i just hope my local microcenter puts the 7700K on sale to clear em out (current cpu i 5 7600 K @ 4.4 ghz ).. i 7 7770 k will max out my asus build ..as far as ddr 4 ram i think i'll be fine with 16 gig for awhile ..vid card .. ????????? dunno for now happy with my GTX 1060 from microcenter i got for $240 before the prices went all out crazy in 2017