Good for playing GTA 5 and Minecraft /w mods including Shaders?

MinecraftKid45

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Hello all! I hope this is the right place to put this thread..anyways, I am going to get $1000 to build a gaming PC for my birthday. (Inherited money, obviously :p)
Here is what I currently have planned:
GPU:
EVGA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX 12 02G-P4-2956-RX 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0
CPU:
Intel Core i5-6600K 6M Skylake Quad-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX80662I56600K Des
Motherboard:
ASUS-Z170-PRO-GAMING-LGA-1151-Intel-Z170-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-1-USB-3-0-ATX-Int

Here's EXACTLY what I am going to be running:
Game: GTA 5, Minecraft 1.7.10-1.8 Shaders Mod
Shaderpack: SEUS Standard

I want to make sure the GPU can handle it, the way I am going to be recording is via Shadowplay, which doesn't take a huge impact on FPS at all from what I've heard.

So what do you guys think?
 
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Get a better gpu. While the gtx 950 can handle it, a better gpu will give you much more performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.87 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case:...

theunliked

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Get a better gpu. While the gtx 950 can handle it, a better gpu will give you much more performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($238.87 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($87.49 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $975.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-23 00:31 EDT-0400
 
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