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How would this system work out ? Need some advice on components to buy

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Well, having things cooler never hurts. pun fu*@#%g intended.

Sure, it doesn't NEED to be at a low temp, it can be with its eh temp and stock cooler. But it just aint cooler than an aftermarket. Somtimes you just want stuff okay
 
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System Name 1.21 gigawatts!
Processor Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s) Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s) Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s) Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard E-Blue Cobra II
Software Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS
For gaming, there's really no need for i7. Since you mentioned that you'll do something else beside gaming, I would recommend this:
Ryzen 5 1600X,
MSI/ASUS/Asrock/Gigabyte B350 motherboard,
Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim or Cryorig H5 Universal,
16 GB G.SKill or ADATA 2400 or 2666 RAM,
240-250 GB SSD (ADATA SP550, Samsung 850 Evo, Mushkin Triactor, OCZ Trion...),
1 or 2 TB Toshiba P300 HDD,
600-650W 80+ Bronze PSU (Enermax, Rosewill, EVGA, Seasonic...)

Considering coolers, Be Quiet Shadow Rock Slim is one of the quietest coolers I've seen and there's 0% risk from pump failure, fluid leaking (happened to my coo-worker on his Corsair H100i and destroyed his machine). Cryorig H5 Universal is also very good and quiet cooler. They both are very nice-looking coolers.
I wouldn't recommend 500 GB SSD, but 240 or 250 GB for the OS and some programs and 1-2 TB fast HDD for storage. Toshiba P300 is faster than WD Black, a lot faster than WD Blue/Red/Purple and faster than Seagate Baracuda/Ironwolf.

The "main" eye candy will be the case, since you and everybody else will notice that first and if you want to minimize the noise, take a look at Be Quiet Silent Base 800 Window.
 
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