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MSI lacks quality control. Especially with their boards. Gigabyte & Asus are considered superior. The Gaming 5 is a very nice board.
In terms of stats they are very similar
Alternatively you can go for Gigabyte's UD5 or the ASUS Sabertooth / Maximus

Downgraded the CPU to stay within budget. Personally I'd get a 20$ keyboard and keep the i7 but that's me.
For gaming the 6600k and the 6700k perform around the same as there are only few games that can utilise the i7's hyperthreading technology properly. So I went for the i5 in order to get a better GPU. But if you can afford the i7 nonetheless then go for it. It will definitely age better as dx12 starts to get more popular.

I upgraded the GPU. The 1060 is enough to get you 60fps on any...
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Gammaxx 400 is better than the evo & cheaper.
The g1 isn't a great quality PSU ,the g2 is
You can get 3000mhz ram same price as 2400 so why not.

I wouldn't pay that for a keyboard but that's me.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX 400 74.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($143.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB 6GT OC Video Card ($249.00 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($82.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Wired Gaming Keyboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1267.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-19 11:46 EDT-0400
 
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Isokolon

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if it's only for gaming, I'd go with this

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($234.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($159.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING Video Card ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Chroma Wired Gaming Keyboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1350.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-19 11:53 EDT-0400

I second that opinion on the keyboard. that's money burned.

added a better PSU than in your original build
and upgraded the GPU to a 1070
the 6600k will perform the same in 9/10 games and has plenty of power
also added a better mainboard and RAM that won't interfere with the cooler
 
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Can you link me to the PSU you would recommend me in this case for my specs? thank you
 
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ok thanks but can you go into detail for each part that you changed and tell me why those parts are better ..? thank you
 
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Isokolon

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MSI lacks quality control. Especially with their boards. Gigabyte & Asus are considered superior. The Gaming 5 is a very nice board.
In terms of stats they are very similar
Alternatively you can go for Gigabyte's UD5 or the ASUS Sabertooth / Maximus

Downgraded the CPU to stay within budget. Personally I'd get a 20$ keyboard and keep the i7 but that's me.
For gaming the 6600k and the 6700k perform around the same as there are only few games that can utilise the i7's hyperthreading technology properly. So I went for the i5 in order to get a better GPU. But if you can afford the i7 nonetheless then go for it. It will definitely age better as dx12 starts to get more popular.

I upgraded the GPU. The 1060 is enough to get you 60fps on any game released up to today at 1080p resolution. However the 1070 will give you 60fps on any game released at 1080p not only today but probably still next summer I reckon. It's just more powerful than the 1060 and will last longer.

The RAM you picked is 44mm tall. This is complicated with many coolers. I know that because I bought that RAM myself. And I could barely fit it with my Scythe Mugen due to it's size. If I could do my build all over again I'd go with low profile ram that doesn't interfere with the cooler as the one I suggested.

About the PSU: the EVGA G2 madmatt suggested would be even better than the one I suggested. So again if you can afford it, go for it. I picked the best PSU for the original price.
The NEX is made by FSP who are an alright OEM manufacturer. They use good caps but very few of them on the primary side but budget friendly caps on the secondary side of more questionable quality.
It's a solid PSU but for it's price bad value.
The XFX is made by Seasonic maybe the best manufacturer of PSUs. It comes without modular cables but with superior build quality, using top of the line caps, a good internal design and excellent overall components.
But as said, if you can afford EVGA's supernova G2 go for that one.
 
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Do you think a Asus Z170-A would be good or what would be the difference between the maximus and the sybertooth?
 
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the Z170-A uses a cheaper Audio chip
the Sabertooth comes with RAM support to only DDR4-2400, however with 5 years warranty
both cannot really compete with the UD5/UD3
the Maximus Ranger is a fine overall board, very balanced and popular. it's from ASUS 'ROG' series that's supposed to be highquality.
the ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero is kind of an upgraded Maximus VIII Ranger for better overclocking
 
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