Skylake vs Kaby Lake build worth upgrading?

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I've had a build planned for a few months now, waiting until I've saved up enough money, with the following basic parts:
-i5 6500
-Gigabyte GA-B150M-D3H motherboard
-8gb RAM 2133Mhz

Now that Kaby Lake is out, I'm not sure if it would be worth upgrading to
-i5 7500
-Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H motherboard
-8gb 2400Mhz RAM

It would cost a little bit more and I doubt the difference will be very big at all for gaming and general use, so I wanted to ask if there is any reason to go for the Kaby Lake build? I could also mix and match since those two CPUs and mobos are all compatible with each other. However, in that case I'm not quite sure if I would need 2133 or 2400 RAM.

Thanks!
 
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Your topic title suggests that you have Skylake build and you're planning to upgrade it to Kaby Lake build. I based my reply on to that.

Since this is not the case, go for Kaby Lake build off the bat.

Here's one complete build that you can go for.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.43 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB...
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I haven't bought anything yet, this is the first time I'll be building a computer.
 
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Your topic title suggests that you have Skylake build and you're planning to upgrade it to Kaby Lake build. I based my reply on to that.

Since this is not the case, go for Kaby Lake build off the bat.

Here's one complete build that you can go for.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.43 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: SK hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($76.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Windforce OC Video Card ($199.99 @ Jet)
Case: Thermaltake Core V21 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $797.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-12 17:05 EST-0500

This build will do today's games on ultra settings @ 1080p with 60+ FPS.
 
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I realize the title wasn't entirely clear, sorry about that. I already have the whole build planned out but thanks for the effort!
 
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