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Me!
Before Windows 10 support ends.
Current PC
i7-6700K, 16GB RAM, GTX 980 Ti (processor doesn't support Windows 11, motherboard doesn't support processors that do, etc etc etc)
Was an ABSOLUTE BEAST ... 9 years ago (ordered it on the 01/09/15, so less than two weeks away from it's 9th birthday!)
All I've done since then is add a second 2TB HDD, and a 500GB NVMe SSD to go with the 120GB SSD (for Windows) and 2TB HDD (for everything else) it came with. Current situation is OG 120GB SSD for Windows 10 and other non-gaming programs like Office. 500GB NVMe SSD was originally for Cyberpunk 2077, but since I finished it I only have the three Warhammer Total War games on there, one 2TB HDD is for Steam, and the other is for all other games (old school disc-based games that don't use Steam, and games I have on Origin, GOG, Ubisoft Connect etc).
Probably saved about half of what I intend to spend, and I intend to go all out again like I did 9 years ago. Have yet to start serious research, but hoping to buy a new system either EOFY sales next year, or around current PC's 10th birthday for the symmetry (but I am wary of the cost of components skyrocketing the closer we get to the end of Windows 10).
Currently contemplating one big arse 4k monitor, or three 1080p monitors for the immersion
Current monitor is a single 24 inch 1080p. Even the (dual) monitors I have at work shit all over it now. Hell, even my WORK PC shits all over my so-called gaming PC. They have ****ing 3080s inside them for some reason![]()
Man I used to have a 980. I bet you run into all sorts of vram issues with a lot of newer games now?
Another thing I thought of, and I have no idea if it's even possible, but to have one 4k monitor and 2 1080p monitors on each side. Ideally identical monitors, just different resolutions. Then if I want the immersion, I can run all three in 1080p resolution, or if the game doesn't support triple monitors, or the immersion isn't as important, or I just want pretty graphics, I can just run the single 4k monitor
Like I said I have yet to start serious research.
That can work smoothly because 4K is exactly twice the resolution where as 1440p doesn't scale down to 1080p as well. However if you wanted to still use 1080 monitors then you wouldn't want to go bigger than 27" (well I wouldn't, you might want to check it out first) because 1080 starts to look bad from 27. Then for 4K anything under 32" you might want to use Windows scaling because text at native 4K is tiny.
If I were to make a suggestion I'd look at a good 32" 4K or 34" ultra wide (3440*1440) for immersion then if you wanted another monitor for whatever it doesn't have to match.