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So after trying to play newer games on my old gaming laptop (2014 MSI GT70, gtx770m), and finding them borderline unplayable (20fps mid settings) I decided to go all out and build my first desktop gaming pc. luckily I have a buddy from college who lives nearby and has previous experience with stuff. He built a tentative list of parts for me in my budget and I altered a few things here and there. Everything has arrived safely via FedEx and I'm just waiting till Thursday for my buddy to come over and help me build it. I'll post pics once completed. So on to the parts list! First off everything is going to be seated in a Corsair Carbide 400C ATX Mid Tower Case. It has a hinged smoke window on one side for easy access and viewing. My power supply is a EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W 80. Plenty of additional power ports for upgrades down the line. My motherboard is a Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING. It is the top end Strix mobo, but not as crazy as some. For now I'll be running 16GB of Corsair Vengance ram (8GBx2 DDR4). Processor is an Intel i7 6700K 4.0GHz. To cool that down I have a Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler. The graphics card I chose is a MSI GTX 1080 Duke 8GB OC. It comes over clocked from the factory and has three cooling fans. The thing is huge, about the length of my forearm. (There was a sale and the Duke was actually cheaper than a standard MSI 1080) Storage is going to be handled by a 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD and a Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM HDD. My case has three SSD slots so I'll probably pick up a 500GB or 1TB SSD down the line. FInally I'll get to see everything through an Asus VG248QE 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz monitor. What do you all think of the build?

Hello, I am going to get a job soon and would like to make a new build. I don't want to use existing parts from the current (Family PC). I would like one of the nice i7 chips in a 500$ range, at least a 600 wat PSU, 2 PCI-E MOBO, looking into an AMD 295x, an ssd for the os, and about 2 TB on a mechanical, also need monitor, keyboard, mouse, and headphones. (from the ground up). I also want a basic water cooler for the CPU. I want to keep it under $1,500 and I want to play battlefield 4 on ultra at at-least 90 frames so I can record. IDK when I will have all the money, But I want to start getting a price goal and an Idea of what parts to get (GPU can change, just find me a good one for the price). Hope to get some good feed back -Unit_108