus the 16gb RAM.

I like gaming but I'm usually too busy to do any. Realistically, the GPU will primarly be used for Kodi streaming to a large screen.

For the CPU cooling, what is the stock? Is it an actually fan or passive? Would you suggest an upgrade to the CPU? I'd rather overbuild than underbuild.
 
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Almost all Intel CPUs come with an actual fan cooler. It's hardly anything to behold, but if you're not overclocking then it's more than fine. Since gamings not a number one priority you're original build is great. Skylake and DDR4 means it'll last longer, and the GPU is an easy upgrade path in the future
 
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