Finally upgrading out of the dark ages, any recommendations?

your mobo is for overclocking but you picked a locked CPU, So I'd just get a cheaper mobo instead. might as well just get a newer CPU then.... like the i5-7500. it's slightly better than the 6500 and supports ddr4-2400. (6500 "onyl" supports up to 2133mhz iirc). A CPU cooler won't be needed with a that CPU. the stock cooler is good enough because you're not overclocking anyway.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor $196.39 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $73.98 @ Newegg
Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $112.99 @ Jet
Storage Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $168.01 @ Amazon
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card $388.98 @ B&H
Case BitFenix Nova ATX Mid Tower Case $31.99 @ NCIX US
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $77.88 @ OutletPC
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1065.22
Mail-in rebates -$15.00
Total $1050.22
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-14 08:34 EST-0500
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