Build Help/Ready:

Have you read the sidebar and rules? (Please do)

Yes!

What is your intended use for this build? The more details the better.

Almost entirely gaming. I tend to get most big name AAA game releases. Other than that, I play a lot of Blizzard games (mostly WoW and Overwatch), along with FFXIV. Planning on getting games like No Man's Sky and other, what appear to be, graphically intensive games.

If gaming, what kind of performance are you looking for? (Screen resolution, FPS, game settings)

Running on a 1080p monitor at 1920x1080. Ideally looking to games at 60fps on max settings if possible.

What is your budget (ballpark is okay)?

$800 - $1000, possibly a little higher if there's good reason for it.

In what country are you purchasing your parts?

USA

Post a draft of your potential build here (specific parts please). Consider formatting your parts list. Don't ask to be spoonfed a build (read the rules!).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Provide any additional details you wish below.

I already have the GPU purchased, as I wanted a quick upgrade for the system I'm currently on. As of now, I'm using a GTX970. I was considering upgrading to a newer card, but I figure the 970 works more than okay for right now. I'm fairly new to building my own PC, so I'm not sure if I'm grabbing the right parts or not, as far as getting good value for what I'm trying to build. Any suggestions on what to downgrade, or what to upgrade are very welcome! Willing to spend a little more money if I'm getting better value for performance on something. I know I was pretty iffy on the Motherboard, but went with what I saw someone else suggest in an older post I found on here. I figure I can probably go with a cheaper one and possibly upgrade some other part of my build instead?