Monitor for gaming

[uawildcat04]

Hi all! I was wondering if my current monitor would be good for my new build or if an upgrade would be worth it. Here is my current monitor:

Asus VH238H Black 23" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 ASCR 50,000,000:1.

1920 x 1080 2ms (GTG)
ASCR 50,000,000:1
D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI

Here is my build:
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-bit Edition) w/ $100 Windows Store Gift Card
Year End Featured Promotions: CYBERPOWERPC Skorpion K1 RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard w/ Kontact Blue Switches and Programmable RGB LED Lighting
Gaming Chassis: Phanteks Eclipse P400 ATX Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ USB 3.0, RGB 10 Color LED light Strip (Glacier White w/ Full-Size Tempered Glass)
Laser Engraving: None
Lighting: None
Extra Case Fans: Default case fans
Noise Reduction Technology: None
CPU: Intel® Core™ Processor i7-6700K 4.00GHZ 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1151 (Skylake)
Freebies: None
Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel: None
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking
CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: Corsair Hydro H90 140mm Liquid CPU Cooling System w/ Copper Cold Plate - Enhance Cooling Performance (Single Standard 140MM Fan)
Coolant for Cyberpower Xtreme Hydro Water Cooling Kits: None
Motherboard: GIGABYTE G1.Sniper Z170 SLI ATX w/ USB 3.1, 3 PCIe x16, 2 PCIe x1, 3 SATA Express, 6 SATA3, 1 Ultra M.2
RAM / System Memory: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR4/3000MHz Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Vengeance)
Video Card: GeForce® GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 (Pascal)[VR Ready] (Single Card)
Sli Bridge: None
EVGA Power: None
HTC VIVE Virtual reality Headset: None
Freebies: None
Video Capture Card: None
Power Supply: 650 Watts - Corsair CX650M CX Series Modular 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
M.2 SSD: 128GB Intel® SSD 600p Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - 1800MB/s Read & 560MB/s Write (Single Drive)
INTERNAL PCI-E SSD CARD: None
Hard Drive: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Drive)

 

[esco_sid]

You could upgrade to 1440p if you want as gtx 1070 is kind of overkill for 1080p.

 

[RCFProd]

What's your budget?

 

[WildCard999]

A 1080P/144hz or 1440/60hz monitor would be a good choice for that build. What is your budget?

 

[Kavinqt]

Your monitor will do fine for general gaming. If you play First person shooters alot I'd recommend getting a 144hz monitor though. You can get a good 144hz monitor from acer for about $200

 

[uawildcat04]

Thanks for all the advice so far!

My budget is under $300. But I wouldn't be able to purchase it for another couple months. How will the actual display change if I decide to upgrade? Will the image just look cleaner? Will I just get higher FPS (less glitchy)?

 

[Kavinqt]

Thanks for all the advice so far!

My budget is under $300. But I wouldn't be able to purchase it for another couple months. How will the actual display change if I decide to upgrade? Will the image just look cleaner? Will I just get higher FPS (less glitchy)?

a 60Hz monitor can only display up to 60 frames per second, and a 1070 can display way more then 60 fps on a 1080p monitor on ultra on basically any game, so upgrading your monitor to a 144hz monitor would be great which would allow your monitor to display up to 144 frames per second (helping a lot in fps games like csgo) I wouldn't recommend a 1440p monitor on your budget, they are very spendy especially for a 1440p 144hz monitor. I'd recommend something like this http://a.co/4h8vnXA But what esco_sid said is true a 1070 is overkill for 1080p but like I said 1440p monitors are spendy... I love the monitor I linked you, I have a 1070 and This monitor just works out with it really well.

 

[esco_sid]

Thanks for all the advice so far!

My budget is under $300. But I wouldn't be able to purchase it for another couple months. How will the actual display change if I decide to upgrade? Will the image just look cleaner? Will I just get higher FPS (less glitchy)?

If you are waiting few more months your options for monitor will change after CES 2017 will introduce a bunch of new ones so id recommend choosing it then.

 

[uawildcat04]

Does the actual size of the monitor make a difference when purchasing as far as actual clarity is concerned? Also - how do you guys feel about curved monitors?