Looking for advice on an upgrade

[w1teboy]

I'm looking at upgrading my graphics card AND monitor in the next month or so. I'm looking at a higher end setup and in total am willing to pay up to $800 combined for the two. For the monitor I want at a minimum 1440p resolution (of course the more the better though). As far as AMD vs Nvidia I have no preference. (This is a gaming build btw)

Here are my specs:
PSU: Corsair CX600
RAM: Corsair Vengance Pro 16gb (2x8Gb) 2400MHz
CPU: AMD fx-8320
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3Gb
Case: Corsair SPEC-01
Monitor: ASUS VS24AH-P

What are you thoughts?

 

[007agentHP]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6/by_merchant/

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($499.19 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $799.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 16:27 EDT-0400

gtx 980 will crush everything at 1440 and AOC is a good brand

 

[blurryy]

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($197.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($90.64 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card ($235.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $805.26

I understand its a Intel based spec. In some cases the FX-8320 is a great CPU. I prefer Intel for hyperthreading etc.

 

[w1teboy]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6/by_merchant/

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($499.19 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $799.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 16:27 EDT-0400

gtx 980 will crush everything at 1440 and AOC is a good brand

This looks just what I'm looking for, though I have two questions:
1) Would you advise the 980 and the AOC monitor over possibly using AMD's free sync monitor with a slightly lesser card?
Specifically http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769&cm_re=free_sync_1440p-_-24-009-769-_-Product
2) Is there a specific reason you chose the ASUS 980 Strix card over any other brands?

 

[007agentHP]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6/by_merchant/

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($499.19 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $799.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 16:27 EDT-0400

gtx 980 will crush everything at 1440 and AOC is a good brand

This looks just what I'm looking for, though I have two questions:
1) Would you advise the 980 and the AOC monitor over possibly using AMD's free sync monitor with a slightly lesser card?
Specifically http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769&cm_re=free_sync_1440p-_-24-009-769-_-Product
2) Is there a specific reason you chose the ASUS 980 Strix card over any other brands?

if u want to game at ultra 1440p, a 980 is very usefull. the 290x is below the 970, so its not worth going with. use any sub 300 1440p you like, as long as its from a decent brand. i went with the 980 strix because its the most well cooled card of the bunch

 

[w1teboy]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6/by_merchant/

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($499.19 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $799.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 16:27 EDT-0400

gtx 980 will crush everything at 1440 and AOC is a good brand

This looks just what I'm looking for, though I have two questions:
1) Would you advise the 980 and the AOC monitor over possibly using AMD's free sync monitor with a slightly lesser card?
Specifically http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769&cm_re=free_sync_1440p-_-24-009-769-_-Product
2) Is there a specific reason you chose the ASUS 980 Strix card over any other brands?

if u want to game at ultra 1440p, a 980 is very usefull. the 290x is below the 970, so its not worth going with. use any sub 300 1440p you like, as long as its from a decent brand. i went with the 980 strix because its the most well cooled card of the bunch

That makes sense. Thanks for your help!

 

[w1teboy]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dbMBt6/by_merchant/

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card ($499.19 @ Amazon)
Monitor: AOC Q2778VQE 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($299.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $799.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-08 16:27 EDT-0400

gtx 980 will crush everything at 1440 and AOC is a good brand

This looks just what I'm looking for, though I have two questions:
1) Would you advise the 980 and the AOC monitor over possibly using AMD's free sync monitor with a slightly lesser card?
Specifically http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009769&cm_re=free_sync_1440p-_-24-009-769-_-Product
2) Is there a specific reason you chose the ASUS 980 Strix card over any other brands?

if u want to game at ultra 1440p, a 980 is very usefull. the 290x is below the 970, so its not worth going with. use any sub 300 1440p you like, as long as its from a decent brand. i went with the 980 strix because its the most well cooled card of the bunch

That makes sense. Thanks for your help!