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geofelt
Some thoughts:

1. For midrange gaming, individual core speed matters. For that, look at a cheaper i3-6100,6300, or 6320.
Here is a review, Note that the i3-6100 generally beats the i5-6600.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10543/the-skylake-core-i3-51w-cpu-review-i3-6320-6300-6100-tested

2. Non K skylake processors come with a stock cooler that does the job. It is about as good as the TX3.

3. Always buy a 2 stick kit of ram so you can operate in faster dual channel mode. 2133 speed is fine.

4. I would buy a better quality and slightly stronger psu. Seasonic is always good.
Pick a tier 2 unit from a list like this.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

5. FWIW.
I will never again build without a...
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($198.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($34.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GAMING X 3G Video Card ($229.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($83.36 @ Amazon)
Total: $632.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-09-24 10:57 EDT-0400

I changed your PSU to a better quality one and your CPU cooler to the stock Intel cooler to bring down cost.
 
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you dont need a cpu cooler if you are getting a cpu that you cant overclock, so save some money and keep ur stock cooler, also if clock speed is more important to you than cores i would suggest getting an i3 because the clock speed is permanent on this i5
 
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geofelt

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Some thoughts:

1. For midrange gaming, individual core speed matters. For that, look at a cheaper i3-6100,6300, or 6320.
Here is a review, Note that the i3-6100 generally beats the i5-6600.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10543/the-skylake-core-i3-51w-cpu-review-i3-6320-6300-6100-tested

2. Non K skylake processors come with a stock cooler that does the job. It is about as good as the TX3.

3. Always buy a 2 stick kit of ram so you can operate in faster dual channel mode. 2133 speed is fine.

4. I would buy a better quality and slightly stronger psu. Seasonic is always good.
Pick a tier 2 unit from a list like this.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

5. FWIW.
I will never again build without a ssd for the "C" drive. It makes everything you do much quicker.
120gb is minimum, it will hold the os and a handful of games. If you can go 240gb, better.

Samsung EVO is a good choice.


 
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