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About ElliottBWeaver

  • Birthday Nov 16, 2000

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    UK
  • Interests
    Coding, gaming, audio, fountain pens, cardistry.
  • Occupation
    Student

System

  • CPU
    Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.8GHz
  • Motherboard
    MSI B350 Tomahawk
  • RAM
    16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @ 3200MHz
  • GPU
    MSI Gaming X GTX 1080
  • Case
    NZXT S340 Elite (White)
  • Storage
    1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD, 275GB Crucial MX300 M.2 SSD
  • PSU
    EVGA G3 550W
  • Display(s)
    Acer XB270HU (1440p, 144Hz, IPS)
  • Cooling
    Stock
  • Operating System
    Windows 10/Arch

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  1. ElliottBWeaver
    Like the previous commenter said, 1700 + 1080 is "good enough" but if you can afford the latter build (I'd go for 8700k over 7820X personally, as it's more cost effective) then I'd go for that by all means.
  2. ElliottBWeaver
    What you said seems like the best path, unless you want to go for Coffeelake.
  3. ElliottBWeaver
    No reason why you wouldn't be able to, but if you can afford it, a 6GB 1060 would be much better.
  4. ElliottBWeaver
    Steam Hardware Survey shows us that more than 50% of Steam users game at 1080p, with less than 3% at 1440p and about half a percent at 2160p. 1440p will be 'outdated' when 2160p is the norm for gaming, and 4320p is as common as 1440p is today. 720p is becoming outdated now that 1080p holds a majority, and 1440p is becoming more popular, with 2160p being rare but still prominent. If we shift this two 'resolution generations' along, we get to the point where 1440p is becoming outdated whilst 2160p holds a clear majority, with 4320p becoming more popular and, Jesus Christ, 8640p being where 2160p is today. 16K gaming. Bloody hell.
  5. ElliottBWeaver
    I'm gonna assume that the 1440p165 monitor that you're referring to is the Dell S2417DG- in which case, the panel is TN and not IPS. You'd probably be better off with an Acer XB271HU, which is 1440p144 and has an IPS panel and G-Sync. 1070 is much closer to 1440p60 territory. You'd probably be playing on low-medium settings (although this is very much game-dependent) to be able to get 144fps. A 1080 is considered the minimum for 1440p144 gaming, with a 1080Ti recommended.
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