No probs, enjoy building your new rig haha.

Makes no sense to pay the extra $50 for a 4790, when you can get a Xeon E3-1231 V3 instead. Skylake isn't much more expensive, so you may as well go with a Skylake rig at this point. SSD definitely belongs in a $1k rig. Even cheaper rigs should still have SSDs, and it's easier to add an aftermarket cooler later, but you can afford both, so it's fine.

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or 970 option, before anyone gets butthurt;
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If you want, you an spend the extra $20 for the Xeon, instead of the 6600k;
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The Xeon is locked though, and can't be overclocked, the 6600k can be overclocked. The 6600k has 4 cores, and 4 threads. The Xeon has 4 cores, with 8 threads.

I'd suggest the same panel as above, great option for 1080p. Although, I'd be looking in to 1440p. You can get a nice 1440p panel for around $250, so if you can spend the money on it, it's definitely worth it IMO.

The Skylake Xeon isn't a bad call, actually forgot they existed tbh. But a Haswell i7 would still do the job and would do it with ease.

Craig wrote The Skylake Xeon isn't a bad call, actually forgot they existed tbh. But a Haswell i7 would still do the job and would do it with ease.

Undoubtedly. No reason not to go with Skylake at this point though, IMHO.

OP- 6600k would be fine, but if you're not interested in overclocking, or want better multi-threaded performance, get the Xeon.

I built my very first gaming computer and it runs all of these game easily. I even had a smaller budget than you. Just look into it. Youtube helped me a lot.