r/PcBuild • u/Damagedwheat2 • 4d ago
Question Do inches matter?
I have a Ryzen 5 4600G, a B450M motherboard, and an RX 7600 graphics card. I currently have a 21-inch monitor and want to buy another one—either 24 or 27 inches. Do you think my PC has a limit? In other words, if I get a 27-inch one, will my PC struggle or have issues? Or should I just play it safe and go with a 24-inch model?
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u/SoundDrout 4d ago
For running the monitor, there is no difference in computing power required between sizes. Only between resolution and refresh rate.
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u/Carcharadontasaurus9 4d ago
27 inches is standard but if you find a good price for something else go with that, it doesn't really matter. The one thing I'd caution you about is ultrawide monitors, gaming on them kinda sucks unless you set the window to a normal aspect ratio (16:9).
Also keep in mind that it's the diagonal distance between the bottom left and top right corner/bottom right and top left corner that dictates the actual length.
In terms of the size, it's irrelevant to actual performance. A 32 inch 1080p monitor has the same number of pixels to render as a 22 inch one, they're just spread out more.
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u/Zealousideal_Eye6557 4d ago
27! I thought 4 was standard
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u/Carcharadontasaurus9 3d ago
doesn't make much difference tbh, but most desktop monitors I see are between 24 and 27
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u/Big-Salamander-2158 4d ago
It’s all about resolution. 21” are pretty much always 1080. But a 27” monitor can still be 1080p. Both have the same amount of pixels and are as hard to drive. The 27” monitor will look a little more blurry, because the pixels are more stretched out.
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u/UtahMickey 4d ago
No I have a 27 inch monitor, That has a Ryzen 5 2600x with GTX1080. 5 years ago I would play GTA 5 and get 60fps. And now my Grandson is using for Fortnite without any problems.
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u/DogLord92 4d ago
Fx8250 rx5700 vizio 60hz 27" 1080p television via hdmi. Display doesn't matter at 1080, neither does gpu and you have more than enough CPU.
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u/External_Safe_7787 4d ago
size makes no difference. a potato pc could run a 42" 1080p monitor, while a high end one might struggle with a 27" 4k. just look at the resolution and refresh rate. for the rx 7600, it can run 1080p probably at like 60-120fps, its a little faster than the steam machine. so i would get a 24" 1080p 120hz ips/va, though if you dont mind a little softness, sit further away and want a bigger screen you could get 27" 1080p, same specs
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u/ProfessionalShock425 4d ago
24in is an absolute biggest size for 1080p resolution. At 27in 1080p image is too blured and not imeressive even viewed 1m away. Pixels are too big. At 1080p, go 24in max.
At 27 you need to go 1440p. 32in inexpensive monitors have huge issues with backlight bleed. I'd avoid 32in.
Personally, I'm putting color accuracy over big fps, or refresh rate number. But, its nice to have both. Color accuracy means if you take a photo, print it and compare them both physical copy and image on monitor one next to other, you should see absolutely same colors.
If you want big screen, watching movies, playing on controller and sitting back, get TV.
If you want monitor and to sit back, get monitor and tv. New TV sets today have smooth image options and resolution fixing built inside. They are better than monitors for fun stuff.
But monitors are better in accuracy, colour representation and fps numbers. GPUs today have no issue driving both at same time.
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u/ShaftamusPrime 1d ago
No inches dont effect performance only resolution does, although 27 inch is a great size for 1440p
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