Help on peripheral/gpu upgrade

[Jakelq]

Hi all, 

 

I am looking to upgrade to a triple monitor setup where I have 2 23" 1080p monitors and 1 4k 32" monitor. The 4k is the addition, to be used as a TV replacement and multipurpose screen for movies, gaming, and multitasking.

 

I am running an fx 9370 cpu, 16 gb ram, and evga SSC gtx 960 4 gb gpu. Sufficient power supply and air cooling. This powers my 2 1080p monitors well for gaming and multitasking. Gaming includes but is not limited to: Overwatch, Rocket League, Skyrim, WoW, Civ V and VI, World of Tanks, The Forest, and Ark: Survival Evolved. I have interest in new AAA shooters but don't want to buy the hype yet. This listed scale of games do great with the 960 4gb in 1080p.

 

I only game on one monitor at a time, I don't like using ultrawide ratios much. So my goal is to add the 4k display for gaming and having the two 1080p screens for in-game multitasking windows.

 

I'm here because I've read a bunch of threads about triple monitor on the 960, but of different combinations, such as all 1080p or all 4k, sometimes with people wanting to have a game displayed on all three monitors at once. I'm just looking for a single monitor 4k gaming display with two 1080p peripherals at the same time. The influence to add the new screen is to replace my TV and make it more versatile with my system. 

 

I understand the 960 4 gb will be pushed very hard to do 4k gaming, and I want to future proof my new monitor for whenever the gpu market fixes itself and I can snag a new gpu. (maybe also get a Ryzen build going too) But if I can't use the 4k display now, I probably don't want it yet.

 

For gaming reference, I'd like at least 40 fps in shooter games, and ark type games I'd settle for whatever it will run on (if you play ark I'm sure you understand). Frequency I really don't care about. I've been at 60 Hz for a while and I don't see a problem with it. Would I need to run the 4k screen in 1080p scale for gaming on this system to work? That wouldn't be too bad. I can still future proof and use the 4k screen with my Blu ray player.

 

Also, if I come across $500, what would be the minimum gpu you would recommend for feasible performance on this setup? I can look at the secondary market and try to snag a 1070, for example. But they're currently running ~$700-$800 used on ebay. 

 

Thanks in advance, 

Jakelq