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I didn't want to compromise performance, but still wanted to somewhat keep with the red and black theme. Are you okay with the motherboard? It offers the best features for its price, but isn't in Red.
You can get the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3 which is red for 5 bucks more though.
The problem is I wanted to keep with your budget roughly put above, but putting the 850 Evo in pushed it to $1107. Hence why i've replaced it with the SP550, which is still a good SSD.
Cooler has been replaced with one that performs better, and is on sale at the moment.
Put it back in if you are willing to spend 30 bucks more, highly recommended.
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Chugalug_

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There are some selections which can be improved upon, i'll get back to you.
Also notlim that's a terrible example, Windows 10 is going to be their 'final' OS which they are just going to keep up to date and update heavily over the years if I remember correctly. ;)

 
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I didn't want to compromise performance, but still wanted to somewhat keep with the red and black theme. Are you okay with the motherboard? It offers the best features for its price, but isn't in Red.
You can get the Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 3 which is red for 5 bucks more though.
The problem is I wanted to keep with your budget roughly put above, but putting the 850 Evo in pushed it to $1107. Hence why i've replaced it with the SP550, which is still a good SSD.
Cooler has been replaced with one that performs better, and is on sale at the moment.
Put it back in if you are willing to spend 30 bucks more, highly recommended.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 5g Thermal Paste ($5.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-UD3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($129.76 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($61.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($279.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link Archer T4U USB 3.0 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.95 @ Amazon)
Other: Be Quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler ($24.90)
Total: $1079.72
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-19 22:54 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Arctic Alumina 5g Thermal Paste ($5.79 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($118.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($62.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.48 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($269.95 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($62.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F120MP_BBK_PWM 53.3 CFM 120mm Fan ($14.59 @ Newegg)
Total: $1080.01
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-20 00:45 EDT-0400

A build with the GTX 1060 that is actually available to purchase, and already with consideration for parts with shipping fees.

I've switch out the USB based Wifi card for the PCIe with external antennae for better performance+Bluetooth support (it use 1 of the 2 USB headers on the board to provide Bt function). They cost about the same so if you actually have specifics need for an USB based Wifi adaptor feel free to go with the original one.
 
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I find that wireless signals are sometimes interfered with by the motherboard due to the signals it outputs.
USB wireless adapters are more portable and have better use in multiple machines rather than just one. ;)
The motherboard is also not a great choice, and that cooler will barely allow for any overclocking at all!
 
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@Chug: Yeah, and did you see that your Be Quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler ($24.90) is actually Be Quiet! Pure Rock CPU Cooler ($24.90) + $7.56 Shipping.

that cooler will barely allow for any overclocking at all!
Click to expand...

Silly me... I should have listened to the pros.

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Thank you! Do you recommend I wait to build a system until zen is launched?
 
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