Ultimately my favorite cases tend to be the mini-itx slimline ones, but I know they’re hard to work with, cool, and configure optimally.
Every single time I start to part one out on a build, i end up scrapping the idea for a full size ATX system.
The technology is there, but I just don’t want to sacrifice yet.
MAYBE next time.
Note: I did have a mini-ITX before, the i5-4570 (mom has it now) but it wasn’t really that space-saving. It was in a Cooler Master Elite 130. Almost same footprint as a full size ATX just short. So it really didn’t help much.
More recent build ideas are stuff like the Fractal Node 202
After reading everything that everyone said and checking out all the links that you all provided, I think I would lean more towards IPS. The response of TN is awesome but I don’t do a lot of competitive or fast-paced gaming to benefit from it. I play a lot of “chill” games like simulators or simply take it easy in everything else, while I’ve thought about doing hobby 3D character modeling, so color production I’d appreciate more.
Narrowing everything now with a pref for IPS, 1440p, and 27", it’s between these models:
- Any of the LG-27GXXXX-X models
- ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQL1A
- Asus ROG Swift PG278QR - if it wasn’t sold out everywhere…lol
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I was just looking at Amazon and apparently I was lucky enough to buy my monitor before the Covid pandemic started. Monitor prices have tripled since earlier this year. Best of luck to you finding an affordable monitor. 
Time to post a build Sal! 
(make sure you get the gallons correct!)
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The pixels are really tiny on my 1440p 27" screen. I would go blind trying to see things on a 1440p 24" screen. 
24" 1440p feels like 4k sometimes
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On the TN/IPS/VA debate, TN is indeed good for response times but I’d only ever consider it for use with a strictly-competitve-gaming machine. For multipurpose PCs or even “slower” gaming (RPGs, etc) IPS/VA are probably the better choice.
Personally speaking I’ve never played a game where I could perceive a difference in pixel response times.
Thanks. I’ll keep searching price comparisons and hopefully, I can use those coupon discounts like Honey and Wikibuy to bring it down further.
I know that feeling all too well, which is why I was trying so hard to get all the parts I needed for my system upgrade earlier in the year before the pandemic hit. I did… however, it took a couple of weeks to find my board in stock at the time - the Crosshair VIII Hero (Wi-Fi).
Amazon’s stock replenishment kept getting pushed a month or two because of pandemic goods taking precedence. NewEgg had some but prices were north of $500 at the time. MicroCenter would say “in stock” when I put it in the cart but would be sold out by the time I hit checkout. Everywhere else were just sold out. I eventually got it from MC at the normal price.
I may have to delay purchasing a monitor. Apparently, there will be 360hz IPS monitors taking advantage of Nvidia’s Reflex Latency Analyzer, benefitting more from the 30-series. Granted they’re only 1080p, 25" and out of my budget, it does open a door or two… :
https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/2/21418080/nvidia-g-sync-reflex-360hz-refresh-rate-gaming-monitors-alienware-msi-asus-acer
you’d need a monster CPU to get those frame rates even with a 3090, and even then it would only be in some games like esports titles.
I don’t think these displays are worth it unless you are a competitive esports player.
How much of a monster CPU?
depends on the games - but right now none of them are going to give you those framerates outside of esports games.
Gotcha. What about the worth in terms of future-proofing? Would I expect a trivial or significant change in value with those monitors, better purchased much later and just settle with what we have now? Monitors I’ve had in the past I usually use for a decade or more.
problem with high refresh and high resolution displays is they are potentially future proofing in of themselves, but they are directly contradictory to future proofing your PC.
As time goes by, your PC will be able to leverage less and less of your display’s maximum resolution or refresh.
Alrighty then. Thanks again 
