Starting my CAD Workstation build..

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New here, I'm Aaron. I'm an engineering student and soon I will be starting my CAD and programming classes, so I'm getting a head start and building a nice PC like I've been wanting to for a while now.
I don't play a whole lot PC games, but I might start after this..

So to start, my coworker offered me a deal I couldn't pass up. He had a Cooler Master Cosmos S case he bought in 2008 for his build that he never used.. This thing is mint. It still had the packing foam on it.. All he did to it was put a set of extra cooling fans in the top portion with LEDs. (I'll try to post pics tomorrow, too tired.) He also had an ASUS VE247 24" LED monitor, also new in box. He only took it out, plugged it in to make sure it worked, then put it back in the box.

I got both of these for $100.

So now I'm off to work out the details.. Here's a parts list I've compiled, this is what I would like some feedback on..
I know the CAD uses more CPU than GPU, but a good GPU doesn't hurt.. If that's right(?) Anyways, I don't have $400 bones to drop on a specialized pro graphics card, especially since I'm just a student.. I'm not going to be doing intense 3d cad for a while. So I'm thinking this list will hold me off through college pretty easily:

Motherboard:
Gigabyte LGA 1151 H170
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128871&cm_re=GA-H170N-WIFI-_-13-128-871-_-Product

CPU:
Intel I5-6500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117563&cm_re=intel_i5_6500-_-19-117-563-_-Product

GPU:
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487091&cm_re=geforce_gtx_960-_-14-487-091-_-Product
(almost went for the FTW model but I don't think the extra $50 or so would be worth the extra cash, since money is budget tight?)

Ram:
Corsair Vengeance 16 GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233831&cm_re=CMK16GX4M2A2133C13-_-20-233-831-_-Product

HDD:
Seagate Desktop HDD ST1000DM003 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840&cm_re=ST1000DM003-_-22-148-840-_-Product

SSD (For OS Partition):
SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3-D Vertical
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&cm_re=MZ-75E250B%2fAM-_-20-147-372-_-Product

PSU:
EVGA 700 watt bronze
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438066&cm_re=100-B1-0700-K1-_-17-438-066-_-Product


Think that's everything.. Total on Newegg is around $800, so $900 with my case and monitor, say $1000 all said and done. I was wanting to stay under $800, but I think it'd be worth it to stretch my budget the $200 now and be good through, at the very least, college.

Thanks for reading :)
 
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The motherboard doesn't matter that much since the 6500 isn't overclockable. I just put the B150 Gigabyte there because it's a cheap board with a nice IO layout, great stability and good looks.

I changed the Seagate to a Western Digital Blue drive, because the WD series have much better reputation, as the Seagate Barracuda's have shown signs of failure more than the WD Blue. I have the WD Blue 1tb myself and it's flawless.

The MSI 960 4GB was the cheapest 4GB version of the GTX 960...
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That motherboard you listed is ITX form factor, you're better off with a full ATX or mATX motherboard in such a big case.
Here you go, a nice little list with some changes:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($72.00 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.49 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.73 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card ($209.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($86.49 @ OutletPC)
Total: $818.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-04 11:22 EDT-0400
 
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Eh, just curious in general.. Never had the opportunity to work with anything other than a $300-500 store bought pc, which aren't impressive in the slightest.

Any reason you chose that ran over what I had already, other than cost?
 
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The motherboard doesn't matter that much since the 6500 isn't overclockable. I just put the B150 Gigabyte there because it's a cheap board with a nice IO layout, great stability and good looks.

I changed the Seagate to a Western Digital Blue drive, because the WD series have much better reputation, as the Seagate Barracuda's have shown signs of failure more than the WD Blue. I have the WD Blue 1tb myself and it's flawless.

The MSI 960 4GB was the cheapest 4GB version of the GTX 960 on Pcpartpicker at the time i made the list, so i put it in.

The PSU you put in the original part list, the 700B is a meh-quality PSU. It's ok, but there's definitely better options. The S12II from Seasonic is a great PSU, among the best if not the best of the sub-$60 PSU range.
 
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