2 1920 x 1080 monitors or 1 2560x1440 monitor

[rhyanandrews40]

So i have been looking around and found a few deals, what deal should i get, they are basically the same price, i plan on playing fortnite mainly should i buy 2 1920x1080 monitors to run dual monitor cuz i wanna stream, or should i buy 1 2560x1440 monitor and use my old 1280x1024 monitor as second monitor, im sorta thinking the two 1920 x 1080 monitors but i wanna know is 2560x1440 that much more worth it to give up a whole monitor for?

 

[vapour]

pc specs? For stream, your old monitor is fine. Living in US? Budget?

 

[rhyanandrews40]

pc specs? For stream, your old monitor is fine. Living in US? Budget?

My specs are a little all over the place
Mobo: Intel DH61CR (to be upgraded in the near future, could use a suggestion if u have one
RAM: 2x4GB Kingston 1333Mhz DDR3
GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770
HDD: 500GB Seagate Barracuda i think 7200rpm
Cpu cooler: Coolermaster hyper 212 evo,
my budget is about £200 in the uk, i found both of these monitor options for £100 which leaves me about £100 to upgrade motherboard which is definitely needed, my old monitor has a bad picture quality so i rlly am thinking the 2 1920x1080s but i was wondering is the 2560x1440 that much better to give up a monitor for,

Kind Regards

 

[vapour]

I will just get one 1080p 60 hz monitor for gaming
1050 ti will be struggling in 1440p

 

[cryoburner]

Yeah, the 1050 Ti isn't going to be particularly good for rendering most graphically-demanding games at 1440p resolution. A graphics card needs to render significantly more pixels at 1440p, and in general that will cut about one-third off your frame rates compared to 1080p. So, for example, if your frame rates were hovering around 60fps in a particular game, moving to 1440p would likely bring them down to around 40fps. Or if you're at 45fps, it could drop you to around 30fps. So, gaming at 1440p probably isn't going to be ideal without a somewhat higher-end graphics card.

You might also consider looking at a single, higher-quality 1080p screen, rather than two lower-quality ones. What monitor do you have now, and what ones where you considering getting? As was pointed out, you could reuse your old monitor as a secondary display for use while streaming.

Also, why are you considering buying a new motherboard? That won't likely do anything significant for performance, and I wouldn't bother unless there is something wrong with the one you have. When you eventually decide to do a more thorough system upgrade, newer CPUs will require different, incompatible motherboards anyway.

 

[rhyanandrews40]

Yeah, the 1050 Ti isn't going to be particularly good for rendering most graphically-demanding games at 1440p resolution. A graphics card needs to render significantly more pixels at 1440p, and in general that will cut about one-third off your frame rates compared to 1080p. So, for example, if your frame rates were hovering around 60fps in a particular game, moving to 1440p would likely bring them down to around 40fps. Or if you're at 45fps, it could drop you to around 30fps. So, gaming at 1440p probably isn't going to be ideal without a somewhat higher-end graphics card.

You might also consider looking at a single, higher-quality 1080p screen, rather than two lower-quality ones. What monitor do you have now, and what ones where you considering getting? As was pointed out, you could reuse your old monitor as a secondary display for use while streaming.

Also, why are you considering buying a new motherboard? That won't likely do anything significant for performance, and I wouldn't bother unless there is something wrong with the one you have. When you eventually decide to do a more thorough system upgrade, newer CPUs will require different, incompatible motherboards anyway.

The motherboard is because my one right now is quite faulty and doesn't boot properly sometimes, im getting an asrock h61m-vs for my Intel Core i7-3770 they are both lga 1155 and im pretty sure it says that it will be compatible, but if you could double check for me? im quite new to this stuff

 

[cryoburner]

I believe there's the possibility that board might potentially require a BIOS update to work with 3000-series CPUs, since it appears to have originally been built for the 2000-series models.

If you want to check compatibility of a motherboard, one way is to search for the model name, and usually the manufacturer's official page for it will be one of the top results. From there, the page will typically have a link to a support section that will usually contain a CPU-compatibility list, like this here...

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61M-VS/index.asp#CPU

We can see that the i7-3770 is supported since BIOS P2.10, however not all of the boards will have this latest BIOS installed, since many were manufactured before that CPU came out, in which case, the system likely wouldn't be able to start without the latest BIOS installed first.

 

[rhyanandrews40]

I believe there's the possibility that board might potentially require a BIOS update to work with 3000-series CPUs, since it appears to have originally been built for the 2000-series models.

If you want to check compatibility of a motherboard, one way is to search for the model name, and usually the manufacturer's official page for it will be one of the top results. From there, the page will typically have a link to a support section that will usually contain a CPU-compatibility list, like this here...

https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61M-VS/index.asp#CPU

We can see that the i7-3770 is supported since BIOS P2.10, however not all of the boards will have this latest BIOS installed, since many were manufactured before that CPU came out, in which case, the system likely wouldn't be able to start without the latest BIOS installed first.

Its ok, the listing that i found for the motherboard specifies that it is updated to the latest bios for that specific board, thanks for your help but if it was built for 2000 series does that mean it could be unstable for 3000 series?

 

[cryoburner]

I'm not sure of the details on that exact board, but I suspect stability would be fine. Motherboards are often compatible across a couple generations, and generally just need to make sure they have a compatible BIOS installed when that's the case.