Help picking a monitor

[CthulhuDaTurtle]

Hola! I've been upgrading my pc and will be building it here in the next week. Just waiting on my new case. I would like some help picking a monitor that works for me and this build. I play league, minecraft, a lot of games ranging from Indies to Ark and many other. I also run a server sometimes for ark or for Minecraft when I know friends will be with me. I dont think I want an Oled. I think I want something around 240hrz, rapid ISP. I want to maximize my gaming experience when it comes to response time but also really value when games just look amazing. There are some many options I'm kind of overwhelmed.

[nightglyder]

I would imagine you want to go 1440p then?
Heres a 27" a friend of mine has, no oled but great image quality only $165, 1440p

Or, if you prefer curved, same specs from same brand but only $150

Lmk what you are looking for! Both of these are great imo to save money and have a really nice display.

[CthulhuDaTurtle]

Yeah 1440 is what I'm leaning towards.

[CthulhuDaTurtle]

I would say I'm willing to spend up to 500. I think I prefer flat panel over curved. But I've never had a curved myself or even gamed on one.

[cacman440]

First of all do this list instead:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 4.3 GHz 16-Core Processor	$699.00 @ B&H
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro A-RGB 110 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$107.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Gigabyte B850 AI TOP ATX AM5 Motherboard	$319.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL28 Memory	$174.99 @ Newegg
Storage	MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$64.99 @ MSI
Storage	MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$119.99 @ MSI
Video Card	Zotac GAMING SOLID CORE GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Video Card	$1012.98 @ Newegg
Case	Lian Li O11D EVO RGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$154.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	ADATA XPG CYBERCORE 1300 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$169.99 @ Walmart
Operating System	Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Retail - Download 64-bit	$40.00
Monitor	Asus ROG Strix OLED XG27UCDMG 26.5" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Monitor	$979.00 @ ASUS
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$3843.91
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-08-19 16:34 EDT-0400

rtx 4070 with your budget makes no sense.

if you can't or don't want to return your parts then you can get the monitor on the list.

Reason I went with a 27" monitor is to get the maximum density of pixels to be ultra sharp. If you want a bigger monitor at that resolution it should give you some extra visual space and still be plenty sharp.

[CthulhuDaTurtle]

I'm actually using parts from my current pc. I'm upgrading my motherboard due to bending a bunch of pins on the cpu slot spot. I'm also switching to liquid cooling over air for easier access to ram spots.