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It's been quite some time for me... My last build was in 2016 and it was my very first custom watercooling loop as well - I learned many a things. My current specs can be looked at in my profile, if you're interested. But now, it is time again to build a high end system. Budget (including currency): 3.5k € for the PC system itself Country: Germany Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, CSGO, Indie games, AAA games, Lightroom, VS code, Handbrake, Firefox and Chrome with at least 200 tabs each ... and many more things (I like to dabble) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I'll be upgrading from a i7 6700K + GTX 1080 system I'll be buying in the coming months Resolution and refresh rate: I'll be taking recommendations for this as well. I am currently on a Dell U3821DW and I definitely want and need to upgrade. So, 144Hz is a must and I want to go back to a minimum of 2 screens. I think the sweet spot would be around the 32" mark. Regarding resolution, that is the biggest blank that I am drawing: I'd love to go 4k for both because of productivity - because 4k is just crisp. In the case of 4K: singleplayer titles would be played in this resolution, multiplayer titles would be played downscaled My build for now looks like this: PCPartPicker Part List CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor (€607.99 @ Mindfactory) Thermal Compound: Noctua NT-H2 10 g Thermal Paste (€24.90 @ Alza) Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS ATX AM5 Motherboard (€299.90 @ Alza) Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (€281.99 @ Alternate) Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€129.00 @ Galaxus) Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€129.00 @ Galaxus) Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€129.00 @ Galaxus) Video Card: Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card (€1095.99 @ Alternate) Case: Fractal Design Torrent ATX Mid Tower Case (€186.18 @ notebooksbilliger.de) Power Supply: be quiet! Dark Power 12 850 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€245.29 @ Amazon Deutschland) Total: €3129.24 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-04-07 19:07 CEST+0200 Short explanation on some of the stuff: Cooling? I will most likely go custom water cooling by EKWB or another company again Case fans? Most likely be quiet! or Noctua fans - my information may be outdated, but those two have served me quiet (huehue) well in the past DDR5 64GB Ram? To be honest, just for the future proofing 3x2TB PCIe 4.0? I already ordered stuff for my new server (see my post for that topic) which will also definitely be used to store all my backups and stuff that I currently have on my internal HDDs. Thus, I don't think it is necessary for me to have any HDD in my PC anymore, but I still want to have enough performance and storage in the PC (yes, I am a data hoarder...) Questions regarding my stuff: CPU: Just like Linus, I want to go full AMD - I like their current line ups and performance numbers. The 3D CPUs take too big a hit in the productivity department for my taste, even though I most likely wouldn't notice it. Is the 7950X too overpowered and may the 7700X be enough? I looked at the Gamers Nexus benchmarks and think that the 7700X may be enough for me On the other side, the 7950X would most likely be the better future proofing solution for virtually...everything Motherboard: I definitely need help for this... GPU: Same argument like CPU and also I don't like the pricing on the new RTX series, but I may think about getting a RTX 4080 if the price is somewhat lower. Or is the 4080 so much better than the 7900 XTX that the price is justified? I only see the uplift in the raytracing benchmarks (thx Gamers Nexus again) Case: Originally, I planned a mini-ITX build, but...there aren't that many options for all the hardware and stuff, so MIDI it is. Torrent fine? Any other case that is better at a lower price point? Power Supply: PCPP says that 850W is enough, is it though? Any input is appreciated PS: as someone who built his last system in 2016... I hate everything about those prices right now

I'm currently running the BenQ EX2780Q in HDR on Win10 (per dp) primarily for gaming and digital illustration. As many other, I encounter problems caused by Windows, so I began to wonder if changing to a monitor with higher color depth would improve my image quality, like HDR does, as well as not having to deal with Window's poor implementation of HDR. I know that HDR displays encode the image differently to how a generic monitor encodes, but monitors for artists and professionals with 32 Bits of color depth are there for a reason. How would my image quality and experience differ from what I have now? Does a monitor with 12 Bits (no HDR) do the same as an HDR monitor? Thanks in advance BenQ EX2780Q specs Size 27" Screen Area 23.49 x 13.22" / 596.736 x 335.664 mm Panel Type IPS-Type LCD Resolution 2560 x 1440 Aspect Ratio 16:9 Pixels Per Inch 109 ppi Maximum Brightness 350 cd/m2 Contrast Ratio 1000:1 DCR 20,000,000:1 Refresh Rate 144 Hz FreeSync Bit Depth 10-Bit (1.07 Billion Colors) VESA-Certified DisplayHDR 400 Color Gamut 95% DCI-P3 Response Time 5 ms (GtG) Viewing Angle (HxV) 178 x 178° T̴͙̠̆h̸̢͇͆͠͝e̸͔̼̯̽̐̂ ̷͖̦͗͜R̶͔̯̈̑͘i̸̝̠͇̓́̒g̸̡̨͔͘ GTX 1080 (schutup I get to the 144fps in some games...) i7-7700 32GB DDR4 RAM MSI PcMate h270 Windows 10 Pro 64bit

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Hey I have a 4K 27" display. I'm looking for a secondary screen to be put on portrait position (vertical) but I also would like it to be smaller that the 27" one (27" portrait is far to high, I would never be able to look up there confortably) Idealy, the two displays would have the same dot pitch... but I can't find anything that fits this description. I do photography edits, a bit of video etc. Using a dot pich calculator, that would be something like a 20 inches 1440p monitor... do you guys now of any display that would help me?

Hi so my first PC build is comng up and i already have my list of components. I'm aiming for 1440p 144hz and i after a lot of research im left with these 3 options: Samsung C27HG70: https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/monitors/gaming/27--chg70-gaming-monitor-with-quantum-dot-lc27hg70qqnxza/#specs Acer XV272U PBMIIPRZX: https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/UM.HX2AA.P03 AOC Agon AG273QCX: https://eu.aoc.com/en/gaming-monitors/ag273qcx Looking at the specifications i found this stuff: Samsung: Curved, Quantum Dot, VA, 10bit color, HDR600, 3000:1 native contrast. 125% sRGB, 92% Adobe RGB. I read online about some overshoot issues with this display Acer: IPS, 10bit color, HDR400, 1000:1 native contrast, 100M:1 dynamic cntrast. 95% DCI-P3. AOC: Curved, VA, HDR400, 8bit color, 3000:1 native contrast, 50M:1 dynamic contrast. 122& sRGB, 99% Adobe RGB. They all claim to be 1ms response time. The samsung one achieves 1ms via a preset that causes overshoot. I don't know about the others. Does anyone know which one is the best overall? Not considering the various prices, just the overall best image quality and color reproduction, considering the artifacts too. I considered getting this MSI monitor too, but its almost exactly ike te others but without HDR: https://www.msi.com/Monitor/Optix-MPG27CQ So... help?