i5 6600k and AMD 980ti; best build for under $1,500?

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Hey guys
Due to the recent price drops of the 980ti I've decided to build a new pc. Here's what I have decided on thus far

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB Solid State Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0+ Video Card
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 750W Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Total: $1388.88

I'm confident that this is the build I want and I'm ready to pull the trigger but I just wanted to get a second opinion. Would you do anything differently? Do you recommend a different company to purchase a 980ti from? Do the CPU and GPU pair well? How future proof is the build? Any feedback is helpful

Thanks
 
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You can save money, and increase your performance as well.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($43.53 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($85.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Founders Edition Video Card ($449.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($70.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1219.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-28 00:55 EDT-0400

You left out a cooler, which is needed for the 6600k. I chose the Cryorig H7, as it is silent, effective, and cost efficient.
The motherboard offers similar features, minus USB 3.1 support. Not really a huge deal, as I find myself rarely ever needing to transfer data via USB anymore.
The storage is much faster. In fact, the 950 Pro is listed as over four times as fast as the 850 EVO series. I added in a 1Tb hard drive for mass storage, since the 500GB 950 Pro is very expensive at the moment.

The big change is the GPU. The GTX 1070 is newer, faster, and more power efficient than the previous 980Ti. I'm assuming the cost is also cheaper as well. All in all, the GTX 1070 is a great value, and will be perfect for a gaming system as mentioned above.
I changed the case, because in my opinion, it is way overpriced. The Enthoo Luxe would make sense at that price point, but not the Evolv.
The power supply is much better. The P2 series is rated top tier by the PSU tier list, and offers high quality components.

I hope this answers your question, best of luck!
 
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Wow!
Super helpful. I knew I was missing so many things
My only question is if the difference between the 1070 and 980ti is really that large. I'm going to be gaming at 1920x1080 so 4k and anything over 60hz is really not what I'm looking for. Doesn't economically make more sense to buy the fastest card of the previous generation than the upper/mid card of the current? From what I've read in benchmarks the fps difference between the cards isn't significant.

Would the best solution be waiting a few months for the 1070 to have more accurate testing on performance/be less in demand?
 
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I have that 980ti and it's a beast of a card, I'm at 4k though. If I were buying today, I'd get the 1070. There are some in the community that say that NVidia doesn't properly support their last gen cards driver wise, there seem to be people that upgrade to day 1 game ready drivers and get worse performance than their older drivers. I'm not saying I've seen this, I was a big AMD fan until I needed HDMI 2.0 for the 4K, but I have been very pleased with the 980Ti so far, right now, the price difference with the 1070 is small, performance wise it's close too, but the 1070 is smaller lithography whatnot, sips less power, not that the 980ti is a hog, but the 1070 will be properly supported until the 1100s come out if it turns out that NVidia is not playing fair with the drivers, and as the 1070 drivers mature, they're only going to get faster. Right now the benchies are unoptimized 1070s/80s against fully optimized 980tis.
 
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