Is a 28" monitor good for 1080p gaming?

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It's the OPPOSITE.

Walk up to your HDTV and look carefully so you can see the individual sub-pixels (RGB) and gaps between pixels. NOT what you want. Now walk back ten feet and you can't see any of that.

What a 28" screen allows is for more flexibility where it or you sit. If you don't like the look when it's near the front of your desk, you can move it back until its perfect for you. If it was 22", and you sit back in your chair you may find you're already too far away.

Basically there's an optimal size vs image quality (due to pixel density) ratio. When people say a screen is "too large" they generally mean you're...
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1) 28" is larger than normal for 1920x1080 so you may see the pixels more clearly, however how far you sit away also affects this. In general, it's better to have too large than too small as you can always move the monitor back a bit.

2) I'm looking at the quality of those monitors right now.

3) Your system is very capable for 1920x1080. Games will vary of course. For many your system is arguably overkill, but for others you'll have to drop the settings to maintain 60FPS.
 
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Still looking at monitors, but here's a few minor tips on your build:

1) DDR4-> recommend 2666MHz CAS16, or close (higher frequency adds little for your CPU, same as lower CAS at same frequency)
(read a good article recently for where performance drops off)

2) PSU-> yours is good enough, however with that GPU I'd probably go with a 650W at least. Fan noise often starts to ramp up at approximately 50% load though it varies.

Gaming goes over 400W and I don't think that counts further overclocking or added components like additional fans->
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2015/09/04/asus-radeon-r9-390-strix-oc-review/10

So I recommend a good 650W or perhaps better yet a 750W, though the latter is more about noise and not all are created equal for that aspect either.
 
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Monitors:

A lot of monitors seem to have issues, or not enough reviews for me to consider (customer feedback). Now, the following MAY NOT be what you want or may have issues but so far it's the top of my list for your specs.

This is based on the approx $350CDN max price I estimated, and wanting IPS or VA quality color, and also I chose 5ms as the max response time to limit ghosting.

Also, you seem to want 27" roughly for size.

So:
https://www.amazon.ca/BenQ-27-inch-Monitor-Ultra-GW2760HS/dp/B00ITORMDC/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1458081724&sr=1-1

VA panel.
Not sure of any obvious issues.

I just don't have time to look further however.
 
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It's the OPPOSITE.

Walk up to your HDTV and look carefully so you can see the individual sub-pixels (RGB) and gaps between pixels. NOT what you want. Now walk back ten feet and you can't see any of that.

What a 28" screen allows is for more flexibility where it or you sit. If you don't like the look when it's near the front of your desk, you can move it back until its perfect for you. If it was 22", and you sit back in your chair you may find you're already too far away.

Basically there's an optimal size vs image quality (due to pixel density) ratio. When people say a screen is "too large" they generally mean you're sitting close enough that you notice the pixels. Most people never think about it with an HDTV because they sit a lot further back than is optimal. (also the reason why 4K HDTV's often don't look much better).

Hope that helps.
 
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