Recommendations on a monitor for this set up

System Configuration:

Chassis Model: Digital Storm Lumos
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i9-11900K (5.3 GHz Turbo) (16-Thread) (8-Core) 3.5 GHz (Rocket Lake)
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero (Wi-Fi) (Intel Z590 Chipset) (Up to 3x PCI-E Devices) (No SLI)
System Memory: 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Digital Storm Performance Series
Power Supply: 850W Digital Storm Performance Series (Modular) (80 Plus Gold)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Optical Drive: - No Thanks
Storage Set 1: 1x SSD M.2 (500GB Digital Storm M.2 Performance Series)
Storage Set 2: 1x SSD M.2 (2TB Seagate FireCuda 520) (NVM Express) (Gen4 PCIe)
Storage Set 3: 1x Storage (2TB Seagate / Toshiba / Hitachi)
RAID Config: - No Thanks
RAID Card: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Graphics Card(s): 1x GeForce RTX 3080 10GB (VR Ready)
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Add On Card: - No Thanks
Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Digital Storm Vortex Liquid CPU Cooler (Dual Fan) (Fully Sealed + No Maintenance)
HydroLux Tubing Style: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
HydroLux Fluid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a custom HydroLux liquid cooling system selected
Cable Management: Premium Cable Management (Strategically Routed & Organized for Airflow)
Chassis Fans: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: Remote Controlled Advanced LED Lighting System (Multiple RGB Color Modes)
Airflow Control: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: Option Not Available
CPU Boost: Turbo Boost Advanced Automatic Overclocking
Graphics: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
OS Boost: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home (64-Bit)
Recovery Tools: USB Drive - Windows 10 Installation (Format and Clean Install)
Virus Protection: Windows Defender Antivirus (Built-in to Windows 10)
Office: - No Thanks
Mouse Pad: Digital Storm Premium Mouse Pad (Standard Size) (Stitched Edges)
Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: Digital Storm Devastator Bundle (RGB) Keyboard & Mouse
Mouse: - No Thanks
Branded Gear: - No Thanks
Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 14-21 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Labor & 1 Year Part Replacement)



Hey guys. Been doing research on this for the last several days till my eyes are bleeding, when I thought " Hey, the guys over on the DS forums are all PC enthusiasts, why not ask their opinions? ". So, looking at G-Sync, IPS monitors, preferably 144hz or more; What are your reccomendations for the above set-up?

Do you already have this computer? It's an awfully high-end build to include the slowest M.2 SSD here for your primary drive. The DS is SATA III. The Samsung 980 is NVMe, and from 9-12 times faster. No-brainer.

Generally, you want an IPS panel for better visuals, and G-Sync "COMPATIBLE" is going to work fine but tends to be a bit less expensive than monitors with the Nvidia tech upgrade. With a 3080, screen "tearing" won't be an issue anyway. Don't waste the money unless the monitor you decide you "must have" is G-Sync only.

Actually, it's overkill.

IMHO, the primary is where you want/need the speed. Running Win, browsers, maintenance software, and every other program that actually requires computing power to to get from A to B is where the kind of speed available from an NVMe drive shines the best. If you don't run frequent scans on your boot drive for viruses, cookies, malware and the like, you should. An NVMe will get that done up to 10 times faster than a SATA drive. Boot-up is not the be-all.

By contrast, games are fixed and scripted. There are very few complex computations going on all at once, since A has to happen before B,C, or D occurs. They must load in a very specific set order every time, so NVMe speed doesn't contribute much. It's almost all in the hands of the GPU.

You have your priorities exactly backwards. You want/need all the speed you can get to take advantage of the CPU and RAM you paid for to do number crunching and file scanning, not loading/playing games. For that, a SATA drive will do just fine.

If you gimp your whole system with a SATA primary drive, you might as well just get a six-core and 16 GB of RAM, 'cause the CPU and extra RAM will be idle waiting for the info from your drive. We are talking TEN TIMES slower. Up to you.   

Edited by Cretae - 15 Aug 2021 at 4:17am

With that out of the way; back to the original question,

I've narrowed it down to these 3.

Asus ROG Swift PG329Q
Acer Predator XB323UGX
Samsung Odyssey C32G75T

What do you guys think?

Thanks.