I am going to go for my first build on my own. I am retired now and have the time so I will try and do a computer build selection.. As I am a greenhorn to this any comments good or bad are certainly appreciated. My decisions are based in many hours of reading, comparisons, and looking at reviews by others. MY USEAGE I won't be doing any overclocking as I want dependability. I felt an air cooler is darn near as good and less stuff to go awry. My motherboard selection has fan controllers build in and has the capability to control additional fans with another add on card and the whole shebang can be controlled and set to quiet with the software. I would fill up the case with fans and feel that should keep things pretty cool and quiet. Please correct me if I am wrong here. In addition to that this board has on board wifi and good audio. So my selection for this board is based on not needing a separate fan controller, wifi card, and sound card. I went with 16 gb memory as I read more than that you wont see a benefit. I went with ASUS for name recognition, dependability, and an overall less than 1% return rate based on a huge sales volume. Game play is mainly for when my kids come home to roost for a bit....other than that it will be a computer to augment my existing Dell XPS27 inch all in one with 8 gig nd 2 mb video card that I use daily. Bang for the buck is what I am after. I would also consider dual cards it it makes that much of a difference. The power supply is big, I feel the headroom is a good thing. Thank you in advance for your opinions. I value them and will incorporate them in the next edit. I only replace computers every 5 years or so, and my intent is to build a reliable future proof system that this time will be upgrade able. Once again, thank you kindly for your input. My monitor of choice will be the Dell UltraSharp U3415W - 34.08" Curved IPS LED Monitor as it is now $699.00 Regards, Ray Below is a link to my initial parts selection after doing much reading on the reviews.... Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core, GeForce GTX 1080 8GB STRIX, Phantom 530 (White) ATX Full Tower - System Build - PCPartPicker