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For the price, it's absolutely fine. There are a lot of things to look for - stuff like input lag and the brand's warranties/customer service reputation - but on a very basic level, the native resolution is very important! Just having a720p, 1080p, or 1440p monitor on a gaming rig can change the estimated recommendation for the PC itself from $500 to $1000 to $1500 or so. If you used a 1366x768 monitor on your estimated build, you'd be paying a few hundred bucks worth of performance that you'd never get to see on the monitor - we want people to get...
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MasonicManx2

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How would the video card become a 1070? and wouldnt a i5 bottle neck that powerhouse of a video card? Remember I am trying to stay under 1000 dollars.
 
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No an i5 would not really bottleneck a 1070. It would become a 1070 because instead of the listed 970 you'd get a 1070 in it's place. That build was done before the new cards were out.

 
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The build I linked is about $1,000 and is much better for the CPU.

Drop the RAM to 8 GB, get rid of two of the additional case fans and get an i5-6400 or 6500 CPU instead.

No build in the $800+ range would be made with an AMD CPU right now unless you just like AMD. Also you may want to wait till the AMD 480 card is out, that looks to be a very fast card for the price.
 
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While the build itself looks fine, the bump in price you need for a decent monitor (more than one has been linked in this thread) is so small that really makes that monitor choice terrible. A 1366x768 monitor on a $900 gaming desktop just isn't worthwhile.
 
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DSzymborski

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For the price, it's absolutely fine. There are a lot of things to look for - stuff like input lag and the brand's warranties/customer service reputation - but on a very basic level, the native resolution is very important! Just having a720p, 1080p, or 1440p monitor on a gaming rig can change the estimated recommendation for the PC itself from $500 to $1000 to $1500 or so. If you used a 1366x768 monitor on your estimated build, you'd be paying a few hundred bucks worth of performance that you'd never get to see on the monitor - we want people to get the most bang for their buck.
 
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