mich991

so you want to flash the ISO from inside the VM to the USB drive? I don't see any reason that wouldn't work.

May want to break up your huge paragraph into a spec list like pcpartpicker, and add a few more pics as that one is hard to see.
 
Well done tho!

Wow no kidding dude!  I can tell you that you will get a sustained 60fps in pretty much all AAA titles except fo BF.  But also you will get 100fps and even 120fps,, Just depends on the game.  Can I ask what games you play ?

Tbh e-sports games like CSGO & Dota aren't that demanding on graphics. I get 180-240fps easily on CSGO on high settings, but my monitor is 60Hz so ?‍♂️

Of course it supports whatever refresh rate your monitor is be it 60hz or 100hz or 144hz or 240hz.  However with a 1060 you will not reach 144fps, unless you play at 900p resolution.  The 1060 is a double digit fps GPU,  The 1070 or 2070 barely becomes a 1440p with high in game settings, and even then you will have drops to 120fps or 100fps then back up to 150fps then 130fps.  If you want a consistent 144fps at all times at 1080p and high settings then you need to play CS:GO.

Depends on the settings used in WT. Some settings can lower the speed greatly. 

close enough, none of these games use more than 3gb in medium settings at 1080p while my 1060's lower clock balances out the lesser core count on the 3gb

More than 144fps in both Dota 2 and War Thunder, even my 1060 6gb mobile (so much lower clock) can do that easy.

1060 6GB here, Dota2 on highest settings is easily 100fps even during intense team fights for me.

@BigRom @Jurrunio Don't forget the 1060 3gb and the 1060 6gb are actually different cards...