The Budget in constantly changing as I edit the build, negotiate my funds, at no point did I say £3000 as a flat amount, that was another forum user estimating, as I said above I'm willing to spend +£400 top end on the monitor but do not need anything bigger than 27''
First Upgrade in 10 years from a 1050ti/17-6700k
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Unfortunately, that is not how it works; the budget is a fixed figure that determines the maximum price you are willing to pay for this purchase.
I'm sorry, but without a clear limit, I can't recommend the best possible solution for your needs.
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ok no problem, thankyou all for your time anyway,sorry to waste anyone's timeUnfortunately, that is not how it works; the budget is a fixed figure that determines the maximum price you are willing to pay for this purchase.
I'm sorry, but without a clear limit, I can't recommend the best possible solution for your needs.
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I think you may be misunderstanding the link between the monitor and the GPU. If you're looking to limit the spend and quality of the monitor, it only stands to reason to do the same with the GPU.
When you had a budget of 3k for everything, that allowed for everything matched and well suited. If you aren't willing to spend that sort of outlay on a monitor, then it stands to reason that you pull the GPU spec down as well and save money there.
There's never any point over-spending on a GPU. It's the one area where you can't even future proof for 6 months unfortunately. There's always something better on the horizon so better to get something matched to the monitor and put the savings towards a GPU upgrade in a year or 2 to get the latest and greatest GPU technology and software advancements. Believe it or not, it's not actually a good time to get a GPU, the 5080 only really beats out the 4080 barely. There's no chance the 5080 won't be outshone in the next 18 months by a margin so as well saving some cash and aiming to your monitor needs, rather than thinking getting something higher end is going to last longer.
You're maybe sensing frustration, please try to understand how often we go through this sort of scenario. It's not directed at you, it's just feels like wasted energy time and again going over the same thing (hence why the links are typically provided to give you a heads up and also some insight to the reasoning).
When you had a budget of 3k for everything, that allowed for everything matched and well suited. If you aren't willing to spend that sort of outlay on a monitor, then it stands to reason that you pull the GPU spec down as well and save money there.
There's never any point over-spending on a GPU. It's the one area where you can't even future proof for 6 months unfortunately. There's always something better on the horizon so better to get something matched to the monitor and put the savings towards a GPU upgrade in a year or 2 to get the latest and greatest GPU technology and software advancements. Believe it or not, it's not actually a good time to get a GPU, the 5080 only really beats out the 4080 barely. There's no chance the 5080 won't be outshone in the next 18 months by a margin so as well saving some cash and aiming to your monitor needs, rather than thinking getting something higher end is going to last longer.
You're maybe sensing frustration, please try to understand how often we go through this sort of scenario. It's not directed at you, it's just feels like wasted energy time and again going over the same thing (hence why the links are typically provided to give you a heads up and also some insight to the reasoning).
Honestly I fully respect you everyone's advice, there was no frustration at all, I appreciate each and everybody who has spent time trying to advise me, the thing is that was the initial budget, and now a week on I can afford to extend is slightly, so what I was trying to explain is I don't want to go super crazy on a monitor (top of the top) but I am willing to get one that does the gpu justice ( as mentioned before it made sense to go for the 5080 from a 1050ti for the price difference vs 4080super) even if it means waiting a short period of time and eventually getting a better one, but I just require a smaller one.
I think that's where the confusion comes in is that my budget depends on pay(so I cannot outright say what the top-end is until I see the figures are )rather than outright budget, so all advice is still very much welcomed.
I didn't even know the monitor was an issue until brought up here, so that's where I was caught offguard.
I hope it didn't come off as I was frustrated with anyone!
I think that's where the confusion comes in is that my budget depends on pay(so I cannot outright say what the top-end is until I see the figures are )rather than outright budget, so all advice is still very much welcomed.
I didn't even know the monitor was an issue until brought up here, so that's where I was caught offguard.
I hope it didn't come off as I was frustrated with anyone!
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It's probably better to come back when you know what your fixed budget is, it's impossible to work with a build until we know the ceiling we're working to, hang on until you've got a clearer understanding of how much you can outlay. The budget is not something that changes, it's the fixed ceiling you have available to spend on this purchase, you need to be clear on that from the outset as that's what we'll work to.
We wouldn't work to a budget of £400 for a monitor as that wouldn't be enough for something worthwhile at this level, we'd rebalance the system to fit a higher cost monitor to properly optimise the system as a whole, hence needing an overall budget to work to. The monitor is the final output of the entire system, doesn't matter what PC you have driving it, if the monitor is poor, that's the overall experience you're going to get, so it's important the whole system is capable of showing the best that's available.
This is what I don't understand as it fits within the budget and the 27" size you'd suggested, I'm not following where the issue lies
If you're meaning it has to be 24" then you need to be clear about that as that's a whole downgrade in the entire system (1080p). 1080p really is a dead resolution though and should be entirely avoided, it's so poor by modern standards and just a needless waste of what modern systems are capable of.
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