Need help with building a gaming mini-ITX around $850

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I want to build a mini-ITX mainly for gaming (only few games but includes PUBG, i play very few games but i play competitively so i need some performance for playing and streaming time to time), then streaming/recording.

-I'm planning to build my system into a SilverStone SUGO SG13B as it is available in my country and I like the dimensions.
-I don't need an SSD or 16 GB RAM when I first purchase it, I can upgrade later on. I'm likely to start it off with a cheap WD Caviar Blue 7200 or anything similar.
-I'm not sure if i need extra fans, temperatures are important for me but as far as I understood, it exhales from PSU fan as it is also right on top of the motherboard.

-For CPU, CPU cooler and motherboard, I really would like to go with i5-8400 but it seems quite impossible because it requires very expensive motherboards compared to other CPUs.
I was thinking of i5-7600k but Ryzen 5 1600 / Ryzen 5 1600X seemed better hoping that games will use those extra cores and threads in the future. CPU coolers I found doesn't fit in. Nactua NH-L9i / Cryorig C7 were 2 air CPU coolers that fits and were popular in Intel systems. Max lenght for CPU coolers is 61mm for my case, more information: http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=536
There are not many motherboard models in my country but better connectivity positions and built in Wi-Fi would be plus.

-For the GPU, I orginally wanted i5-8400 with 1050 Ti but I had to downgrade it. Now I don't know if my current CPU (which is probably Ryzen 5 1600X / Ryzen 5 1600 at best) worth sacrificing for a GTX 1060. I'm quite lost... I will probably decide this after I finish a build with 1050 Ti.

 
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Below is your ~850 USD build using the i5-8400 and GTX 1060-6GB, I am over budget by 34 USD. It would have actually been better to have your country of purchase and a local budget, most countries have online vendors to source from. Chances are that the US pricing will not align with your countries, I live just to the north of the US and prices don't align here in Canada. And just a note, the choice of an mini-ITX build drives up the mobo prices in general.

No OS, monitor, keyboard/mouse but you do have onboard wifi. The 8400 has 6-cores which you will need for simultaneously gaming/streaming, additional threads are needed to manage the streaming. It is not meant for overclocking so you could easily get away with the stock cooler, but I went with an AIO 120mm to direct the heat out the case. Air coolers might not direct the heat out.

As instructed I went with 2x4GB of RAM but the mobo only has two slots like the vast majority of mini-ITX mobos. This means if you upgrade to 16GB you will have to pull the existing RAM.

Went with a GTX 1060-6GB, much faster than the 1050 Ti but still not as powerful as the CPU. This is okay though, gaming/streaming will put more demands on the CPU, especially in PUBG.

Last, the 7600k is faster than the plain 7600 but I would not use these CPU's, they are 4-cores with only 4 threads. This is not enough for streaming.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bW6CsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bW6CsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8400 2.8GHz 6-Core Processor ($199.89 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($136.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($97.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($269.79 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Silverstone - Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $884.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-24 08:57 EST-0500
 
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this is under your $850 budget for the US. your country will almost certainly be more expensive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($197.48 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - C7 40.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($26.90 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Gaming-ITX/ac Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: ADATA - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 240GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($81.99 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Storage: Toshiba - P300 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.88 @ Other World Computing)
Video Card: Gigabyte - Radeon RX 570 4GB AORUS 4G Video Card ($252.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Silverstone - Sugo SG13B Mini ITX Tower Case ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $848.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-24 09:21 EST-0500

I was able to get an SSD in for faster load times, wth the slightly slower Ryzen 1600 compared to the 8400 above. the ssd will more than compensate
 
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Your list makes 2700 TRY if I

-Exclude CPU cooler which I couldn't find over here
-Switch the RAM to 1x8 2666 (so I can upgrade later on, can i?)
-Ignore SSD (i will have to)
-Go with a GTX 1050 Ti, I wanna see if I can sacrifice other parts for the GPU after I'm done because I struggle building.
-Finally, exclude PSU. Expecting it to be around 300 TRY.

Which is pretty good, thats still below my budget, I could either go for Ryzen 5 1600X or maybe sacrifice to i3 8100 & better GPUs if it is worth it. They thing with 8000 series is that they require more expensive motherboards.

Actually ASRock - AB350 is not available here, only mini ITX AM4 motherboard I can find is Biostar B350GTN AMD B350 Soket AM4 Mini ITX 32GB DDR4 which is 470 TRY
 
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Your list makes 3300 TRY If I:

-Exclude liquid cooler, its 425 TRY :(
-Switch the RAM to 1x8 2666 (so I can upgrade later on, can i?)
-Go with a GTX 1050 Ti, I wanna see if I can sacrifice other parts for the GPU after I'm done because I struggle building.

Which is good considering you actually got an i5-8400 in it. I wouldn't really sacrifice GPU's for it should I? Maybe I can even consider sticking to the GTX 660 that I'm planning to sell for a while until I get a 1050 but probably wouldn't bother since I don't play a lot of games. 1050 Ti could keep me going as well.

 
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