Planning my first gaming PC with a decent budget

Sequela7

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Hello everyone. I'm new here and am planning to build a PC when I travel to the US in a few months. I'll have a budget of around 1500USD so I think I may be able to get some goodies that will improve my gaming experience. I made a list with the parts that I think are more than good for most of the games out there as of now. I need help with stuff like mouse/keyboards and more opinions on my build. Maybe I can get something better with a lower price or slightly "worse" with a lower price. Enough talking, here is the list so far:

CPU: Intel i7-7700K 4.2GHZ LGA 1151
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo 43.1 CFM
Graphics Card: Gigayte GeForce GTX 1070 G1 Gaming GV-N1070G1 8GB
RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB 2x8GB DDr4 2133MHz
MB: ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 ATX Motherboard
SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GS 550W

I know I am missing stuff like the pc case and the fans. I would appreciate help with it too since I'm new to the PC world and only know the basics of it.

Thank you!
 

ohenryy

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With that money I would try to do something that I could also get more performance with overclocking, this is a good setup:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FMqmRG
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FMqmRG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($336.88 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z270 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($144.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($107.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel - 600p Series 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($169.04 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Toshiba - 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.38 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB QUICK SILVER OC Video Card ($403.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake - Core P3 ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.89 @ Newegg)
Other: CableMod® WideBeam™ Magnetic LED Strip RGB - 30cm ($19.99)
Total: $1508.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-07 16:12 EDT-0400
 

Sequela7

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I searched for the best motherboards, SSDs, PSUs etc. and I found great reviews on those that I put on my list. Don't know if there are other parts that perform just as well and are cheaper or equivalent. What do you think of the ones I chose? Also, do I need a DVD/CD thing for the PC or is it unnecessary?
 

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