WaterBear

Firstly, I wasn't sure wether to post this in the Monitors section or the GPU one as it doesn't fit well in either. Sorry if it is offtopic. I am planning on purchasing a LG 27GL850-B to upgrade my cheap 1080p monitor. Now, I was thinking of using the old one as a second monitor but I'm not sure if my GTX 1060 3GB is going to handle driving a 1440p monitor and a 1080p one at the same time. So a GPU upgrade might have to happen sooner that expected. My plan right now is to get the monitor in the coming weeks and run single monitor (if dual is too much) until Black Friday, then get either a new GPU or if prices are still high get a used one. As for GPUs, I'm looking at either a 1070 Super or maybe a used 1080Ti, but the 3000 series are coming out soon as well, so I might wait for them depending on prices. I would be happy with any suggestions, generally don't want to spend more that £550. My question is, how big is the performance hit from having a second monitor and do you think my 1060 is going to be able to drive them, even for a short while? I guess a follow up would be - Are there any technical complications from running two monitors of different resolution?

I would still eat it.

It will most likely be fine. If you do decide to apply your own thermal paste, though, make sure to remove the already applied one.