Going to upgrade my PC soon, please tell me what you think! I need your help!

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RashidSalem

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Current setup:

CPU: i5 4690 non K
RAM: 8gb kingston hyperx fury
MOBO: AsRock z97 extreme 4
GPU: R9 290 OC TRI-X
PSU(Will stay the same):EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 Watt
Case: NZXT H440
SSD: HyperX Kingston 120GB SSD
HDD: WD Black 1TB

Will upgrade to the following:
CPU: i7 6700k
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100i v2 Extreme Performance CPU-Cooler
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
MOBO: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card
PSU: Is the same as listed up there, will not change it.
CASE: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower
SSD: HyperX Kingston 120GB SSD
HDD: WD Black 1TB

Please tell me what do you think? Do I need to change anything? And the website that i'll be using is computeruniverse.net to make my purchase. Hopefully will get it by the next month.
 
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This is a kabylake build that you can also consider. Since you havent mentioned the country, prices are in Dutch PCPP, but should not be very different elsewhere.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€386.35 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€114.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€105.88 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM...
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This is a kabylake build that you can also consider. Since you havent mentioned the country, prices are in Dutch PCPP, but should not be very different elsewhere.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (€386.35 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory (€114.95 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€105.88 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€56.80 @ Mindfactory)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Extreme Video Card (€663.99 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case (€145.84 @ Mindfactory)
Total: €1473.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-08 05:49 CET+0100
 
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WAIT. FOR. RYZEN.

WAIT. FOR. VEGA.

I know it's going to end up several MONTHS likely but your system is actually quite good, especially if you know how to tweak games.

If pricing is good then a 4C/8T CPU (similar to i7-7700K) could save $100 or so with RYZEN and Vega may be a good deal too for the graphics card.

Perhaps get a RYZEN system then better GPU later.

*I do agree that most games won't benefit aside from a better graphics card.

**Also consider the MONITOR. Personally if my monitor wasn't great I'd keep the current build for now and put my money into a FREESYNC (AMD GPU) or GSYNC (NVIDIA GPU), IPS, 27", 144hZ monitor (or 100Hz 3440x1440 if you want ultrawide).
 
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I would like the best build, which one should I pick in your opinion? The one I built or the kabylake build? What is a "kabylake" anyways?
 
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Kaby lake is the latest generation just launched by Intel this month. It is 7th gen as indicated by the prefix 7 in 7700 vs 6th gen(skylake) in 6700. Not a huge performance difference from 6th gen but there is a 5% to 10% modest performance increase along with more power efficiency. Ofcourse not to mention its newer tech.
 
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I couldn't find the cpu cooler you listed, do you have any other options? The site I use is computeruniverse.net and I live in the United Arab Emirates by the way.
 
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Plus do you any options for monitors? I would like a monitor that's good quality but cheap. Gotta be 1920x1080, I am not looking for no 4k monitors cause they're expensive. With G-Sync and high refresh rate would be nice!
 
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