Ultrawide to 16:9?

[TheGolfingPablo]

Hi. I'm downgrading my PC to a 1080p set up but can't sell my acer predator x34 monitor.
Is it possible to still use this for 1080p gaming set up utilising the extra screen space for stream icons etc?
Sorry if this is a daft question.

 

[Dunlop0078]

I guess, you can use a 1080p monitor as your primary and the x34 as your secondary if you want. No idea why you would however. Is it not powerful enough to drive the x34 in games or something?

 

[TheGolfingPablo]

It's not that. I just feel out of love with the 'enthusiast' mentality and constant upgrades. I've dissembled and sold all my old PC components so will be starting fresh.
I was thinking of going to build a PC for only 1080p gaming just for simplicity.
I just happen to be stuck (reverse bottlenecked almost) by my x34. So I'm just unsure what to do next. Do I keep it and bite the bullet and get the best out of it by buying the best of parts, or do I make a 1080p build and keep the x34 for now?
Feel in limbo and not sure where to go with my next build...

 

[Dunlop0078]

Well I mean you bought a thousand dollar monitor and now you don't want to use it because you "feel out of love with the 'enthusiast' mentality"? Why cant you sell it? That's what I would do in your position. If you cant for some reason then what are you looking to spend on a new build? Even something like a 1070 can drive that monitor perfectly fine in games assuming you aren't looking for max settings 100fps+. I personally couldn't let an investment in an expensive monitor like that just go to waste.

 

[TheGolfingPablo]

I don't really have a budget in mind. But would like to keep it from spiraling out of control. I had a 980ti in it previously.
I guess I'm thinking 8700k, 780ti....
I think I'll wait til the next gen of cpus and gpus go on the market and go for the new i7 and new 1070 variant.
Yeh I'm a very impulsive person so maybe shouldn't have bought the monitor in hindsight. Haha.

 

[Dunlop0078]

780 ti? Not a GPU I would be buying in 2018. It does not hold up very well, does worse than a 960 in BF1. There are certainly better cards for the money. Waiting isn't a bad idea, if I had to guess even whatever replaces the 1060 will likely be able to drive an x34 pretty well in a lot of games.

Why an 8700k? That is what I would certainly call an enthusiast processor and your setup doesn't really need it. At a resolution like 3440x1440 most of the load is going to be on the GPU, there would likely be no noticeable difference between say an i5 8400 and an i7 8700k paired with a 1070 or even better at 3440x1440 in the vast majority of games.

 

[TheGolfingPablo]

Sorry my mistake I meant a 1070ti.
Point taken on the processor tho. That's a great bit of information. I'm kinda new to this as u can tell.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Sorry my mistake I meant a 1070ti.
Point taken on the processor tho. That's a great bit of information. I'm kinda new to this as u can tell.

A 1070 ti and maybe an i5 8400 or 8500 would be a fine combo, still not cheap however the 1070 ti and pretty much every GPU above the 1050 ti are priced well above MSRP at the moment. The 1070 ti should cost around $499 however they regularly sell around $600.

The 1070 ti performs pretty much on par with a 1080 and should be a good pairing with an x34.

If you still want an overclockable enthusiast processor the i5 8600k is very good and better value for your purposes than an 8700k.

 

[TheGolfingPablo]

Fantastic. Thanks for the comments. You've really helped. Guess it's saving time for the next release of fun stuff.

 

[Dunlop0078]

No problem.