Gaming Rig Build for the First Time, Any advice is appreciated

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This rig's main purpose will be to game on and my budget is roughly $1500. However, I am a computer science major, and I plan to go into game development. I am looking at the following:

CPU: i7 6700k 4.0GHZ
GPU: MSI GTX 970
MOTHERBOARD: MSI Z170
STORAGE:SAMSUNGEVO 250 GB SSD
WD 1 TB 7200RPM
CASE: Corsair Spec 2.0
Memory:G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB)
I am curious on the best power supply and cooling for this setup and if it can be optimized, or if there are better options.I'm also curious on better case options. Thanks for any help

Update: After looking over the comments and some research, I was thinking of adding the following power supply and cooling, as well as changing the gpu:
GPU: MSI GTX 980 4gb
PSU: Corsair rm 750w Fully modular
Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo

Is it worth getting the i7, or am i better off getting the i5 6600k?
 
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If you are going to program games, I think a good CPU like the one you want would be recommended. As it will help you to test your programs and games at ease.
And I don't think you will need another better GPU. The GTX 970 is already classified in 7th position (Passmark).
Even if you lower on the CPU (as what gonf said) you wont be able to buy a GTX 980Ti nor GTX 980. Plus, if you do, you may end-up with CPU/GPU bottle-neck issue.

The I7-5820K that "Forever Oleg" suggested is also a good choice if equipped with different Motherboard such as MSI X99S SLI...
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I actually wasn't planning to do this until June but trying to get and idea oh how to go about it.
 
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You can watch many vids out there on how to build a PC.

Until summer, try to save up $$$. During the summer, we will have Pascal and Broadwell-E released.
 
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Ok thanks for the advice, appreciate it! Also is the processor I chose (i7 skylake) not worth it?
 
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i7-5820K is cheaper and better on a better platform (i7-6700K is better at single-threaded performance but 5820K has 2 more cores/ 4 more threads), but it is Broadwell so it will become obsolete when Broadwell-E comes out.
 
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Try to use https://pcpartpicker.com/ website to find a suitable PSU and Cooler.
And depending on the environment's temperature where you live, you can decide which CPU Cooler to chose.
For example, I don't think Water/Liquid cooler is necessary if you live in a cold area such as Alaska as this may freeze you build.

Here is a build that uses the same CPU/Motherboard as yours: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/GqGfrH
 
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I am also a comp science major and plan on creating programs/ hopefully games on this pc as well.
 
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What gpu would you recommend?
 
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If you are going to program games, I think a good CPU like the one you want would be recommended. As it will help you to test your programs and games at ease.
And I don't think you will need another better GPU. The GTX 970 is already classified in 7th position (Passmark).
Even if you lower on the CPU (as what gonf said) you wont be able to buy a GTX 980Ti nor GTX 980. Plus, if you do, you may end-up with CPU/GPU bottle-neck issue.

The I7-5820K that "Forever Oleg" suggested is also a good choice if equipped with different Motherboard such as MSI X99S SLI (for example) or equivalent, but since you will be programing I suppose you will make programs and games that uses single-core like most games, unless you are a GURU and multi-core codding is a piece of cake to you then that's another story.
 
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