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welcome to my monitor guide now I'm going to run through some very basic things that you should be looking for in your first or next monitor of choice I'm also going to talk about what kinds of resolutions you'd expect the game in with said specifications in your PC and what monitor types I would choose for said resolutions also will discuss refresh rate just a bit even though I have a dedicated video on that a bit old but the you know facts are still facts in this video right here so let's get started which one should you choose for your next gaming PC the be quiet dark based Pro 900 white edition is the definition of both function and form why are this charging case inversion and insane water cooling headroom make it one of a kind or one of 2,000 because that's all be quiet offering click the link in this video's description for more details let's start with the very basic stuff especially for beginners but even those who need a refresher maybe you have a really nice gaming PC but a really crappy monitors only a 60 Hertz 720p TN panel with terrible viewing angles and it's just been dying to be upgraded for the past four or five years that's what this video will seek to do is give you that upgrade path it'll make you feel comfortable about your next monitor purchase as a disclaimer most of the monitors you've seen reviewed in this channel have either been loaner samples which means that I have to return them after review or I've been allowed to keep them in exchange for review I've actually purchased two monitors one for my suits one from LG but was really only two everything else that you've seen reviewed has been sent to me in fact there are a few monitors laying around that I haven't even reviewed yet because there are so many here that's what I want to stress I'm not biased towards any company towards any technology in the sense that I'm being paid or kind of like handed stuff for free to say good things about the technology because I receive all sorts of monitors from all different companies so keep that in mind I have a pretty open mind when it comes to trying out new technology trying out a new company I never heard of before and that's what I want to stress before I go into my preferences when I go looking for a monitor online the first thing I ask any beginner when it comes to choosing a monitor is at what resolution they intend to game now for any basic PC that you can build that's pretty modern that's gonna have a we start in it I recommend 1080p bare-minimum even if you're not gonna have a discrete graphics card in your system have a 1080p monitor just in case if you throw a graphics card in there you can utilize that resolution and bump all your in-game settings and be good to go the second thing I asked beginners is at what refresh rate do they intend to game this often involves some sort of learning curve they've usually never heard of 120 Hertz refresh rate and I'm like whoa what will I even be able to see that many frames is gonna be that big of a difference should I pay a hundred 200 bucks more for that higher refresh rate then the base 60 Hertz because if they're coming from a console in particular 60 Hertz flat out gaming is still a pretty good upgrade from what they're usually used to unless you're gaming on a relatively modern console so I tell them 120 Hertz is going to give you a really nice fluid buttery image if you can get that upgrade in a monitor for around 100 or 200 bucks go for it it's worth it and you still have the upgrade path that breathing room if you want to swap in a more powerful graphics card later on I found that it's very difficult to explain to someone who has not seen 120 Hertz panel in action how good it actually is and how worth it it is for the extra price and because YouTube only supports up to 60 fps I can't show you 120 over 60 comparison side-by-side what I can do though is show you a 30 FPS for 60 FPS comparison and in my opinion it's a night and day difference now even though I'm more or less used to 120 144 FPS at this point in time jumping down to 60 is still noticeably better than jumping down all the way to 30 you're reading twice the frames per second and it gives you a very smooth and clean image the law of diminishing returns though it does interestingly enough play a role here so from 30 to 60 you're only increasing your frame rate per second by 30 frames but from 60 to 120 let's say that's a 60 frame rate jump right per second but the difference there visually is a bit more difficult to notice in many cases I would say that from 30 to 60 or not is a huge difference one's really choppy in my opinion one is pretty smooth 60 120 big difference still it's very very smooth 120 you will notice a difference just side-by-side and then I would say from 120 to 240 Hertz you notice less of a difference the sweet spot I would say to anyone with an entry-level PC maybe core i3 Core i5 risin 3 risin 5 with an Rx for 60 or something like a gtx 1050 TI would be the 1080p resolution at least in that monitor and a 120 hertz refresh rate what this will do is give you a solid upgrade path you have a cheaper graphics card that'll only output 60 frames it's no big deal to have a hundred twenty Hertz monitor you won't see the extra frames you might have some sort of interpolation going on but the pictures not going to look anywhere as good as it would at 120 frames per second so if you upgrade your monitor in the future you'll have the ability to see those extra frames but that need to buy another monitor most of the time when you upgrade your graphics card you have to upgrade your monitor to unless you have a really nice monitor and a not-so-great gaming PC in which case I would wonder why you hadn't won or not the other or why you had yeah you see it I'm saying there so you usually want to have them kind of moving up the ladder at the same time and that's why I recommend having the higher refresh rate at least so that you have a bit of breathing room if you want to swap the 1060 say for a 10 70 later on down the line now for those who have a roughly $1,000 gaming PC on hand this is where things really get interesting because you can do a lot of cool stuff here you could choose to go for the highest resolution possible at the expense of a refresh rate or you could go for the lowest resolution possible or lowest resolution comfortable at a really high refresh rate so if you want 1080p 240 Hertz you just see like that there's a value in that then that's gonna be your choice if you really weigh refresh rate over resolution you would want to go with a monitor like that I've linked one down below but I don't recommend most people go with a 240 Hertz panel it's just not gonna be worth it and it's usually gonna be a T and base panel which means your color reproduction isn't going to be the best the sweet spot for most people is gonna be around 1440 P at maybe 60 to 120 Hertz you can go as high as 4k in some cases but you'll have to drop in game settings and keep that refresh rate to 60 Hertz now what the 1440p 120 Hertz or 144 Hertz so it doesn't matter they're all kind of above 100 Hertz so they're gonna look a lot better than 60 Hertz right what those do for you is provide you the same upgrade path that the 1080p 120 Hertz panel did for those in the roughly $500 gaming PC category if you're packin let's say a risin 5 or Core i5 CPU and maybe something like a GTX tents then you probably won't get the full 144 FPS experience right at the 1440p resolution in any modern game unless you really drop settings at which point why are you bothering to do that just keep in-game settings high lower your fresh rate and actually enjoy the visual experience of the game 60 Hertz is still okay for people who haven't been used to 120 or 144 Hertz going backwards is it's pretty tough I'll I'll admit so again you have that upgrade path at your disposal for roughly a $1000 gaming PC go for the 1440p resolution that's my recommendation and something with over a 100 Hertz refresh rate now if you want to get really fancy with it let's say you're content creator or you want to see extra stuff on the left and right side of your screen assuming the game is optimized of course then maybe you want to go with something similar to what is behind me this is the via tech G in 34 C it's an ultra wide 1440p monitor which means it has a 34 40 by 1440p resolution with built-in free sync and a 100 Hertz refresh rate it utilizes VA technology which stands for vertical alignment I talked about specifically in this video right here and I can say without a doubt this is one of the best value ultra wide monitors on the market for around 500 bucks or so you get a really clean picture excellent viewing angles and a sweet refresh rate with Dilton AMD freesync it's even got a slight curve to it which is pretty fancy to give you that immersive in-game experience a bit more so than just a flat panel it's not something I recommend for a TV just because you'll be cutting into the viewing angles of people sitting on the sides of the TV in your living room or elsewhere but for a monitor where you expect to be the only person looking at your screen the curve is nice to see you can find the vo-tech G and 34c by the way linked in the video description it's the one I've been using for quite a while it's been in several videos and it's my daily driver for not only gaming but also content creation kind of the best of both worlds in this ultra wide aspect and also the hundred Hertz refresh rate is still a substantial jump from 60 again not too expensive around 500 bucks check it out in the link and let me know what you think if you have something similar now on to the cream of the crop if you've got a really nice gaming PC chances are you probably don't need to watch this video because you already know what you're doing you're willing to spend that much money on a PC you probably know what you're doing but assuming that you don't or maybe just want a refresher for an old times sake if you've got a 4k capable PC then I getting at least one 4k monitor now having a refresh rate higher than sixty Hertz is pretty demanding on any high-resolution display 4k in particular is a huge jump from 1080p it's even a substantial jump from 1440p just in terms of raw pixel count on screen but finding 120 Hertz 4k panel is recommended I would say though wait until prices drop a bit more they're pretty expensive right now and there aren't too many options so once competition does start to spike up in the next few years I would say that 4k 120 Hertz will become rather mainstream I would say though and I want to know what you think about this in the comments below because it might be controversial especially for those who already have 4k monitors and have to justify them somehow that even if you have a really expensive gaming PC at your disposal you should still try to opt for the 1440p high refresh rate option I say that for two reasons the first is because even though 4k and 1440p are vastly different in terms of PPI if you sit far enough back from the computer screen it's gonna be pretty difficult to tell the difference between the two especially if both are around 27 inches or so on top of that going from a high refresh rate panel let's say 120 Hertz down to just 60 again with 4k assuming that 120 Hertz option is not available is a pretty substantial arrow to the knee it makes it sound like we're elitist and spoiled with that high refresh rate but anyone who has a high refresh rate panel knows the pains of dropping back down to 60 Hertz I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here but I really do live by that principle I've never owned a 4k monitor or used one as a daily driver because I don't see the value in it while they might be cheaper than 1440p high refresh rate panels I think that those panels offer more bang for the buck in terms of your overall gaming experience 60 Hertz is a big crippled for many people who are used to higher refresh rates once you go high it's really hard to go back down to the lower stuff and that's why I would say still try to stick with 1440p go for an IPS screen you know something that looks really nice has great color reproduction that also has a really high refresh rate so I've linked a really nice one from Asus in the video description I've owned a TN panel version of it but I recommend the IPS version if you want that sweet color reproduction and still that insanely high refresh rate at a decent screen size if you liked this video be sure to let me know by giving this one a thumbs up I do appreciate that it also lets me know that we're headed in the right direction in terms of content I don't know why I'm pointing like this this is what I should have been doing if you have suggestions for future videos be sure to leave those in the comment section I read most comments within the first hour of this video is posting so if you're relatively early to the video when it's uploaded on a certain date then you might even get a personal response from me or a thank you or something along those lines and stay tuned for more content like this we're going to do a few PC builds using rising three CPU so budget oriented stuff coming very soon this is science to do thanks for learning with us I'm really glad I nailed at that time I was like the 40th time trying that outro you