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I don't recommend a 550W PSU, why go cheap on a component that has up to 10 years warranty and is like the heart of your PC, pumping energy everywhere? 500W is the minimum recommended but you could easily go 650W or more to make sure you won't need changing it anytime soon.
EVGA has good PSUs, get a Gold 2 or Platinum.

Also going for a 3.2Ghz CPU with no guarantee you can overclock it, seems a poor choice imo. If it can't OC at all and you're stuck at 3200 you will be bottlenecked with that big GPU. And as people pointed out before, you probably should consider 1440p at least, otherwise for 1080p 144Hz your build is overkill for everything but Witcher 3, ARK and some new poorly optimized games like DeusEx.
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very good build and can pair with a 1440p 144 Hz monitor. Only thing I will change is the PSU, G is decent, but old model. PNY has some RMA issue, I will pick SanDisk, similar but cheaper.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($193.44 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($93.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($175.44 @ OutletPC)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($43.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Turbo OC Video Card ($509.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1234.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-09 21:06 EST-0500
 
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Cioby

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I don't recommend a 550W PSU, why go cheap on a component that has up to 10 years warranty and is like the heart of your PC, pumping energy everywhere? 500W is the minimum recommended but you could easily go 650W or more to make sure you won't need changing it anytime soon.
EVGA has good PSUs, get a Gold 2 or Platinum.

Also going for a 3.2Ghz CPU with no guarantee you can overclock it, seems a poor choice imo. If it can't OC at all and you're stuck at 3200 you will be bottlenecked with that big GPU. And as people pointed out before, you probably should consider 1440p at least, otherwise for 1080p 144Hz your build is overkill for everything but Witcher 3, ARK and some new poorly optimized games like DeusEx.
 
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