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Hey! I am in the market of a new monitor. I will mostly be gaming and mostly be playing fps, cs:go, BF1, GTA V, DBD... Atm, I have a 22 inch 1080p 60hz monitior, and really am interested in 120-144hz! But I dont know if I should stick to 1080p or go with 1440p. I have a i7 4790k and a gtx...

Anybody that can help?

It is a 500w, and my pc only need roughly 400w so it should. Maybe its just to old?

Hi! Once again I am turning to Tom's Hardware as it has helped me in the past. I have a fairly old PC (2-3 years), but just a couple months ago I upgraded my GPU, CPU and RAM, but not MB, disks or PSU. Not to long ago I started to experience fps drops that occur over time. For example I get...

Sounds great! :)

Hmmm, you have a beast pc, so it shouldnt be a problem. What voltage PSU do you have?

Yes, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and go into Task manager. Then go under performance (it should be called that anyway) and you will see a graph (or more) showing on what percentage u cpu is working. Since GTA V is one of the most tasking games out there, it takes a lot of percentage from ur cpu. When...

The gtx 1060 is the better card so would probably go for that. I have always stayed with gigabyte and evga. They are great manufacturers! Smaller cards (mini cards) arent worse. They just have less fans. Smaller cards have a harder time Overclocking, as it needs fans to keep it cool. Sometimes...

Shutoffs occur sometimes when the processor or gpu overheats. What temps do you have while playing?

What games are you playing? Have you made sure that your gpu drivers are up to date? :)