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Starter Gaming PC

Jul 13, 2019 10:14AM PDT

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Before I look at that.
Jul 13, 2019 10:31AM PDT

We have to know what display you are driving. The 1660 is a nice card but just try to push the usual 1440p 144Hz display with it and a gamer will complain.

That said I'm calling this a good 60 FPS gamer because:
1. https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-1660-vs-AMD-RX-580/4038vs3923
2. It's very close to the build at https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds#wiki_60_fps_ultra_build

That said, the motherboard is not one I'd choose. Too many complaints.

CHECK THE RETURN POLICY. If this does what a lot of 350 and 320 boards does it starts to go unstable shortly. I like the build otherwise.

Too bad it doesn't have the motherboard from PCMR's build.

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Cheers for the help
Jul 13, 2019 12:31PM PDT

I'm only looking to run games at ideally 1080P at 60FPS I'm looking at getting a higher Hertz monitor with a fast refresh rate. Any recommendations will be appreciated Happy

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Higher rates mean we need a better GPU
Jul 13, 2019 1:49PM PDT

This almost scales linearly so it's easy to write that 144Hz needs about double the GPU power. This varies with the game and until recently we could not push the UHD 4K monitors past 60Hz but (see video at link to follow) now with a dual GTX 2080 we finally see over 60FPS on UHD 4K.

Watch the monster at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfmM71NOTo

If you want just a slight uptick, see if 72Hz displays are in your country.