[Build Help] Got A List Together, But Don't Really Know If It Will Work

This will work fine and will certainly run Cities: Skylines at max settings on that monitor. Any particular reason you picked that particular motherboard? You can find a board with similar ports with the Z97 chipset (newer) for a bit cheaper. The 750W power supply is overkill for this build as it is, but leaving it as is will allow for a 2nd video card in the future if that's something you're interested in.

You will need a wireless adapter (like this) to connect to WiFi.

Generally this looks pretty good, but at a similar price point you can get a machine with a little more power, or you could get a similarly-performing machine for less money. But if this is what you're set on it all looks good. Dont forget an optical drive if you dont already have one. Also buy your Operating system if you don't already have that figured out.

Final note, you say you'd like to upgrade this machine in the future. For a similar price (albeit using websites other than amazon), you can build using the x99 chipset, which will be relevant for far longer than the z87 you have picked out. It won't offer you much more power in the short term for your purposes, but if you ever decide you need to upgrade, the x99 board will make your life much easier.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor $420.53 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler $31.24 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard -
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory -
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $97.99 @ Amazon
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card $337.99 @ Amazon
Case Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case $107.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $102.89 @ Amazon
Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer $17.07 @ Amazon
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) -
Monitor Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor -
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1115.70
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 01:56 EDT-0400
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