I'd rather wait and see.
CPU obviously isn't an option, neither is the mobo (new mobos not out, old mobos won't get cheaper until then).
RAM isn't much of a problem.
SSD + HDD if you can find deals.
Case get whatever you like. I usually go with µATX.
GPU depends on either on performance requirements (not sure what you need exactly, don't think it'll be much for TF2 and Dolphin) or budget (affected by a CPU and mobo of which we don't know the price).
PSU depends on the GPU.

Logicalincrements can give you some ideas, but it doesn't include deals and doesn't have a build anywhere close to your requirements.

Yeah but what other tournaments are you going to count as a qualifier? If it's not run by you, then you can't enforce your rules. Imagine the shit show if someone were to qualify through a tournament with different rules. That's why that is never done.
Valve is especially strict about this though, even when there's no "danger".

Then there's the problem that more guaranteed spots either reduce to spots up for grabs at a major or the open spots or both.

Also I get why tournaments that happened only 2-3 months prior are preferable to one that happened 6 months ago, but why would those be better than a qualifier practically right before the tournament? I mean if you're looking for recent results that's ideal isn't it? Surely if you performed well all that time it'll be a breeze. And if you start slumping right before a major then why would you deserve a spot? You can't complain about teams not deserving a spot because it was based on a performance that happened "so long ago" but then whine when your favourite teams doesn't qualify and pull the "but they used to be good, they should already have a spot" defense.

So let me get this straight

1. People are complaining that qualification for a tournament/league is not based on results in other, unaffiliated tournaments/leagues, but only on previous results from the same tournament/league/organization? That's how literally every league/tournament ever has worked.
2. NiP just lost 3 matches out of which they should've won 2, at least one of which they should've won easily, yet got absolutely raped. You can always have a bad day but you don't get anything but sympathy points for that. Imagine if you had 3 bad maps in a final. Tough shit, but you still lost.

You can be able to beat the best team in the world on a good day, if you don't have the consistency to beat a top 50 team every time then you'll have to live with losing a few matches.

I don't know. I don't think I want to know.

So you didn't get the one for 45$ I guess.

No. That CPU can't be overclocked and you won't get the GPU to draw 500W.
And no, that's not how you should size a PSU. 80+ Bronze means >85% at half load and >82% at full load. Those 3% won't kill you. We're also talking about two models with the exact same fan which, surprisingly, will spin at the same speed for the same power dissipation.

I wouldn't limit myself to one OEM when limited by the budget that much.

Consistently good but half the models are "do not buy" because of coil whine. Uhm...

Still no need for 600W or even 500W.

Still not great
I'm going to need a source for that. Why would the 500ET have coil whine but not the 600ET?

What did he end up paying for it?
Because getting a used GPU that draws 4 times as much power for 20$ less is not "by FAR the best GPU" but rather simply a used GPU. That's how buying used things work. If you pay more for something used than for something new with the same performance there'd be no point.

Glad to hear they got their shit together, but I still want to see a source for that.

1. Wrong. 500W and 550W are cheaper. Even from the same seller.
2. Wrong. You can get a new 500B (that means you get 3 years warranty instead of none) for less.
3. How many times do I have to repeat this? What the fuck would you need 600W for? I'm taking any bet the mobo you picked doesn't support 8x/8x and without watercooling a GPU drawing 500W will just catch fire.

Be reasonable.
1. Seasonic isn't the only OEM out there.
2. 400W (500W if you absolutely must) is plenty for these kinds of builds.
3. 20$ for a used 400-500W PSU is ok. 30$ is ok if there are really no deals available. 45$ when new PSUs of similar performance sell for 40$ is not ok. 45$ when new PSUs with far better performance (e.g. CXM450) cost 50$ is not ok.
I mean even an S12II 520W sells for 47.98$. Are you really going to argue that in the category of decent 500W+ 80+ Bronze PSUs a used SS-600ET for 44.95$ is a better deal than a new SS-520GB for 47.98$? 3 years warranty vs none and literally twice as good in every metric is not worth 3$?
If you insist that the lowest price wins what about an SS-500ET for 40$? Why are those 600W so important?

So what? He wants fps in Overwatch. More fps in games he doesn't play don't help.
I know you love your 7970, but Jesus, that doesn't mean everyone needs one.

Last 2TB gone, one 4TB left.
100€.

#1963
I don't understand the problem with the adapter. Monitor got DVI, GPU got DVI, get a DVI cable.

#1965
We've talked about 600W PSUs.

Also you seem a bit obsessed with recommending OEM Seasonic PSUs and used 7970s.

I have my doubts that the 7970 will perform as well as you think it will in Overwatch.
http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/1180/bench/1080p.png
http://www.techspot.com/articles-info/1269/bench/Overwatch.png

Look where the 380 ends up.

#1974
There is no i5-6500K. You're talking about the i5-6500.
The i5-6600 and i5-6600K are not the same either. The 6600K doesn't come with a cooler so you'll need to buy one.
You'll also need a motherboard that supports overclocking All in all the difference is around 100$.

Overclocking support is only worth it if you're actually going to use it.

Depending on what GPU you'll need, which depends on how much performance you want in games, you could consider an i7 for editing. What would be the most demanding you'd play and what resolution/settings/fps are you going for?

#1959
Depends on the budget and what it'd be used for.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Yes, AMD unlike Intel generally doesn't lock anything. Your motherboard needs to allow it as well though (various reasons).

January. At least that's what Intel planned.
I don't set the prices and I don't have a crystal ball. I won't speculate.

The point of a bottom mounted PSU is to have a seperate intake for it and not have the wires dangling around in front of your mobo. Overall case layout, features and price are more important though.

There are no "equivalents". It's also in flux due to updates. Compare current results to results from a few months ago.
And no, apart from deals they are not going to drop in price. All the competition for the next year or so is already out so prices have settled.

Just don't update immediately every time there's a new driver. In fact you don't need to update at all if the update doesn't improve performance in any games you own. But yeah, wait a few days, problems will usually be found within a few days and ideally make a backup before you update. Just in case something does go wrong and you get weird crashes.

If nothing else Kaby Lake should mean old Skylake parts will be cheaper. So waiting is a good idea.

1050/460 should indeed be good enough for that.

Basically 860K vs Haswell Pentiums (G3250 etc) was interesting because the 860K would win multithreaded but the Pentiums win single threaded hands down. So for games the Pentiums were the winners usually. Against Skylake Pentiums the multithreaded advantage is basically negligible and the 860K ends up having nothing going for it.
Case in point, Overwatch actually does have good multithreading unlike most other games and it still doesn't help the 860K enough.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1180-overwatch-benchmarks/page5.html
So for 75fps either would work ok, but for 120 those 50$ would definitely be worth it.

I don't think looking good and having tool-free installation (which will only matter for one HDD you will install exactly once) excuses not having dust filters, only one fan and a non removable drive cage that blocks air flow.
I'd have to check which budget cases are cheap atm. In terms of asthetics would the Core 1100 be ok?

Techspot doesn't retest so that result is still with the godawful launch driver where the 460 was all over the place. With proper drivers the 460 is about as fast or faster than the 950 in every game (barring gameworks gimmicks) and not 30% faster in one game and then 30% slower in the next.
There's also the whole "unlock to 1024 Shaders" thing going on so that might give anyone who gets it to work another 10%.
Point is, it'd be good enough for what you want so if you need to shave money off somewhere and can find a cheap 460 that's where I'd start.

Maybe in 2017 AMD will actually have launch drivers that do not suck and nVidia will stop releasing drivers that kill GPUs every couple of months. One can only hope.

#1947
When are you going to build?
What settings are you going for?
I'm not a huge fan of the 860K for games, even the cheap Skylake Pentiums beat it in that and the more expensive ones even win in multithreaded.
Not a fan of the 200R either, not at that price.

1050 vs 460 depends on what you call "considerable". Should be single digit percent difference. I've seen the 460 go as low as 80$, when that happens it's hard to beat.

#1948
Yes, it will be good for content creation.
You will need a new motherboard.

I don't quite understand the logic though.
To me it sounds like "I like chocolate ice cream. So I'm going to buy chocolate ice cream. Unless they won't let me reuse my old cone, then I'll buy vanilla from the stand across the street because fuck them. I'll have to get a new cone there too though."
That don't make no sense to me.

Probably a moot point though, you're not going to get a CPU for christmas that'll be released in January. Unless you're talking about Christmas 2017 or even later.

#14
Solution is simple, get buffed or ban machina.

#15
I didn't say that. I said if 10% more damage makes a difference.
If the scout gets 4 shots on you you're dead either way.

Also all the scouts in EU outside of prem share a total of 3 brain cells and the same fucking russian internet connection.

Nothing is scarier than a demo with pain train out because you know he just doesn't give a fuck.

I can get away with it because I've learned to spazz around so much that even in HL snipers can't headshot me.
Also medic dodging on demo confuses scouts.

No memes beyond this point:
Just go with the kaidus rule: If you're playing against cookye (substitute with any scout you know will be in your face and you'll be lucky to get out with 10hp) then switch to stock but otherwise pain train all the way.

Or on defense on A/D maps unless you're really going for the intimidation factor.