Question Christmas Monitor?

[drjohnnyfever]

I'd like to update my son's crappy monitor. It's a 60Hz refresh Acer model. The cheapest I could find for a different, non gaming PC that he inherited with the .

He's got a really nice starter gamer that is sensationally fast. Here's what he has:

CPU - Core i5-14600K
MOBO - MSI Pro Z790 A-Wifi
RTX 3060 12GB
Thermalright PS120SE
ADATA 2TB SSD Legend 900 PCIe Gen4x4
Crucial RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR5 5600MT/s
Seasonic Focus GX-850, 850W 80+ Gold
Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Pure Edition

I've undervolted the CPU and overclocked it to get steady 5.4Ghz on the performance cores and 4.4Ghz on the efficiency cores. I have not done anything with the GPU, but I imagine getting into that a little over the Holidays. Everything works without incident, looks realistic - my wife says it looks like he's playing within a movie. He'd like a bigger display, but I know I might be able to do that and maybe give it another bump by increasing the refresh rate, etc. - but I know little about that. We're in the US, so Amazon is preferred.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Zerk2012]

I'd like to update my son's crappy monitor. It's a 60Hz refresh Acer model. The cheapest I could find for a different, non gaming PC that he inherited with the .

He's got a really nice starter gamer that is sensationally fast. Here's what he has:

CPU - Core i5-14600K
MOBO - MSI Pro Z790 A-Wifi
RTX 3060 12GB
Thermalright PS120SE
ADATA 2TB SSD Legend 900 PCIe Gen4x4
Crucial RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR5 5600MT/s
Seasonic Focus GX-850, 850W 80+ Gold
Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus Pure Edition

I've undervolted the CPU and overclocked it to get steady 5.4Ghz on the performance cores and 4.4Ghz on the efficiency cores. I have not done anything with the GPU, but I imagine getting into that a little over the Holidays. Everything works without incident, looks realistic - my wife says it looks like he's playing within a movie. He'd like a bigger display, but I know I might be able to do that and maybe give it another bump by increasing the refresh rate, etc. - but I know little about that. We're in the US, so Amazon is preferred.

Thanks in advance.

A larger screen usually involves a higher resolution to make it look right.
That would probably involve also upgrading the video card.

Edit. You never listed the monitor he has now.

 

[drjohnnyfever]

A larger screen usually involves a higher resolution to make it look right.
That would probably involve also upgrading the video card.

Edit. You never listed the monitor he has now.

I'm not interested in doing the GPU now. The present monitor is an $89 Acer from 3 years ago. I know it's max is 60Hz refresh, because I did look at that when installing the GPU when we built the PC.

 

[drjohnnyfever]

I'm basically just interested in some guidance on what I should look for refresh rate wise, 4k, curved vs. flat... this is an area of PC's that I have not followed.