sorry late…
unfortunately i think you’ll need to upgrade cpu, motherboard, memory and gpu. for future proofing get the ddr5 stuff, though ddr4 stuff will do for now
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Stick with 1440p. I would not bother looking into a 4k monitor unless you have a big budget and planning on getting a 4080/4090. Coming from a 4K gamer I will tell you there is nothing cheap about 4K gaming. Unless you want a game at 4K at 60hz 
I’d rather have 144hz at 1440p over 60hz 4k. It’s also a lot cheaper
Im on the 4090 myself more so because I wanted to get 120fps + at max settings in all games. I play a lot of AAA titles also.
Even with the 4090 some games like cyberpunk I have to turn the settings slightly down to make that happen. If I want Ray Tracing that is
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Interesting. Im curious to know, aside from the FPS difference, do you notice a visual difference? Because I’ve looked recently since making this post, on a 4K monitor and changed the resolution between 1440 and 4K and tbh, I cant tell a difference on WoW (which is all I play these days) outside the FPS drop. Visually, imo they are basically the same.
Yes. Its its 4k. Higher Resolution always looks better. Colors pop more because you have you have more pixels and a wider color gambit. With that said getting games to run at high to max settings at 4k especially AAA titles comes at a hefty price tag.
There are a LOT of factors to this. I will explain in depth below
Adjusting the resolution on a 4k monitor which is capable of 4k down to 1440p isnt a good comparison. Better to step into a best buy and look at the same 1440p version and 4k monitor side by side. Because the monitor is capable of 4k its still going to look better at 1440p than your average 1440p monitor.
Another thing that weighs in pretty heavily here is your monitor technology also aka VA, Nano IPS, TN or OLED. If you are on say a nano IPS panel vs a VA of course the nano IPS will have better and more vibrant colors. Same Said for IPS vs OLED. OLED will always look better. TN and VA have better black but their colors will always looked washed out side by side with a top Nano IPS display. OLED will then crush that nano IPS.
Example of what I mean here. 1440p LG Nano IPS vs 4k standard VA panel. Even though its 4k the Nano IPS might look the same or even better due to better color representation. You Follow?
So if you said to me I have no budget what so ever. Endless funds. They sky is the limit I want the best gaming experience possible? Id Say get the 7950x3D, an RTX 4090 and an OLED screen. On the other hand if you say Im on a high budget but I want a great gaming experience and Im willing to pay more for that. Well I tell you get a 13700k and a RTX 4080 and a Nano IPS 4k or 1440p screen. If you said Im on a modest budget but still want a good experience then Id say get a 13700k or 7700x with a RTX 4070ti and a nano IPS 1440p screen and call it a day.
So you can save a lot of money and still have a great picture by getting a Nano IPS 1440p screen over a VA 4k screen. Before I made the move to 4k OLED I was on 1440p nano IPS. Many of my friends didnt understand why my screen always looked better then theirs when they were 4k. Its because most of them were using VA panels. Keep in mind atm only AM5 has a CPU upgrade path. Intel does not. Hope all this info helps you
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This is awesome thank you. That makes a lot of sense and good info.
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I know I rambled quite a bit. Short takeaway?
Save your $$ and get a high quality nano IPS 1440p monitor over a VA 4k Panel. You will have a better experience on the 1440p nano IPS
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I haven’t read all the posts here so its probably already been said but if you just play WoW, a 1440p 144+Hz setup is the sweet spot in my opinion. If you can’t tell the difference between 1440p and 4k in WoW (I bet I couldn’t either) just get the best hardware for 1440p. I’ve been eyeing a 5800X3D even though I really don’t need it. If you have a Micro Center local its $299.99 and the performance in WoW is probably negligible compared to CPUs costing double. I’m not sure about video cards since my beloved EVGA isn’t making them anymore.
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100% this on a high quality nano IPS screen.
If your dipping into 4k you are already looking at $1,300+ for the GPU alone. You might as well go all in and go OLED at that point
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I know I rambled quite a bit. Short takeaway?
Haha, sorry, had to be quick on the reply coz sneaky browsing wow forums at work.
I know its the obvious, about viewing the difference of 4K and 1440 on a 4K monitor, but I was seriously starting to think I was odd coz I couldn’t see any noticeable difference. TBH, I think I’m going to go 1440 anyway as I’m on an ultrawide so if I can find a nice UW 1440 monitor, that will be perfect. Plus as you mentioned and from this topic, the more I look in the ways of 4K the more it really does seem like a money pit. Considering I only play WoW and get a few hours on the weekend, seems like a waste of money I don’t have
It REALLY is. 100%
I recently did it. But ONLY because I spend 6 months slowly buying each component of my build. I paid under MSRP for everything. Including my 4090.
42" LG C2 OLED 4K
ASUS ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi 6E Motherboard
Ryzen 9 7900x
Arctic Liquid Freezer ii 360
Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 4090
Seasonic 12vhpwr Cable (direct PSU plugin)
G.skill 6000mhz CL34 RAM
Seasonic 1000w Power Supply
Phanteks P600s Case
4x Phanteks M25 ARGB Case Fans
Rig is worth close to 5k including tax getting components at MSRP. But only cost me 3.5k due to the fact that I bought every single component under MSRP and a few things like the CPU well under original MSRP
Do NOT swim in the money pit. Only reason I did is I am old. Retired and I cant take my $$ with me when I go lol
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Ditto to all that’s been said here. And on top of that, your money doesn’t last as long as you intend to keep playing at 4k. You will be chasing 4k with more frequent upgrades as the standard is just harder to maintain as new games release.
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