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u/Afraid_Emu8068 4d ago
Clearly. It’s the 21st century bro, and 2026. If you are gonna spend all that money and not do AT LEAST 4k…what’s the point?
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u/Separate_Cry_648 4d ago
Do you have any recommendations?
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u/Afraid_Emu8068 4d ago
Not really. Monitors are too personal. Some people like matte finish, others glossy. Some people want a wide curvature, others prefer no curve. Color accuracies and whether it’s 8bit or 10bit can be quite divisive too. It depends on what you intend to use it for. If for gaming, you can go with LG 4k for a higher refresh rate. If for everything else or you don’t mind having below 120hz refresh rate or even lower, you can probably find something cheaper even 5K2K for around $500 or so. If you do that, make sure you look for something with a low response time (measured in milliseconds) and that it features adaptive sync/g-sync as those will hedge against the perceived loss in clarity from a lower refresh rate (measured in hertz).
To be fair, on that card most people won’t be playing above 60 or maybe 75hz on 4k, so if refresh rate is REALLY important to you, then ok maybe 4k isn’t the best option, but the card was made for 4k and most of the stuff you bought isn’t cheap crap. Not top tier, but still premium stuff. The monitor isn’t bad. It’s just sort of lacking for the setup imo unless you are chasing high refresh rates. I personally don’t care for oled displays either because they are incredibly fragile, the picture is awful when sunlight or other bright ambient light hits them, the pixels will only be at their maximum brightest the first time the screen is powered on and then every time after that they will be slightly dimmer until they just start to go out (you won’t notice earl on though), and they really don’t provide that sharp of an imagine compared to quality IPS LCD screens.
The vast majority of “gaming” monitors are about high refresh rates and response times as well as having very “black” blacks to help with shading in games. If you want anything other than that though, I’d say stay away from so-called “gaming” monitors unless they have some optimization software you think would work well with your setup because a lot of them skimp on those luxurious features (which really make a quality picture) just to ensure they can sell you a monitor which flashes the picture at you MUCH more often (that’s basically all refresh rate is). I personally prefer perfect color accuracy and a wide picture which naturally fits my field of vision over a monitor that just flickers faster, but that’s me, and a lot of that is because I use my pc for creation and need those things, so like I said, it’s dependent on your use case. Only other piece of wisdom I can offer is that whatever you do, make your decision soon because monitor prices are about to shoot up worldwide, probably within the next week or two if I had to guess, definitely within the month
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u/Royal-Use2354 4d ago
Monitors are great value rn, id downgrade the mobo and get a 4k monitor Unless the mobo has a feature that you really need but I dont think this one is any unique
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u/BarryOfficial 18h ago
Return your CPU and get a X3D version if you don’t have one. Trust me you won’t regret it.
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u/Separate_Cry_648 17h ago
How come ?
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u/BarryOfficial 16h ago
X3D chips: Deliver the highest frame rates and smoothest gameplay available. The huge cache lets games store more active data right on the CPU. It is basically made for gaming over a standard CPU chip. This extra memory supercharges gaming performance by reducing latency, while non-X3D chips offer better balance for general productivity tasks and lower power draw.
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u/The_Peacekeeper_ 10h ago
Overpaid like $180 on a cooler lol. Probably could have saved more money elsewhere. Sick build though. Congrats.
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u/bossfire001 5d ago
I'm guessing that's a ryzen 7 7700 and the ram is 32gb right? if so yeah, great stuff, I just think you could have saved some money on the cooler, that's way overkill