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Oh, yeah 2.5 is probably fine. You could go SATA M.2 format if you wanted to. The speed of the 2.5 vs m.2 SATA drives are about the same, the big benefit for the M.2 format is it plugs directly in to the motherboard instead of needing the data and power cables. If you went with something like the Samsung 950 pro, you'd get increased data speeds, but unless your doing Video/3d rendering the price is really not worth it since you'd never see the speed differences.

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Nothing wrong with your build, but you could use the latest generation parts and have a little better performance. The CPU cooler isn't necessary and you only need a 500 watt PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB SC GAMING Video Card
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($72.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $428.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-27 20:30 EDT-0400
 
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Thanks I have updated my cart using these parts. I am planing on a mid tower. Unless you think I need a full, but i wouldn't think so. Any specific cases to look at?
 
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So to make life easier in the thread, here's your build as you put it.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($201.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H5 Ultimate 76.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($46.99)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 27MP36HQ-B 27.0" 60Hz Monitor ($194.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: UtechSmart Saturn Wired Gaming Keyboard ($24.99)
Mouse: Rosewill Reflex Wired Laser Mouse ($24.99)
Total: $1005.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-27 20:48 EDT-0400

Couple of things.
Why are you going with Haswell instead of a Skylake?

Your build isn't for over clocking, so your heatsink choice is serious overkill. Not that that's always a bad thing, but in this case going with a cooler of that size you're going to make life harder on yourself later if you decide to populate all of your RAM slots. That cooler overhangs the first slot, and leaves a 35mm height clearance before having to adjust the fan, and your RAM size comes in at 40mm. Adjusting the fan means increasing your overall height of the cooler, already at 160mm, and reducing the amount of airflow going through the heatsink. Technically you don't even need an aftermarket cooler, but if you decide to go with out, I'd really look at the Cryorig H7 instead of the H5 Ultimate.

You went with the 970. Not a bad card, but the 1060's are out and out perform it for the same price.

PSU, you picked a good one, tho again went over priced of what you need. Nothing wrong with a 650w, you just don't need it.
Here's a quick build to look at, comes in under your wishlist pricing with better performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($43.53 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($39.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($269.99)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: LG 27MP36HQ-B 27.0" 60Hz Monitor ($194.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: UtechSmart Saturn Wired Gaming Keyboard ($24.99)
Mouse: Rosewill Reflex Wired Laser Mouse ($24.99)
Total: $994.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-27 21:05 EDT-0400
 
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Mid tower is good for that build, unless you really want the size of a full tower. Handy if you get in to water cooling, or need a huge amount of space for drives. Otherwise its a bit of a hassle.

Looks like you aren't using an optical drive, so if you dont need it, you can get some really nice clean lined cases. What's your budget for it and do you want colors, side windows, etc?
 
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The Phantom series are nice looking, and they would give you the option of an optical drive if you decided you wanted one. I'd also look at the Nzxt H440, the Phantek Enthoo Evolv ATX (glass edition if you wanna sell a kidney), Phantek Enthoo Luxe, Fractal Design Define R5. Check out the Corsair Carbide Series Air 540 if you want to change up the the case idea from rectangular to cube.

Big things to look at with cases is first budget, the Evov Glass is a beautiful case, but its also over $200. Next is if you need or want that 5.25 drive bay for an optical drive or fan controller or what not. Once those two are sorted out, then the decision process gets a bit easier.
 
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I'd recommend a 240GB. If you don't install much a 120GB could work, but with the size of game updates its just not worth it. Just had a friend who's a big gamer upgrade to a 500GB just so he could keep all his applications/games on the SSD.

Depending on the budget, I'd recommend the Samsung 850 Evo. Great drive and under $100 for the 250GB version. The Evo 750 is a bit cheaper, tho a shorter good a warranty but better performance than most of the other ones in similar price range.

I've been using Win10 since it came out and haven't run in to any problems except with some legacy programs that couldn't run on Win10. But that's always the case when you upgrade to a new OS, some old programs just won't work with new OS's. I'd look at the specific games you're thinking of and see if they have had their problems resolved, but in general my guess would be yes they should work just fine with Win10.
 
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Oh, yeah 2.5 is probably fine. You could go SATA M.2 format if you wanted to. The speed of the 2.5 vs m.2 SATA drives are about the same, the big benefit for the M.2 format is it plugs directly in to the motherboard instead of needing the data and power cables. If you went with something like the Samsung 950 pro, you'd get increased data speeds, but unless your doing Video/3d rendering the price is really not worth it since you'd never see the speed differences.

 
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