I want to buy my bf a gaming tower. I need your suggestions please!

chanamang

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So he uses Steam to download all of his games. His game preferences range from Starcraft and Civilization to Skyrim, Dragon Age and Dark Souls. He is very into modding his games. I think on Skyrim he was trying to have like 200 mods going at once. He's working off of an old HP laptop that he hooks up to the tv and it really struggles and over heats trying to do everything he wants it to. So what im asking for is some good suggestions for a PC tower with a great graphics card, lots of RAM and storage space with room to add and replace components as needed. Thanks in advance!!
 
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/p2B4NN
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/p2B4NN/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($236.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($142.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($111.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($449.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($84.89 @ OutletPC)
Sound Card: Asus STRIX SOAR 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($99.99 @ B&H)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC56 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1457.67
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-10-27 22:33 EDT-0400
 

chanamang

Commendable
Oct 27, 2016
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1,510


I would love to spend a lot of money but unfortunately my budget is more like $500 and under. I'm looking to buy it on Cyber Monday after Thanksgiving so hopefully i can find what i want on sale.

i dont need a monitor since he'll just hook it up to his tv anyway. he has all the controllers and accessories he heeds