Is this a good 800 euro build for gaming and general productivity/bit of video editing?

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Hi,
I'm going to be building a new PC sometime in early 2017, mostly to be used for gaming, spreadsheets, office and general web browsing, perhaps a bit of video editing (just short <3 minute clips in 1080p60fps or 1080p24fps).

I've worked up what is, to the best of my knowledge, a pretty reasonable build.
However, I don't claim to be an expert, so some expert advice would be much appreciated! ;)

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/csxCCy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/csxCCy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£217.39 @ Aria PC)
Thermal Compound: ARCTIC MX4 4g Thermal Paste (£3.95 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus B150 PRO GAMING D3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Storage: Crucial MX300 275GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (£70.49 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Momentus 1TB 2.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£57.73 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card (£260.00 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (£41.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Fractal Design Tesla R2 500W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Full 32/64-bit
Case Fan: ARCTIC F12 Silent 37.0 CFM 120mm Fan (£5.99 @ Ebuyer)
Monitor: AOC I2267FWH 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor
Total: £657.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 15:25 GMT+0000

(Disregard prices, I'm buying from anywhere and everywhere, total price of components is ~830)

As you can see, I did not put RAM in above build, because I am slightly confused as to compatibility. As far as I know Skylake uses DDR4, but the B150 motherboard states that it takes DDR3 - why is this?

I'd be aiming for 16GB of RAM in any case, but my budget is around 50 euros, so might have to go down to 8GB.

Please tell me what you think of this build, if it'll play games like Battlefield 1 + The Witcher 3 at 1080p60fps, and if I could choose better parts for the same price.

Thanks!
 
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The build by Ethyn_ is significantly better although some might question the use of a 'Z' series motherboard with a locked CPU, I can see the wisdom: It's barely more than many 'H' and 'B' chipset 'boards and offers far, far more: Faster RAM support (and Skylake LIKES fast RAM), that lovely M2 slot and generally better connectivity.
Personally, I'd go for this SSD though: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/samsung-pm961-polaris-256gb-m.2-2880-pci-e-3.0-x-4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-22d-sa.html Why waste that lovely M2 slot on the motherboard when you can populate it with a blindingly fast NVMe SSD?
 
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Tbh, just from looking at the spec sheet, the B150 Pro Gaming appears to be a better option than the Z170, because it features a USB 3.1 A + C port, and an M.2 slot, both of which are highly desirable features for me, not to mention being a full 10 euros cheaper (The price of a Bioware bundle on steam).
The only downside of B150, as far as I can tell is DDR3? Correct me if I'm wrong
 
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You probably won't need the TIM, Intel stock coolers come pre-applied with Shin-Etsu TIM I believe and it's really good stuff, Corsair's coolers come pre-applied with the same stuff and I don't know why people clean it off to be honest, it's quality stuff.

The 'D3' suffix on your motherboard's name denotes that it uses DDR3 RAM. You'd need a motherboard that support DDR4 to use DDR4. Skylake can use either DDR3 or DDR4, your motherboard is the deciding factor.

Seagate HDD's had the highest failure rates last time I checked, I don't know if it's still the case but the most reliable brands were HGST followed by Toshiba.

I noticed that the price isn't listed next to some components, do you already have those?
 
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Since the M.2 slot on that B150 motherboard doesn't support NVMe, the maximum speed you could get out of any drive would end up being equal or less than SATA 3 SSD anyway. Also the Z170 and H170 chipsets were built to work with Skylake CPU's while B150 was originally designed for Haswell and was made to work with Skylake.

 
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Actually Western Digital and Seagate are pretty much tied for the most reliable drives in the market currently.

 
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To all those asking about the HDD: I already have a 1tb 7200rpm 2.5 inch drive I rescued from a laptop. I put in a random drive for approximate power usage.

Also, the prices listed are not what I am paying, as I have shopped around a good bit and found some much better deals on most components.

Looking at the Crucial SSD, I realize that it is not much faster than a standard Sata SSD, so could someone recommend a good Sata based 240-300GB SSD that retails for under 70 pounds/80 euros.

Since I won't be using an M.2 SSD, that means that the B150 Pro Gaming [strike]D3[/strike] is most definitely not a good deal, and the B150M-A/M.2 is slightly desirable.
I found a B150 Pro Gaming for 90 euros (DDR4-2133). Is this a good deal?

Otherwise, does anyone have any other suggestions for an LGA1151 motherboard with no frills?

Thanks!
 
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