Planned PC Build - Looking for Opinions/Advice

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Arthfaell

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Hey everybody,

This is my first post on the forums so I hope this is in the right category. Let's get started though.

CPU: i5-6600k
Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 2400MHz
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB
GPU: Gigabyte R9-270/270x (this is my friends old one and he can't remember what it is, and I'm getting it for free)
Case: Coolermaster Masterbox5
PSU: Corsair RM650x
Keyboard: Coolermaster Masterkeys Pro S Cherry MX Red
Headset: Thermaltake TteSports Verto
OS: Microsoft Windows 10

I'm planning to upgrade to the GTX1070 OR 1080 depending on how work comes along.
The approximate total price for this build is $1550 with windows. I'm from Australia by the way, so tech is more expensive than the US generally.

Thanks,
Arthfaell
 
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Arthfaell

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Sep 28, 2016
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The end plan will be a PC I can use for moderate photo and video editing along with gaming. I plan to continue playing BF4 (I used to play on a terrible laptop), start playing BF1 and just generally start gaming at quality framerates. Preferably at up to 2k resolutions.
Thanks for your timely replies.
 
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Arthfaell

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Sep 28, 2016
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Thanks, I've been a bit out of the loop for a while and I'm still getting to know some of the relatively new release hardware. So I just wanted to get an external opinion on the planned build.

By the way, is there anything I could save on? And do you reckon 500GB is enough to start off with?

Thanks again,
Arthfaell
 
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genthug

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Personally, I'd agree with CT. Maybe more. I'd just grab a boot drive (either 120 or 240GB) on an SSD, and use some of the money saved between the 500GB and 120/240GB variants to get a large capacity HDD.

But, that's coming from a kid who has used ~2TB of storage. That's really up to your uses as to what you deem is "enough to start off with". If you have a massive Steam library, then it probably won't be enough. If you play 2-3-4 games religiously and that's about it? 500GB will be more than enough to start.
 
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