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Which Display is Right For Me?

Ever since I first started getting in to PCs and started figuring out what I wanted as part of my dream setup, I've wanted an ultra wide display. Especially after beginning to use two el cheapo monitors and finding that more screen space is just a necessity whenever you want to get things done. I use the extra space for everything: school papers, music production, CAD, light gaming, and the occasional coding. I'm ready to make the jump now, and I know that I want an ultra-wide that is going to suit my general all-purpose needs for a few years. I've looked, but there are SO many different model names and different versions with the exact same specs and I know there are differences I'm just not seeing. Which do I choose? The following are my musts:

34" - I've seen 29, I would much prefer the 34

freesync - I don't have an NVIDIA gpu and I hate screen tearing in games.

2560*1080 - No sense in spending on the extra resolution, I have an rx 470 and 2560*1080 is basically its limit.

Maybe 75+ refresh rate.  I've used 144hz at my friend's house and I've overclocked my old monitor to 80hz, I see very little difference

As close to 300-350 dollars as possible.

 

Please help, this will be a mighty fine addition to my setup but a mighty fine penny out of my pocket as well.

 

 

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CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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