First Time Building mid-range gaming PC.

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I am trying to build a mid-range gaming PC with limited knowledge. So far I have these:

Carbide Series® Air 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case
EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3 Power Supply
Intel i7-7700K


I need a motherboard and memory and later a graphics card. Will try to manage with onboard graphics for some time. Can someone please recommend a decent motherboard & 32GB memory option & should I buy a cooler if I am not planning to overclock right away? I have never overclocked before.

One motherboard I have been considering is ASUS Prime Z270-A
 
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I wouldn't call that mid-range - the 7700K is the best gaming CPU, period. Mid-range would be more like a Ryzen 1400 or locked Core i5, stock cooler and an inexpensive B250/B350 board. Most gaming PCs are fine with 8GB of RAM, with 16 being a good future-proof choice. With 32GB of RAM, 3/4 of it is likely going to sit empty and unused.

Cryorig H7 is a decent, inexpensive cooler that should allow you to overclock some. For a bit more, you might consider the R5 Ultimate or one of Noctua's 140mm or 150mm offerings, but these are unnecessary.

Regarding motherboards, for the most part your selection criteria should be based on its slots and connectors. Do you need two PCIe 16x slots, or is one fine? Do you want one with a higher-model...
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I wouldn't call that mid-range - the 7700K is the best gaming CPU, period. Mid-range would be more like a Ryzen 1400 or locked Core i5, stock cooler and an inexpensive B250/B350 board. Most gaming PCs are fine with 8GB of RAM, with 16 being a good future-proof choice. With 32GB of RAM, 3/4 of it is likely going to sit empty and unused.

Cryorig H7 is a decent, inexpensive cooler that should allow you to overclock some. For a bit more, you might consider the R5 Ultimate or one of Noctua's 140mm or 150mm offerings, but these are unnecessary.

Regarding motherboards, for the most part your selection criteria should be based on its slots and connectors. Do you need two PCIe 16x slots, or is one fine? Do you want one with a higher-model onboard audio codec, or one with two LAN ports? Do you need two M.2 slots or is one fine? There are plenty of solid, inexpensive options, but mostly I'd advise sticking with Asus, ASRock, MSI or Gigabyte, unless you're looking for something very specific. E.g. I got my Zotac board because they makea lot of speciality mITX boards.

I generally advise against buying parts in bits and pieces, because prices come down over time and usually if you wait, you can get it all cheaper than if you piece it together, and it's not like you have a working PC until you have all of the parts anyway.
 
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