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Originally Posted by vailpass
I was on the NZXT site today to find a case as the first step in shopping for new build parts for one of my sons for Christmas. I stumbled upon their build service and before I knew I had built a PC and ordered it. Cost $99 to have them assemble it. Lazy? Most definitely. But I have a lot of shit going on all of a sudden for the holidays so I'm trying it out.
Only thing I'm not happy about is the mobo selection. It was limited so I have to add in my own wifi/bluetooth adapter. Good side of that, I can make it wifi 6. Also, they were out of stock on Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB M.2 so I had to order from Best Buy but no biggie. Now, what monitors are good right now? Don't know that it needs to be 4k.
Case: NZXT H710Black Red
Cooler:NZXT Kraken X63
Mobo:MSI Z490-A PRO
GPU:MSI GeForce RTX™ 3080 Ventus 3X 10G OC
CPU:Intel Core i7-10700 8-Core 2.9GHz
PS:XPG Core Reactor 850W Gold
RAM:G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 3200MHz2 X 16 GB
Windows 10 HomeHome Edition
Storage:Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB M.2 (2)
TP-Link WiFi 6 Bluetooth 5.0 AX3000 card
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Still waiting to get adopted by you. I want a computer JUST like that for Christmas too.
As far as monitors go, you're looking at:
Size (27" is the sweet spot if you're going for a traditional aspect ratio, of you can just go crazy on the ultrawide)
Resolution (2k vs 4k)
GSync for that juicy Nvidia GPU
Panel type (IPS vs VA vs TN, etc)
Refresh rate (120 Hz+)
HDR options
Good monitors cost a lot but you want to do your son's beast of PC justice.
If you think he will be doing 4K on it, you probably do not need a crazy high refresh rate because even the 3080 can't push 200 frames per second at 4K.
If he will be doing 1440 (2K), you probably want to get a high refresh panel with Gsync for that buttery smooth image.
Panel types are probably less important, but IPS is probably still the best as far as I know. IPS produces the most vivid colors, and has good viewing angles. I honestly just don't think your son will care if you get a TN panel, though.