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is this a little to much for gaming and streaming?

CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6850K Six-Core 3.60GHz 15MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011-V3 FAN: Kraken X62 280mm RGB CPU Liquid Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Extreme Cooling Performance
HDD: SanDisk Z410 SSD + 3TB SATA III Hard Drive Combo
MEMORY: (8GBx4) DDR4/3000MHz Quad Channel Memory
MOTHERBOARD: MSI X99A Gaming Pro Carbon,
POWERSUPPLY: Watts - Corsair RMx RM1000X 80 PLUS Gold certified Fully Modular Ultra Quiet Power Supply
VIDEO: EVGA GeForce® GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0 Edition 8GB GDDR5X
 
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You should know that AMD just released Ryzen cpu, which comparable with i7-6850 for much cheaper price. Not to mention cheaper in motherboard also.
Assuming you are high end buyer, I would use the highest Ryzen and high (not highest but good enough) spec. Here is the US price:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($489.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir Pro 4 66.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($109.45 @ Jet)
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB...
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Depends on your resolution. If you're at 1080p, it's a bit overkill.

The marginal gains for streaming on a 6850k/LGA2011 rather than a 6700k don't strike me as worth the additional cost, unless you do significant non-gaming things that require some heavy-duty processing.
 
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You should know that AMD just released Ryzen cpu, which comparable with i7-6850 for much cheaper price. Not to mention cheaper in motherboard also.
Assuming you are high end buyer, I would use the highest Ryzen and high (not highest but good enough) spec. Here is the US price:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($489.89 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterAir Pro 4 66.7 CFM CPU Cooler ($44.99 @ B&H)
Motherboard: ASRock X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard ($147.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: GeIL EVO X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($109.45 @ Jet)
Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($249.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Toshiba 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($519.99 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($27.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.99 @ B&H)
Total: $1767.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-03-15 00:30 EDT-0400

Yeah it uses standard casing, as I didn't know what your taste like. If you going high end, don't forget samsung 960 evo/pro as it has more than 2x standard SSD speed.
Ram is only 16Gb, but its plenty for gaming. I never see my pc go over 8Gb.
PSU using 850W seasonic bronze. Its not 1000W and gold, but it should have no problem when you SLi 2 gpu. For 1 gpu, it is very (a bit too much) plenty.

This ryzen is current best amd cpu. It has 8 core and 16 thread. You lucky to build at the right time.
 
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