New build. Any input appreciated. Thanks a lot!

If it were me, I'd drop the ssd and get the i5 2500k and a better motherboard.

A better motherboard such as?

And, where will I put my data. Need a new drive and not really excited about prices on platters.

Also, trying to keep it close to or under 650$

My bad, figured with the other stuff you were bringing over, a HDD would be included.
Personally, I stick to asus motherboards exclusively, though they are more expensive than most brands, they just work. In ~10 years building 2-3 systems a year for family/ friends, I've not had one fail.

Now, there are much cheaper motherboards out there Gigabyte is a very reputable mobo brand, as well as MSI.

If you live near a microcenter, you can get the intel processors and motherboards at a really nice discount right now, if you buy it in the store. If you don't, with the exception of having next to no storage(windows 7 and 1 or MAYBE 2 games will fill that ssd), the system looks pretty good. I would even consider getting a HHD in lieu of the SSD, just for more space.

Thanks for the tips! Unfortunately there isn't a microcenter within 200 miles of where I live or so. I have used asus boards in the past and haven't had any major problems with them aside from a temperature sensor being off by about 200c haha. I'll look around. Thanks again!