$1,600 Gaming PC Build (Canadian)

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Hello I was wondering if anyone could help me come up with the best $1,600 dollar Gaming PC build using Canadian websites. Also any good tutorial videos on how to build the PC. Thanks in advance.
 
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Here's one gaming rig that can play today's games on high/ultra settings @ 1440p (2K) with solid 60+ FPS.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($288.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($124.99 @ PC Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($133.89 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.83 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black...

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Here's one gaming rig that can play today's games on high/ultra settings @ 1440p (2K) with solid 60+ FPS.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($288.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($124.99 @ PC Canada)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($133.89 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.50 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.83 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($515.98 @ NCIX)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.98 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($19.95 @ Vuugo)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($115.50 @ Vuugo)
Total: $1567.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-13 02:22 EDT-0400

As far as build tutorial videos go, there are plenty of them on the net. Here's one such video,
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIF43-0mDk4
Though, for me, the best help were manuals/instructions that came with components, especially the MoBo manual.
 
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