Build Advice Wanting to Step up from Midrange. In uncharted waters. Please advise

[ss_56]

Hello!
When someone can make the time, i'd love some input on a new build. It will have to be built by 'someone' else as i am unable and unwilling to learn how to do it myself.

What I use my Desktop PC for - gaming, surfing and watching streaming video.
I'll want to play my old game rotation in ultra settings for a change and have better FPS. Games like fallout 4, Borderlands 1&2, Witcher 3, Skyrim and Halo MCC. i will be getting Starfield and Alan Wake 2 and who knows what newer games i may want in the future.

I do not overclock. I have a $3000 budget and tired of 'mid-range'. I'd love to build around the Ryzen 7 7800x3d CPU, paired with at least an RTX 4070 ti super. I want to step up to 1440p and have at least a 27" monitor for a change. (not the wide short ones but a big rectangle shape)
My biggest worry, in that regard, is that i'll still need to watch 720p movies and i need the text on webpages to be as clear as it is now on my 1080p 24" monitor. I sit about six feet from the screen in a small room, with no desire to sit any closer.
I'll add more once i land on a motherboard, psu and memory and such. For now, would you all advise and give me things to consider and maybe recommend a 1440p monitor and say something about my needing more screen real estate and watching 720p or lower video and having text on webpage be clear - basically what i can expect from going up to 1440p? I know the gaming will blow my mind but i don't want to compromise on the other.

Final note. If my tried and true friend can't build it for me, rather than rolling the dice on a SI or buying a prebuilt, I thought i may roll the dice on a local PC repair store to build it. I found one man that I also do not know - who says he would build it. My thinking is that he could keep it on the bench for a while to monitor and tweak the config and also, should something go wrong, at least i'll know where he lives!

Thank you all very much

 

[Zerk2012]

I would get a 1440p 27" of your choice and not even think about upscaleing with a 4080S.
Most today at least have adaptive sync.
Probably would be best if they were a store near you that had monitors you could see in person. A bunch of different options today, I would at the least be looking at IPS or better.

 

[ss_56]

I would get a 1440p 27" of your choice and not even think about upscaleing with a 4080S.
Most today at least have adaptive sync.
Probably would be best if they were a store near you that had monitors you could see in person. A bunch of different options today, I would at the least be looking at IPS or better.

Yep in this small town all we have is walmark. Office depot closed some time ago. Since you mentioned it, i'll run by wally world - they may have one set up. Gives me the idea too to find a local business and see what monitors they use.
Oh, and not just any old IPS...it's gotta be Fast IPS
Thanks buddy

 

[ss_56]

Text quality could have more to do with the pixel layout even more then the density of them in the monitor. Each pixel is subdivided into 3 or 4 subpixels. RGB being the most common. If your monitor does not have an RGB subpixel layout text can look bad even with high pixel density. OLED monitors less than 4k can have fringing issues with text. There are some ways to mitigate some of the issues. Gen 2 and Gen 3 QD-OLED monitors have triangular pixels that have square shaped subpixels and look pretty good.

So far, the dell s2721dgf is the only one that incorporate a standard RGB subpixel layout, is uses more power, has below ideal contrast ration and then - something about sRGB that it lacked. There's always trade offs :/
I read too that your RGB subpixel layout does a much better job with text - and that the other two styles, the text could look blurry.
Looking now for, hopefully, other models with a RGB subpixel layout. no luck so far but thanks for that info. idk if gamers take subpixel layout into consideration. you were my first time hearing about it and no reviews mention it at all!

 

[helper800]

So far, the dell s2721dgf is the only one that incorporate a standard RGB subpixel layout, is uses more power, has below ideal contrast ration and then - something about sRGB that it lacked. There's always trade offs :/
I read too that your RGB subpixel layout does a much better job with text - and that the other two styles, the text could look blurry.
Looking now for, hopefully, other models with a RGB subpixel layout. no luck so far but thanks for that info. idk if gamers take subpixel layout into consideration. you were my first time hearing about it and no reviews mention it at all!

I would say that 95%+ IPS, MVA, and TN panels have RGB subpixel layouts... Almost everything that is not OLED are RGB.

 

[ss_56]

I would say that 95%+ IPS, MVA, and TN panels have RGB subpixel layouts... Almost everything that is not OLED are RGB.

Thanks, yes that's what i'm seeing as well - and windows is apparently optimized for RGB subpixel layouts, so using windows display size scaling and clear type should work and help matters as well. i'm also seeing that some IPS have an issue with 'image retention'! one said he got that but it 'went away'; weird. So many dang trade offs. i think, as a first time experiment, i'll just get that damn $281 ASUS and put up with whatever. Thanks for all your input - i've learned a lot. knowledge i'll use down the road in finding the one monitor that has every single feature i need

 

[ss_56]

Now i'm hearing that since 1080p is 24hz - i need a refresh rate that is a multiple of 24Hz. If thats true then i would get a 144Hz monitor. Is this a thing? Saw it on a BenQ monitor video where they said it was good for movies and for gaming.

 

[ss_56]

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UPDATE

Okay, I bought the MSI G274QPX display. Getting close to setting up the PC and try to have my old one next to it.
I made a false assumption and thought i was getting 3 140mm front case fans - it came with only ONE in the center, a 120 in the rear and the kraken radiator exhausting out the top. Should I add 2 more 140's in the front? Would it be fine as it is?

Again y'all; i greatly value and appreciate all your input - it's kinda kept me somewhat sane...somewhat
Now please say a prayer the the damn machine runs correctly - as if God almighty would stop what he's doing to do that for me, lol

Later!!!

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