PC build for work ~750$

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Hi. I'm trying to build a PC for my work.

Top priorities are:
- Fast data access
- Being able to run several sluggish unoptimized apps
- Decent CPU for statistical calculations

What I don't need:
- More than 128 GB storage
- Any fancy GPU

I'd like to spend somewhere around $750. Can add a bit if something essential would be missing.

I've put together this so far and would like to see what others think:

Case 53€: Corsair Carbide SPEC-01 Mid Tower Gaming
CPU 216€: Intel Core i5-6500, Quad Core, 3.2GHz, 6MB, LGA S1151, 14nm, 65W, VGA, Box
MB 114€: Z170A PC MATE MSI Z170A PC MATE, Z170, 4xDDR4, SATA3, SATA Express, USB 3.1,
PSU 52€: Corsair CX 430W, 80 Plus Bronze, 120mm
RAM 106€: Kingston HyperX Savage Memory Black DDR4 2x8GB, 3000MHz, DIMM, CL15
SSD 105€: Samsung NVMe SM951 128GB M.2 PCIe 3.0, 2000/650MBs, IOPS 300k/83K
GPU 60€: MSI GeForce® GT 730, 2GB DDR3 (64 Bit), HDMI, DVI, D-Sub
Total 705€

Prices are in euros but parts are a bit more expensive where I live so you can just compare them to USD. Anyway would like to hear more about configuration compatibility, not about how to get best deals. Just wanna have a balanced system for my work with no overkills or bottlenecks. Thanks
 
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That power supply is garbage for a work PC even, their not designed to last much longer than the 3 year warranty.
Not a motherboard I would buy or ever recommend. The low end MSI boards are not made very well and are known to have issues. Using that processor it could also be a chore to get the memory stable at advertised speeds.
The GT 730 listed is really not any better than the built in graphics on the processor so I would just drop that.
That SSD to get the advertised speed requires a PCI-E X4 slot riser for it. I would also question only needing 128GB after formatted and OS installed that would only leave about 90GB for everything else and their not really made to keep deleting data. Unless your using it for a scratch drive or...
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That power supply is garbage for a work PC even, their not designed to last much longer than the 3 year warranty.
Not a motherboard I would buy or ever recommend. The low end MSI boards are not made very well and are known to have issues. Using that processor it could also be a chore to get the memory stable at advertised speeds.
The GT 730 listed is really not any better than the built in graphics on the processor so I would just drop that.
That SSD to get the advertised speed requires a PCI-E X4 slot riser for it. I would also question only needing 128GB after formatted and OS installed that would only leave about 90GB for everything else and their not really made to keep deleting data. Unless your using it for a scratch drive or doing a lot of file transfers their little difference in a M.2 and regular SATA SSD their so fast anyhow.
More what I would recommend, increases the SSD to 250GB, much higher quality power supply, no video card, good case, upgrades to a i7 processor in the same price range. Included a aftermarket CPU cooler to keep the noise down.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€306.00 @ Amazon Deutschland)
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Freezer i11 74.0 CFM CPU Cooler (€19.99 @ Aquatuning)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (€87.84 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (€73.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€97.74 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case (€52.18 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 360W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€68.87 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €706.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-28 02:57 CEST+0200

Or in US dollars $680. http://pcpartpicker.com/list/vd84nn

The motherboard will also take a M.2 drive if you just must have one.
 
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Thanks for your advice Zerk. That's really what I was looking for.

I will still go for faster but smaller SSD. It only needs to handle Win + 30-40 GB database. Never reached 100 GB in 4 years. The data comes and goes in the DB, doesn't accumulate.

So I've come to this:

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700, Quad Core, 3.40GHz, 8MB, LGA1151, 14nm, 65W, VGA, BOX
CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer i11
MB: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H, B150, DualDDR4-2133, SATA3, M.2, HDMI, DVI, D-Sub, mATX
RAM: Kingston HyperX FURY 2x16GB 2133MHz DDR4 CL14 DIMM
SSD: SSD Samsung NVMe SM951 128GB M.2 PCIe 3.0, 2000/650MBs, IOPS 300k/83K
Case: Cooler Master N200, Mini tower, USB3
PSU: Seasonic G-360 360W 80 PLUS Gold Active PFC

Added 2x 16 GB RAM. Do you think it's worth extra $70? I know that it doesn't change anything in games but at my work in every system I had so far the RAM was loaded the most. I already found out 3000 MHz is not worth getting over standard 2133, but how about double volume?
 
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You can open task manager while your working and see how much memory your using adding a bunch over what's needed will not increase performance.
If your going to get 32GB of memory then buy a 4X8GB set as in one package not 2 sets of 2 X 8GB.
 
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If I buy 2x 8 GB and add another 2x 8 later, will I get the same result? Or does 32 GB need to come in the same package?
 
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