The original post: /r/pcmasterrace by /u/JetAbyss on 2024-05-27 13:20:15.

So I just built my first gaming desktop after years of using laptops. Been loving my 4060 Ti build (hey don’t judge, got it on Memorial Day sale) for around $1,000 but naturally I somewhat cheaped out on the monitor.

I focused on getting the biggest screen (27in) I could get for around $100 and got myself an MSI MP251 for $80. Apparently it’s a monitor with a 100hz but it still fulfilled my main requirement of at least being 1080P (I usually play High/Ultra at 1080P on casual games like Fortnite and Helldivers 2 alongside some older single player games).

I never really thought about monitor refresh rates until just now.

My last gaming laptop had a 144hz screen, but I barely got to use the most out of that refresh rate since naturally a laptop has trash performance, plus I didn’t even really notice it anyways.

Now I’m looking up, apparently 100hz is trash or something? I played a match of HD2 and watched some 1080P music videos and I didn’t really notice much lol

But I’ll play more games later to test it out but I wonder what others think, so I’m posting this before I sleep

Reason why I’m coping and sneeding right now is because I can’t return this monitor. ;_;

I threw away the box RIP.

But yeah to keep in mind my use cases and repeating it:

I play games casually for fun and I the only ‘competitive’ multiplayer games I play casually anyways is just Fortnite and Helldivers 2. Aside from that it’s usually singleplayer games.