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Hello.  2017 will be the year I will buy a new very powerful PC. I already got the money I just decided to wait a little do check the AMD new cpu/gpu. Sadly my monitor died so I have to buy a new one. My current pc isn't anything special. I have an i3-3220 and an AMD Radeon series 5.

 

My question is. Can these support a 4K monitor? I don't care about games until I get the new pc. I only care about Internet,  Netflix, downloaded movies and YouTube. I don't want to buy a cheap 1080p monitor because in 2-3 months I will buy 2 4k ones. So will it work? 

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i think you can buy your new screens and force the resolution to go down to 1080 or something around that. don't know anything about the cpu if it could handle it.

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19 minutes ago, Glennieboyyy007 said:

i think you can buy your new screens and force the resolution to go down to 1080 or something around that. don't know anything about the cpu if it could handle it.

Yeah but then again why would you buy a 4k monitor and run it on 1080p

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

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25 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Yeah but then again why would you buy a 4k monitor and run it on 1080p

Because it's temporary. I will buy a new powerful PC in 2 months. It's just my current monitor died so I need one. If I can use it in 1080p respectable for 2 months with my current hardware I won't have to buy a new monitor and I could buy my 4k one and then move it to the new pc

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