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For my sons build, I just did a Core i5-6500 Skylake. Did an EVGA GTX1060 video card. My son is 9 so this does everything he needs it to. Heck, I'm playing Battlefield 4 maxed out and getting 100+FPS.
Only reason I want potential for more threads is that I like to run labs in VM's. It's not abnormal for me to have 4+ VM's running in a lab to test something out.
I also don't gravitate to any of the high end CPUs, because a $300 CPU today and a $1000 CPU today, will both be outdone by a $200 CPU in about 5 years time. I'd rather save cash today, and build a new rig sooner, and hand the old machine down to a kid or family member, or have a test box. (although with VM's I rarely test on physical hardware anymore).