Need advice for buying a gaming monitor

[cateire1]

Hi my son has a gaming pc that I bought from someone that builds them the monitor is pretty basic and my son I wants a curved monitor for Xmas and he says he needs one to have 120hz so that he can play games like fortnight with out lag I have no clue about fps and the things he talks about needing.. while searching I have came across people talking about cpu and gpu and im lost.. im wondering is it possible that I could buy a monitor that might not be compatible with the pc’s gpu or it memory or anything in the pc… is possible that I could buy a monitor that runs at 180hz but is pointless because the pc can’t keep up.. so I really just need advice on what monitor I need to get as I have no clue about pcs im really sorry about the long post.. the specs of the pc are below also the specs of the monitor that I’m thinking of buying will this monitor work with his pc and get what he is looking for when games.. thanks in advance
i5-6500 CPU
GTX 1060 GPU
16GB RAM
1TB (1000GB) Storage
Windows 10 PRO
RGB Case and Fans
Wi-Fi Connectivity

Monitor

CRUA 27 Inch 180HZ Curved Gaming Monitor, Full HD 1080P 1800R Frameless Computer Monitor, 1ms GTG with FreeSync, Low Motion Blur, Eye Care, VESA, DisplayPort, HDMI​

 

[Craig_d1]

ok,
the hz is just how many times the monitor can refresh it's screen every second, so a 180hz can refresh itself 180 times a second. It doesn't matter id the card can only push 100 frames a secnd, it wont mean the monitor can't show it, it'll be fine..all it means is if you get a game the pc can push 200 fps, the monitor will max out at 180.
curve screens are generally VA panels..they have better contrast than ips screens...downside is that moving objects can leave smearing on the screen, so no matter the refresh rate it can look messy with ghosting
the other type of panel you can get is ips..less contrast but better colours, but ips panels are generally flat
next you have to look at is pixel density...a 1080p screen will have 1920x1080 pixels no matter the size, so number of pixel per inch ppi is about 81 on a 27" monitor, a 24" screen will have a ppi of 92, a 27" 1440p screen will be 108ppi, a 32" 1440p will be 93(so very similar to a 24" 1080p). 4k 32 " 137, 42" 4k is 110 (so like a 27in 1440p), and a 48" 4k is like a 24" 1080p. all very confusing but just means the higher the ppi the sharper the picture looks

anyway, a 180hz is a decent refresh rate, va panel is va, they'll probably be some smearing...27" 1080p, the screen resolution wont be great, but size makes playing a little more emmersive...

the pc you have is a little old so a 1080p screen is best to go for. personallyI'd prefer a 24" screen for bettter resolution..a 27" 1440p is the sweet spot at the moment I think, but then you're pushing a lot more pixels(1080p is about 2m pixels, 1440p is 3.7M, 4k screen will have around 8m pixels..the more pixels the more effort is required by the graphics card

anyway,1080p is fine for that gpu, curved screen will be va, 27" pixe density not the greatest but it is what it is? what price is the screen?

 

[Tetras]

the specs of the pc are below also the specs of the monitor that I’m thinking of buying will this monitor work with his pc and get what he is looking for when games..

Pretty much any monitor should work, but it is super common that someone gets a new monitor (e.g. upgrade from 1080p to 1440p, or upgrade from 1440p to 4K) and then they want to buy new PC parts to pair it with!

Can you go to a store near you and see the monitors actually running?

 

[cateire1]

ok,
the hz is just how many times the monitor can refresh it's screen every second, so a 180hz can refresh itself 180 times a second. It doesn't matter id the card can only push 100 frames a secnd, it wont mean the monitor can't show it, it'll be fine..all it means is if you get a game the pc can push 200 fps, the monitor will max out at 180.
curve screens are generally VA panels..they have better contrast than ips screens...downside is that moving objects can leave smearing on the screen, so no matter the refresh rate it can look messy with ghosting
the other type of panel you can get is ips..less contrast but better colours, but ips panels are generally flat
next you have to look at is pixel density...a 1080p screen will have 1920x1080 pixels no matter the size, so number of pixel per inch ppi is about 81 on a 27" monitor, a 24" screen will have a ppi of 92, a 27" 1440p screen will be 108ppi, a 32" 1440p will be 93(so very similar to a 24" 1080p). 4k 32 " 137, 42" 4k is 110 (so like a 27in 1440p), and a 48" 4k is like a 24" 1080p. all very confusing but just means the higher the ppi the sharper the picture looks

anyway, a 180hz is a decent refresh rate, va panel is va, they'll probably be some smearing...27" 1080p, the screen resolution wont be great, but size makes playing a little more emmersive...

the pc you have is a little old so a 1080p screen is best to go for. personallyI'd prefer a 24" screen for bettter resolution..a 27" 1440p is the sweet spot at the moment I think, but then you're pushing a lot more pixels(1080p is about 2m pixels, 1440p is 3.7M, 4k screen will have around 8m pixels..the more pixels the more effort is required by the graphics card

anyway,1080p is fine for that gpu, curved screen will be va, 27" pixe density not the greatest but it is what it is? what price is the screen?

I have just been searching online and going off reviews and ratings that one was on Amazon and its £118.99

 

[cateire1]

I have just been searching online and going off reviews and ratings that one was on Amazon and its £118.99

So are you saying that I would better getting 24in curve with 1080p or if getting the 27in it should be 1440p or forget the curve and get monitor with IPS

 

[cateire1]

Pretty much any monitor should work, but it is super common that someone gets a new monitor (e.g. upgrade from 1080p to 1440p, or upgrade from 1440p to 4K) and then they want to buy new PC parts to pair it with!

Can you go to a store near you and see the monitors actually

 

[cateire1]

I'm not sure and even if I could I wouldn't know what am looking for

 

[Craig_d1]

Morning, sorry had to go to bed last night. late where i am. don't know if there's a big Curry's where you are. Some of the big stores have monitors on display or hooked up to pc's so you can see how they perform and the differences between each other. may be worth giving them a ring to see if there's one close to you

just rereading your original post..so the pc you got came with a monitor? which is basic, so you want to get a higher refresh one? do you know what monitor the one you have is?

I'm only saying as below yt video is someone testing 13 games with a gtx1060. Except for valorant at the end, none of the games got over a 100 frames per second...fortnite was about 84fps. So what I'm saying is although you can buy a 180hz screen, it wont make a difference as the gpu isn't powerful enough to give you 180fps to utilise it, so the basic monitor you have might be at a level that works for the pc, and anything more wont make any difference to the gameplay/refresh rate at all....so you'll be paying for something that wont change anything

that then opens up another can of worms..do you buy a 1080 screen with high refresh rate for when you upgrade you pc..in which case do you go for 1080p or 1440, where the picture quality will be better(a 1440p 27" screen is probably the sweet spot at the mo). downside is the 1650 struggles to do anything with a 1440p screen, so you'd need to upgrade the pc...so you're left with 1080p only screen...but to maximise the reshresh rate, you's need to upgrade pc anyway, in which case you might end up upgrading enough where a 1440p screen in worthwile....chicken and egg

if you can find the monitor name etc that your son is using, we can check the specs. I don't think there's any point buying a higher refresh monitor at the moment if the gtx1650 can't utilise it. the pc specs you have is an intel i5 6th gen (we're on equivalent of 15th gen now..14th gen was just replaced) so is quite old and the gtx1650 launched in 2016 also. to have to meaningfully get high refresh rate gaming you'd probably have to upgrade the pc, but a better gpu might be bottlenecked(held back from full potential by the cpu, esp at 1080p gaming), and being such an old pc, the upgrade path might be just getting a new pc...which obviously you don't want to do having bought that for your son

so 1st step, lets just see what monitor you're running now, and go from there

 

[pastymuncher]

I hope you didn't buy that pc recently because if you did someone saw you coming. With the speed that tech moves these days that pc would be classed as ancient. The cpu is 9 generations old and the gpu is at least 3 generations old (more if you count ti's and supers that launched after the original cards) and would be classed as a fairly low end card these days.

You are going to be stuck with a 1080p monitor as that pc is going to be unable to drive anything higher at a high refresh rate and even then it won't hit 120fps in most games. I would say that for a 1080p screen you really don't want to go bigger than a 24" monitor and a curved screen at that size is pretty pointless. I imagine that your son has seen people playing games on Youtube or similar and they are using big 32" or bigger screens. I am afraid that computer would need replacing to drive something that size with a decent resolution.

 

[Craig_d1]

I hope you didn't buy that pc recently because if you did someone saw you coming. With the speed that tech moves these days that pc would be classed as ancient. The cpu is 9 generations old and the gpu is at least 3 generations old (more if you count ti's and supers that launched after the original cards) and would be classed as a fairly low end card these days.

You are going to be stuck with a 1080p monitor as that pc is going to be unable to drive anything higher at a high refresh rate and even then it won't hit 120fps in most games. I would say that for a 1080p screen you really don't want to go bigger than a 24" monitor and a curved screen at that size is pretty pointless. I imagine that your son has seen people playing games on Youtube or similar and they are using big 32" or bigger screens. I am afraid that computer would need replacing to drive something that size with a decent resolution.

A bit more concise than my wording. fingers crossed that pc didn't cost too much. going to be running on a rust bucket too(HHD for OP if wondering what I'm talking about). 27" 1440p ips would be my choice for an affordable decent gaming experience(unless doing competetive gaming where 1080 still king), but pc not powerful enough for 1440...been lookin at some vids with a 6700xt or 3070 with the cpu...but last vid i watched, the cpu was 85% and the gpu was 35% showing cpu bottleneck, and that was 1080p...so there's little point shoving in a better gpu...cpu just isn't good enough either.
this happens far too often, where someone gets a 'gaming' pc which basically isn't anymore for current games. it's just a minefield for a person/parent etc if they don't know anything about pc gaming and buying for the 1st time