Monitor advice with PC Upgrade

Alrightey · 1 May 2025 at 11:03

Hello,

I've recently ordered new pc parts which will be a massive upgrade from my current laptop.
Here are the parts:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 3.9 GHz 6-Core Processor (£195.00 @ Computer Orbit)
CPU Cooler: ID-COOLING SE-214-XT ARGB 68.2 CFM CPU Cooler (£18.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard (£139.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory (£97.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Video Card: Sapphire PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card (£668.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Case: Montech AIR 903 MAX ATX Mid Tower Case (£59.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (£119.00 @ Computer Orbit)

I've been gaming on a 144hz 1080p MSI monitor that I bought a couple years back and I'm ready to upgrade.

However, I can't seem to decide what I'd like to go for.

I've looked at:

I play a good mix of competitive games and single-player games. I was thinking of buying a 4k high refresh monitor so I can play single-player at high refresh rate and downgrade to 1440p when playing competitive. Although I've read that that's not ideal.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Captain_Bosh · 1 May 2025 at 11:14

Alrightey said:
Hello,

I've recently ordered new pc parts which will be a massive upgrade from my current laptop.
Here are the parts: Parts

I've been gaming on a 144hz 1080p MSI monitor that I bought a couple years back and I'm ready to upgrade.

However, I can't seem to decide what I'd like to go for.

I've looked at:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...3ms-freesync-widescreen-ga-mon-asu-02425.html (although top end of budget)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...a-180hz-1ms-gaming-monitor-mon-asu-02551.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...0-160hz-1ms-gaming-monitor-mon-asu-02549.html

I play a good mix of competitive games and single-player games. I was thinking of buying a 4k high refresh monitor so I can play single-player at high refresh rate and downgrade to 1440p when playing competitive. Although I've read that that's not ideal.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

https://uk.************.com/list/pFYxNz

Hard to say without knowing what hardware you are upgrading to.

Alrightey · 1 May 2025 at 11:16

Captain_Bosh said:
Hard to say without knowing what hardware you are upgrading to.

Sorry the list wasn't working for some reason. the list should be on now.

ATIorNvidia · 1 May 2025 at 20:44

If you have the budget for an OLED then go for that, they have not only better colour reproduction but far better motion clarity than IPS/VA LCD panels.

heatonpkmassive · 1 May 2025 at 22:02

ATIorNvidia said:
If you have the budget for an OLED then go for that, they have not only better colour reproduction but far better motion clarity than IPS/VA LCD panels.

I can vouch for this having got one in the last week, truly brilliant image quality. You'd need to do a bit of tweaking with text in Windows, I find a 115% text scale and a rerun of the clear type text thingy in Windows has been enough for me. Happy enough with how texts looks, games and media look outstanding. I think the 9070xt is strong enough to drive a 1440p monitor at very decent frames.

Zeebedy · 8 May 2025 at 11:48

32" 240Hz 4K OLED here, never looked back from OLED. 27"-32" ideal all round sizes.

hornetstinger · 8 May 2025 at 11:51

Differences

2K and 4K
OLED, IPS and VA types

Pros and cons of each, resolution and display type.