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Hello, I am treating myself with my very 1st gaming pc(Currently have a laptop with Nvidia 860m and 3rd gen i7). I have all the parts sorted except Monitor. The games I play are - Dota 2, Football Manager, AAA games(Witcher 3, Assassin Creed Series, Far Cry...etc). For the past few years I have been playing less and less of AAA games as my hardware can't keep up with the games( I had absolute horror time playing Watch Dogs 2 and ultimately postponed to play it till I get a better rig). I was planning a USD 1150 build(including monitor). I set 280 USD for monitor(same as my graphic card RTX 2060, in my country,India I can get MSI RTX 2060 for that price ). I decided on Acer Nitro 24 inch 1080p 144Hz monitor for USD 215. The decision was made as spending more wouldn't give me a monitor that would increase my experience as RTX 2060 would struggle to push more then 144hz on 1080p(for AAA titles) and for Dota 144hz would be more then enough as I find pixel density more important then Refresh rate( I played on 120hz 1080p and 60hz 1440p rigs and i felt better on 1440p rig). I played for cumulative 10 mins and apart from that I don't have any experience on better monitors. The money I saved on my monitor was for next monitor upgrade(maybe in a year or 1.5 years as I planned to upgrade graphic card too). Suddenly we had this pandemic and everything was on lockdown and I couldn't get the parts due to availability. Now they are available but somethings have change. LG monitor are available now and at discounted price. LG Ultragear 27 inch 1080p 144hz is available at USD 180 and LG Ultragear 32 inch 32GK650F-B.AUS 1440p at USD 360(it was more then USD 500 before). Hope you still with me. My questions are 1. Should I buy LG 1080p or 1440p monitor(I can overspend my budget since it would be future proof). 2. If I go with 1440p monitor would RTX 2060 super do justice to it or should I aim for AMD 5700XT/2060 Super? 3. Is gaming experience so much better at 1440p that I should overspend on monitor and/or on graphics card(More or less extra USD 200). 4. If I am playing at 1440p should I drop from Ryzen 3600 to 2600 or even 1600 as 1440p in less taxing on CPU and save money. I know ideally spending more gives better experience but pandemic has resulted in uncertain times. Secondly I like my rig to be more then enough for 3 years and acceptable level for a year or so but don't want to overspend. I hope you forgive me for long post but I need you to know what my thought process behind every decision was.

@DoctorNick won't the games be GPU bound with the graphics card I am using? And might overall performance be better in 2700x as I might be running Teamviewer and tally in background for my account to work remotely.

@DoctorNick Ohhh i didn't thought about 2700X....it is available for the same price as 3500. Worth it?

@boggy77 As it would be a new rig and I don't know about any of these tests so which one would be best. Also I just need to compare the graphs?

3600 is 70 US dollar more then 3500X here. Is it still advisable? I was looking to spend that money on better monitor. BTW 3500x is 145 US dollar. Should I consider older Ryzen series at that price point? And dropping to B320 motherboard bad? I don't think I will overclock or upgrade for atleast 3 years. @DoctorNick

What tests sir? Should I run it and do benchmarks and play a game or two? Also dust on display port threw me off. Might have gotten on shelf? @boggy77

Hi, I am building a new PC for gaming and the only component I am not sure is graphics card. In my country(India) used market do not exist. So I was surprised when I found used 1070 ti for 30 US dollars more then 1660 super. The retailer says its brand new returned card(the owner decided for 1080 ti) and has 2 year warranty left from 3 years.I visually checked the card and looked clean apart from some dust at HDMI port/Display port. So is the price worth it and what precautions/checks I should take to check if it is working properly. I would be playing Esports titles like Dota 2, and AAA titles like watch dogs 2, assassin creed,etc. I was going to get 1080p monitor but is 1070Ti good for 1440p gaming and future proof? Also my rig good enough for 1660super/1070ti. Ryzen 3500X( 36 mb cache vs 19mb cache at 15 US dollars more). B450 MSI gaming Max 16GB 3200mhz RAM 500 GB NVME SSD Corsair 550watt power supply Thanks in advance.

Hi Thanks for your reply. I forgot to ask about Power Supply model. What would you prefer at that price range? Also how much better is 1070ti. Also if my GPU will bottleneck or my CPU. I went there to buy Ryzen 3600 but they told Ryzen 3500 would be better suited for my system. I thought 3500 was for OEM. How much will no hypertreading(6 less threads hurt).

Hi, I am building a new rig for personal/office use. I would be mainly using it for MS office, Tally ERP, Web Browsing and games ( Esports- Dota 2/ Latest AAA titles like Far Cry and simulation like Football Manager 2019). All price rated are in Indian Rupee and USD(Tax Included). I am from India. Budget is Rs 50,000 or around 700 USD Case: 2nd hand Corsair Unit(don't know the model but looks decent with front 2 fans) @ ₹ 1000/ USD 14 Exhaust Fan: Upto ₹ 500/USD 5 CPU: Amd Ryzen 3500 @ ₹10,000/ USD 140 RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3200 16GB(2x8GB) @ ₹5800/USD 80 Power Supply: Corsair 550W @ ₹ 4100/ USD 58 Motherboard: MSI Gaming Plus Max @ ₹6200/USD 87(I would prefer MSI Tomahawk Max but that is available for ₹9500/USD 135. Please advice if spending 50% more is worth it?) GPU: Gforce GTX 1660 Super @ ₹18000/USD 250.(Also GTX 1070TI new is available for around same price. Should I consider It?). Total:₹45,200/USD 630. I have additional ₹3500/USD 50 Dollor for Monitor. Monitor Budget: 5000+3500=₹8500(USD 120) Please Suggest changes. P.s I would be using 1080p single monitor