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The power supply is poor quality. Z170 board with an I5-6500 is pointless. Here this is better:

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CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($84.47 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($65.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.43 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.67 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card...
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You can go with a lower end motherboard, but I recommend a higher end power supply and a 240GB SSD. Stock cooler is fine. You don't need 2666 memory, 2133 is the standard.
 
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The power supply is poor quality. Z170 board with an I5-6500 is pointless. Here this is better:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.48 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($84.47 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($65.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.43 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($51.67 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($365.18 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2500 ATX Mid Tower Case ($61.58 @ Directron)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($78.24 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home Full - USB (32/64-bit) ($119.88 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor ($142.98 @ Micro Center)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow 2014 Stealth Edition Wired Gaming Keyboard ($82.48 @ Other World Computing)
Total With 10% Tax: $1361.37
Total Without Tax: $1238.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-11 19:29 EDT-0400
 
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