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witch mouse pad :

In all seriousness though, you might want to consider an ergonomic mousepad with a wrist guard if you use your computer more than 2-3 hours per day.

witch mouse pad :

In all seriousness though, you might want to consider an ergonomic mousepad with a wrist guard if you use your computer more than 2-3 hours per day.

witch mouse pad :

In all seriousness though, you might want to consider an ergonomic mousepad with a wrist guard if you use your computer more than 2-3 hours per day.

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Nope. The only way I've lost monitors is actually breaking them by dropping them or dropping something on them... or alcohol was involved and I may have thrown a beer bottle at one.
 
I did have one monitor that after a while couldn't stay at 75hz forever and had to bring it down to 72-73, but I still use it like 8 years later as my chat window (60hz now, but it still CAN hit 72-73 if I chose to do so).

...yes. post updated.

Here's what I came up with in 15 minutes. There is room for improvement on this list to be sure, but this is right about $2200
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor $375.89 @ OutletPC CPU Cooler Corsair - H100i PRO 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $89.89 @ OutletPC Motherboard ASRock - Fatal1ty H370 Performance ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $111.98 @ Newegg Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $79.99 @ Newegg Memory G.Skill - Aegis 16 GB (1 x 16 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory $79.99 @ Newegg Storage Inland - 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $49.99 @ Amazon Storage Hitachi - 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $71.50 @ Amazon Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card $498.99 @ SuperBiiz Case NZXT - H500i (Black/Blue) ATX Mid Tower Case $108.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair - VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply $33.97 @ Newegg Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit $119.98 @ OutletPC Monitor Sceptre - E225W-1920 22.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor $79.00 @ Walmart Monitor MSI - Optix AG32CQ 31.5" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor $389.99 @ Newegg Keyboard AmazonBasics - KU-0833 +MSU0939 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse $14.99 @ Amazon Headphones Corsair - HS50 Headset $49.99 @ Amazon   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total (before mail-in rebates) $2200.13   Mail-in rebates -$45.00   Total $2155.13   Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-01 03:23 EDT-0400    

I have overclocked most of my panels in the last 10 years since I figured out how. Out of the 6 of them I have overclocked, none of them have failed.
I cannot speak for the warranty, but I really doubt that the manufacturer would be checking for that. As long as you don't push it so hard that it has issues, you'll be fine. out of the 5 60hz panels I've had, 4 of them hit 75hz and I was like "+25%? that's good!" and the other one only hit 73hz and I was like "still pretty good!"

So if you can run it at 82hz and there's no artifacting or blurriness. Let it run for a day and see how it does. If there's an issue, bring it down lower. I'd probably pull it back to like 80hz, which is still great at +33% for no other reason than to try and extend the life of the panel just because it IS a laptop and you only have that one panel.

Get a 2070 or Vega 64.
 
The 1080 is out of production, as such it skyrockets in price.

This is definitely the route I'd say to go- 
VA panels are cheaper and have less response time. Colours are much better from TN.

It is likely that your monitor is just skipping frames at 240hz.

If the max is 82 I would recommend staying on 75 Hz.

What monitor is this? What's the native resolution/refresh rate?

I can say that I overclocked my 60hz panels for YEARS without issues to 75hz. That's a +25% overclock on older technology. Since then I've upgraded to a 144hz monitor and run it at 180hz. The 144hz panel I have (check signature) is literally designed and advertised to be overclockable to 180hz, but that's still just a 25% overclock to the panel itself.

*But* 144hz --> 240hz is +67% overclock, unless you're going from like 1440p -> 1080p, which means you can go higher without worrying because reasons I'm not smart enough to explain.
 
I can say with certainty that a +25% overclock is generally going to last as long as you don't put your fist through the thing, but I can't say for sure on 144-->240

EDIT: Not EVERY PANEL can go +25%, some are like +15-+20% stable, some can go up to +30% or higher stable, I just used +25% as all but one of my 60hz panels were able to hit 75hz no problem and the one that didn't would get 73hz. So as with anything overclocking, your milage may vary.

DOA reviews don't count, every product has a failure rate. You're fine, as long as you've got the PSU to fuel this thing.