Gbear17

I'll adjust my original post to reflect this, but I do plan on going for the Red Devil 5700xt once it is more widely available. Also, I was looking at the 3700x as a sort of future proofing as I have been considering getting into and learning more about virtual machines and machine learning. I was just thinking I would like the extra processing power for the bit of speediness it may add to multitasking and code processing situations. Is the memory more important than the CPU for that? EDIT: On the note of the motherboard, I have been looking into memory (if I was to get a 3200mhz kit instead of 3600) and CPU overclocking and wanted to play it safe with a better motherboard.

Thanks for the response! I honestly don't care about the NVIDIA specific features such as GeForce Experience and Ray Tracing, and on that note, the 5700xt (source being popular youtubers) performed on average almost as well as the 2070 Super in just about every benchmarking situation. The monitor I was looking at also supports Freesync 2. The 5700xt just looked like way more bang for the buck, even with the $440 US Powercolor Red Devil partner card.

Hello! I will be building a PC for the first time and have been researching parts and how computer hardware works in general for a few months now. My budget is $2500 US but I am willing to go up to a few hundred dollars above if need be. I will be using it for school including writing (lots of tabs open at once), programming (mainly visual studio currently) and other general tasks as well as gaming on a regular basis (Games such as Space Engineers, Just Cause, Battlefield, NFS, Command and Conquer, War Thunder and, World of Warships and Tanks, etc.), I will be playing at 120hz, 1440p. I plan on starting with one monitor (see PC Part Picker List) and saving for a second monitor for sure, both 1440p. I already have a mouse but I do want to get the Ducky Shine 7 with Brown switches (see PC Part Picker List). I am currently using the ASUS ROG Strix 17in laptop (I7 7700HQ, GTX 1070, 1080p 120hz screen, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD). Here is the build plan so far; https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Gbear17/saved/MnVCLk Let me know what you think about my part choices! EDIT: I do plan on getting the Red Devil 5700xt, not the reference card. EDIT: I also have been looking into overclocking and considering learning how to overclock memory (if I got a 3200 kit instead of 3600) and the CPU and that is why I was looking at a better motherboard. I don't know much about the pros and cons of getting an x470 or any other kind of motherboard over the x570.

Your eyes? Hmm, I have never heard that before, that is quite interesting. Any idea why? I am looking at getting the CHG70 pretty soon here but it will be my first curved monitor owned by myself.

Thank you, completely reasonable response, that is what I am thinking, although I just want to make sure there isn't something else quality-wise, you know, just in case. First time I will be buying a monitor and I just want to learn as much as possible before I do.

I was hoping someone could help me figure out why there is a $100 price difference between two monitors of the same model but different size (27" vs 32") when everything about the monitors seems to be the exact same with the exception of the size? Samsung CHG70 27" ($469.99 US) https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/27--chg70-gaming-monitor-with-quantum-dot-lc27hg70qqnxza/#specs Samsung CHG70 32" ($599.99 US) https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/32--chg70-gaming-monitor-with-quantum-dot-lc32hg70qqnxza/ P.S. This will be the first monitor I am purchasing and if anybody has any recommendations (or warnings) for better substitutions for the 27" ($469.99 US) I would love to hear them. Thanks!

https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/27--chg70-gaming-monitor-with-quantum-dot-lc27hg70qqnxza/ Honestly this is probably your best bet, it is HDR600, 1440p, and 144hz. Plus it's a VA panel with 2200:1 average contrast ratio and a 1ms response time.