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Ok so I am just your average 13 year old building my first pc I haven't bought the parts yet, the only product I am unsure of is my monitor. My build is at the bottom of this post since i am co fused I decided to enlist help from the internet so if you do choose to help me (PLEASE DO) I have a couple of specifications that I want the monitor to have, IPS, under $275, under 5 ms response time, and if possible to squeezein since this would be great to have is built in speakers and above 60 he. 

 

My pc build so far-----------> https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Evan.Deedy/saved/ 

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A few questions:

1. 1440p 60Hz or 1080p 144Hz?

2. 1440p 75Hz TN or 1080p 144Hz TN?

3. In other words are you willing to sacrifice IPS for higher refresh rates?

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Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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2 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

A few questions:

1. 1440p 60Hz or 1080p 144Hz?

2. 1440p 75Hz TN or 1080p 144Hz TN?

3. In other words are you willing to sacrifice IPS for higher refresh rates?

He said IPS :) and above 60Hz. Plus with 1060 u wont be able to game comfortable at 1440P so 1080p it is :)

 

32 minutes ago, Evan Deedy said:

Ok so I am just your average 13 year old building my first pc I haven't bought the parts yet, the only product I am unsure of is my monitor. My build is at the bottom of this post since i am co fused I decided to enlist help from the internet so if you do choose to help me (PLEASE DO) I have a couple of specifications that I want the monitor to have, IPS, under $275, under 5 ms response time, and if possible to squeezein since this would be great to have is built in speakers and above 60 he. 

 

My pc build so far-----------> https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Evan.Deedy/saved/ 

BenQ RL2755HM try this one :) 

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5 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

He said IPS :) and above 60Hz.

Good luck finding a decent 100+hz IPS panel for under 275. I was asking him whether he was willing to compromise the IPS in order to get the higher refresh rates.

6 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

Plus with 1060 u wont be able to game comfortable at 1440P

I beg to differ.

 

Current LTT F@H Rank: 90    Score: 2,503,680,659    Stats

Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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34 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

I beg to differ.

 

Well, you wont be able to play almost anything on ultra :) 1070 has problems with games on utlra on 1440p.

35 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Good luck finding a decent 100+hz IPS panel for under 275. I was asking him whether he was willing to compromise the IPS in order to get the higher refresh rates.

I guess above 60 he also meant with 60 included

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4 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

Well, you wont be able to play almost anything on ultra

Anything competitive that people need to play 144hz should be just fine on 1440p-for example, I run rocket league max settings (except AA) at a constant 144Hz on my 1440p monitor.

Current LTT F@H Rank: 90    Score: 2,503,680,659    Stats

Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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33 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Anything competitive that people need to play 144hz should be just fine on 1440p-for example, I run rocket league max settings (except AA) at a constant 144Hz on my 1440p monitor.

Okey, i was talking about AAA titles, well the newer games 2014+. The graphic demanding games, i am of the opinion one should not buy a monitor to play only 2-3 games on it, one should buy monitor also for future, what if one wants to try some new game in the future and you can only play it on medium/low because you were too stubborn to buy 1080p monitor one year ago? :) 

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2 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

Okey, i was talking about AAA titles, well the newer games 2014+. The graphic demanding games, i am of the opinion one should not buy a monitor to play only 2-3 games on it, one should buy monitor also for future, what if one wants to try some new game in the future and you can only play it on medium/low because you were too stubborn to buy 1080p monitor one year ago? :) 

But buying a 1440p monitor is futureproofing, as it will last multiple GPU upgrades, whereas a 1080p 60Hz monitor will not really benefit from an upgraded GPU in 2-3 years, since that resolution will be too easy to drive at that point.

Your point about specific games is important, so I'll ask @Evan Deedy now: What games are you planning to play on this monitor?

Current LTT F@H Rank: 90    Score: 2,503,680,659    Stats

Yes, I have 9 monitors.

My main PC (Hybrid Windows 10/Arch Linux):

OS: Arch Linux w/ XFCE DE (VFIO-Patched Kernel) as host OS, windows 10 as guest

CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X w/PBO on (6c 12t for host, 6c 12t for guest)

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15

Mobo: Asus X470-F Gaming

RAM: 32GB G-Skill Ripjaws V @ 3200MHz (12GB for host, 20GB for guest)

GPU: Guest: EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 ULTRA Host: 2x Radeon HD 8470

PSU: EVGA G2 650W

SSDs: Guest: Samsung 850 evo 120 GB, Samsung 860 evo 1TB Host: Samsung 970 evo 500GB NVME

HDD: Guest: WD Caviar Blue 1 TB

Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black w/ Tempered Glass Side Panel Upgrade

Other: White LED strip to illuminate the interior. Extra fractal intake fan for positive pressure.

 

unRAID server (Plex, Windows 10 VM, NAS, Duplicati, game servers):

OS: unRAID 6.11.2

CPU: Ryzen R7 2700x @ Stock

Cooler: Noctua NH-U9S

Mobo: Asus Prime X470-Pro

RAM: 16GB G-Skill Ripjaws V + 16GB Hyperx Fury Black @ stock

GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 FTW2

PSU: EVGA G3 850W

SSD: Samsung 970 evo NVME 250GB, Samsung 860 evo SATA 1TB 

HDDs: 4x HGST Dekstar NAS 4TB @ 7200RPM (3 data, 1 parity)

Case: Sillverstone GD08B

Other: Added 3x Noctua NF-F12 intake, 2x Noctua NF-A8 exhaust, Inatek 5 port USB 3.0 expansion card with usb 3.0 front panel header

Details: 12GB ram, GTX 1080, USB card passed through to windows 10 VM. VM's OS drive is the SATA SSD. Rest of resources are for Plex, Duplicati, Spaghettidetective, Nextcloud, and game servers.

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30 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

But buying a 1440p monitor is futureproofing, as it will last multiple GPU upgrades, whereas a 1080p 60Hz monitor will not really benefit from an upgraded GPU in 2-3 years, since that resolution will be too easy to drive at that point.

Your point about specific games is important, so I'll ask @Evan Deedy now: What games are you planning to play on this monitor?

Is it futureproofing when newer games will be still more demanding and when he will probably ugprade his gpu, it will be in the same price range as he has now. Wouldnt it be the same for AAA titles? (just a thought)

It is true that GPU advances much faster than the AAA titles are demanding but still. It wont be the same for long, especially now when the silicone is at the stage where they cannot really got smaller on the transistors and have to find new technologies.

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