Higher Resolution or Refresh Rate?

[Guest nmtroeger]

I am building a PC with a GTX 1080. I am trying to be as budget friendly as possible, and that means not spending more that 200 USD for a monitor. I seem to have narrowed it down to these to monitors:

 

• 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PmyFf7/acer-monitor-umfg6aab01

• 2560 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wNcMnQ/lg-monitor-25um58p

 

If you could help me that would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you have a suggestion for another monitor, please don't hesitate to say it.

 

[Blebekblebek]

Well what's your preferences?

I prefer bigger screen and higher res

because I know my GPU can't sustain 144hz constantly so getting one is going to be waste of money.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

14 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

Well what's your preferences?

I prefer bigger screen and higher res

because I know my GPU can't sustain 144hz constantly so getting one is going to be waste of money.

Yeah but when you upgrade your GPU wouldn't have to get a monitor that supports 144Hz again

[Wolther]

It's.. pure preference. I went with 144 hz because I play Rhythm games like osu! and mania. But if I played games like gta5 I would go with a big screen and high res because I feel visuals will be more important in a game like that 

[McHox]

15 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

Well what's your preferences?

I prefer bigger screen and higher res

because I know my GPU can't sustain 144hz constantly so getting one is going to be waste of money.

mine cant either at 1080p in every game,but everything above 80 is a improvement to me

[Blebekblebek]

1 minute ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Yeah but when you upgrade your GPU wouldn't have to get a monitor that supports 144Hz again

But that's not my priority

 

[Majestic]

Which CPU? Check my sig...

[Ordinarily_Greater]

30 minutes ago, nmtroeger said:

I am building a PC with a GTX 1080. I am trying to be as budget friendly as possible, and that means not spending more that 200 USD for a monitor. I seem to have narrowed it down to these to monitors:

 

• 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PmyFf7/acer-monitor-umfg6aab01

• 2560 x 1080 75 Hz Monitor - https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wNcMnQ/lg-monitor-25um58p

 

If you could help me that would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you have a suggestion for another monitor, please don't hesitate to say it.

 

GTX 1080 hey, what about (Click this)?

[Guest nmtroeger]

If you want to know any other details, here's my build 

[IncompetentProdigy]

On 6/2/2017 at 7:04 PM, nmtroeger said:

If you want to know any other details, here's my build 

Damn usually if you are going all out like that you would have more money for a monitor.