TheWrithingVoid

Monitors are fine for now. I like the 24" size with 1440, and as far as panel quality, I haven't seen many better TN panels. Once my girlfriend's monitors begin failing I might upgrade and give her mine but, until then my desk can only comfortably fit 24" monitors. I am not dropping another 2 grand between monitors desks and mounts and what not to make 27" ones happen.

No reason not to wait at this point, not like I can get a 3080 anyways lol

No reason not to wait at this point, not like I can get a 3080 anyways lol

No reason not to wait at this point, not like I can get a 3080 anyways lol

That board has a BIOS flashback button, so you wont need a CPU to flash it. Just a USB stick with the correct firmware, power to the board, and follow the manual instructions on how to perform the flashback. 

The Asus Zenbook Flip UX370 is a good choice for a student. It has good specs for the price (i7-7500u, 16GB Ram, 512 GB nvme ssd), as well as it supports an active stylus and has a finger print scanner, and the battery life with some proper power management and non-excessive use should last all day. Overall quality of feel is exceptional, its extremely portable with a 12" form factor and 13.3" screen. The IO is exclusively USB-Type C to allow for the form factor, but Asus was kind enough to give you a type-c to HDMI/USB-A 3.0 in the box. Overall it's really light and fairly potent, and like every other thin powerful laptop they will get warm under load, but you already have a gaming desktop, the laptop will be your portable powerhouse, and not your primary workstation. As a fellow college student, if I needed a laptop, it would without a doubt be the laptop of choice since it has better specs and a lower cost than the other 2-in-1 in it's bracket.

http://store.asus.com/us/item/201708AM220000001/A44884-ASUS+Zenbook+Flip+UX370UA-XS74T+13.3-inch+FHD%2C+Intel+Core+i7+7500U%2C+512+GB+SSD%2C16GB+DDR3%2C+Windows+10

1. I am 100% without a doubt actually pushing 144hz. Figured out everything I needed to do to make that happen before I even bought the monitor.
2. To clarify by IPS vs 144hz, I meant that for most people you kind of have to choose between a high refresh TN panel or a 60hz IPS because the high refresh ones are super expensive. The question was for the same money is it worth.
3. Just because a monitor has a higher refresh rate does not mean it will look any smoother to you. The human eye sees light at 60Hz as a stable beam. That is why in the US our AC current is at 60 hz and why 60fps is always your target fps. Some people might see a little higher, but I seriously doubt more than 5-10hz more. 
4. So it seems like the general opinion here is that it makes things smoother. In that case wouldn't g-sync be a better investment if you had to choose?
 

Okay, so after a little over a year of having a 144hz monitor I can officially say, that I still kinda don't get it. I have an Asus vg248, 144hz 1ms response time, running 144 hz via display port and, I still just kinda don't get it. I don't really notice a difference past 65 fps in the appearance of what I am doing, and honestly the response time is so slight in difference that I don't see a difference between it, and my girlfriends Acer monitor which is IPS.

So, what am I missing?
It seems like color, and contrast ratio, for... what? Did I jump on the hype train to sadness town, or do I just not get the point of the 144hz's? Could someone please explain what I am missing here because I have it in front of me, and it just doesn't seem worth when I could have gotten a nice IPS for the same price.