Building new killer rig, but stuck on what monitor to choose

mattavich

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Here is my current build;
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2GHZ
CPU Cooler - Big Typhoon 120 VX
Motherboard - GA-EP45-UD3LR
PSU - OcUK 650W Dual-Rail High Efficiency Power Supply
RAM - Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel
Gigabyte GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB @ 955mhz
Display - 22" Samsung SM2233RZ LCD 120hz + 3D Vision
Sound Card - ASUS Xonar DS 7.1
2GB Readyboost USB Flash Drive
Hard Drive - Samsung 750GB
Logitch G9 Gaming mouse and Razer Destructor Mousepad



I'm having a big shop and i've put together a very good basket which I will post below. The problem I have now is that I currently own an SM2233RZ monitor. I honestly can not sing this monitor's praise enough. It is obsolutely fantastic and it is my most precious piece of gaming kit.

But to a degree I have a "money no object" situation here so I want to upgrade from this monitor. The problem is that not many people have used multiple 120hz monitors yet, so no one can provide a decent review.

I've checked out the Asus - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-021-AS&groupid=17&catid=1851&subcat=

and i've checked out the Benq http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-043-BQ&groupid=17&catid=1851&subcat=

But looking around the net, neither seem to show any real difference.

All in all i'd simply like to increase the side of my monitor and lower the response time. SM2233RZ is 5ms, the asus/benq are apparently 2ms but reviews say differently.

Can anyone help me with this?

Also, please critique my basket below and tell me anything you would change. This is a dream situation for me, i've always been lagging behind in PC spec so I want to make a very good PC> Also I am questioning if I should get a new case, my current case is a bit on the tight side and I think i'll have trouble with the water cooler.

-------MY NEW RIG------
(i'm going to SLI 2 560 TIs and overclock the 2600k to 4.6ghz, use the SSD for windows and RAID the 2 normal HDs for STEAM and games)

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560Ti OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics x 2

Gigabyte Z68X-UD4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-750HXUK)

OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA-3 Solid State Hard Drive - (For Windows)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) x 2

Corsair Hydro H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1155/1156/775/AM2/AM3)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) (In RAID for STEAM and other games)

Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - (For my headphones)
 
I don't really know much about monitors. Have you checked out the Dell IPS monitors? Or are you looking at being able to go for 3D?

Image quality on the IPS monitors is superb but that are not 120Hz
 
If you're building a killer rig then watercool the lot.

So make sure you're getting gpu that'll take a full cover block and if you're feeling like doing a really nice job a mobo that has full cover blocks available.
 
you will want to up the gpus if you are going to be using 3 monitors, so something with more like 2-3gb of VRAM if you are going to want to use AA.
my 480s run out at 4xAA on Shogun 2, metro and crysis (2560*1600), so at 1gb with 50% more pixels than me, I imagine you would run out a lot sooner. For a single monitor at 1080p you'd be alright though, for the moment. If you go water, and shop around, go for 480's as they are cheaper than 570's/580's and silent once under water. Or just go ATI at whatever price point you can afford.

I7 isnt needed over an i5 for gaming, other uses for it though if you use them.

Personally id go with Corsair RAM and a samsung HDD, but thats just my preference.
 
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