PC Performance/Thoughts (i5-7500, gtx1060)

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Before I buy parts I would like to get some opinions on what this PC will be capable of or any considerations on a better setup that may be more cost effective. I don't plan on OC the GPU or CPU and intend on using it primarily for playing games(i.e. Arma, Battlefield).
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PC Specs:
CPU:
i5-7500 3.4ghz
Motherboard:
Asus H270-PLUS-CSM ATX LGA1151
RAM:
G.Skill Ripjaws V (2x8GB) DDR4-2666
GPU:
MSI GTX 1060 6GB Gaming X
Power Supply:
Cosair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Semi-Modular
 
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theyeti87
The Motherboard you have selected is a H170 Skylake chipset. It can work with Kaby Lake CPU's, but support for the newer CPUs out-of-the-box isn't guaranteed. If the motherboard needs a BIOS update, you need a Skylake CPU to allow it to update firmware.

A better option for you would be to selecte a LGA 1151 motherboard which sports one of the following chipsets: (Consumer) Z270 & H270 / (Business) Q270, Q250, & B250.

Motherboards using those chipsets have full support for Kaby Lake CPUs out-of-the-box.

If you want to use that motherboard you have selected, you'll want to pair a Skylake CPU to it.
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My only recommendation for this would be to maybe swap out the i5-7500 with a i5-7600k. Despite your motherboard not being made to OC, the k variant of the i5-7600 has faster stock speeds (3.8Ghz 7600k vs. 3.5 7600) without you needing to OC. So if you can spend ~$25 more, I think it'd be worth the extra .4Ghz down the line.
 
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The Motherboard you have selected is a H170 Skylake chipset. It can work with Kaby Lake CPU's, but support for the newer CPUs out-of-the-box isn't guaranteed. If the motherboard needs a BIOS update, you need a Skylake CPU to allow it to update firmware.

A better option for you would be to selecte a LGA 1151 motherboard which sports one of the following chipsets: (Consumer) Z270 & H270 / (Business) Q270, Q250, & B250.

Motherboards using those chipsets have full support for Kaby Lake CPUs out-of-the-box.

If you want to use that motherboard you have selected, you'll want to pair a Skylake CPU to it.
 
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