Help with budget build $1000

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Hi guys I currently have an old laptop with a 2.3 ghz processor maybe like 6 gigs of ram. It's pretty bad is my point. I recently started playing some demos and free to play games I noticed they were very hard to play on my laptop so I got FRAPS and I can run tf2 with a very spiky frame rate, but anything more demanding like heroes and generals or battlefield is impossible to run I never get higher then about 10 frames. I have an Xbox one so I basically want to match or better that quality. I haven't played it in a while tho bc my Xbox live ran out and I've been reluctant to renew it and I have limited gaming to my laptop. I also didn't renew it so maybe I can switch this holiday season. So basically I just need to top my laptops performance which shouldn't be hard to do. I'd prefer to keep this a budget ish pc and hopefully get some Christmas sales to bring down the price even more. I have a lot of pc games to play and will most likely start with the not so hard to run ones first and later upgrade to play the harder ones. Thanks for your help my current build is below I want to bring the price of it down get good preformance and leave room for upgrades.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pc.build/saved/6h2FTW
 
The Microcenter bundles can help reduce the cost of a build, but if you want to get down to $1000 then you may need to consider a non-overclocking setup.

http://www.microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($204.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($64.99 @ B&H)
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 ($259.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($92.99 @ Best Buy)
Monitor: Acer KN242HYL 23.8" 60Hz Monitor ($110.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator - OEM Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $996.26
 

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The i5 6500 is $179 at microcenter


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.00)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($35.98 @ Newegg)
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 ($268.50 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($65.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.88 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($88.88 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VP247H-P 23.6" 60Hz Monitor ($143.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cooler Master OCTANE Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $992.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-30 17:50 EDT-0400
 
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I was wondering if the 30$ off bundle for a motherboard and cpu is temporary at micro center and if so should I jump on it now or wait till the holidays ?

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/pc.build/saved/WjLrHx

^^^latest build idea hoping that the 1060 comes down and that I can get some good black Friday deals and such let me know what you think thanks !