--- title: The single best PC upgrade I made wasn't a new CPU or GPU description: A personal account of how upgrading from a 22-inch 1080p 75Hz monitor to a 27-inch 1440p 144Hz LG 27GL8750 in 2021 proved more transformative than any CPU or... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-single-best-pc-upgrade-i-made-wasn-t-a-new-cpu-or-gpu-ig08bdpmb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The single best PC upgrade I made wasn't a new CPU or GPU | daily.dev og:description: A personal account of how upgrading from a 22-inch 1080p 75Hz monitor to a 27-inch 1440p 144Hz LG 27GL8750 in 2021 proved more transformative than any CPU or... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-single-best-pc-upgrade-i-made-wasn-t-a-new-cpu-or-gpu-ig08bdpmb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ig08BDpmB.png og:image:alt: The single best PC upgrade I made wasn't a new CPU or GPU og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The single best PC upgrade I made wasn't a new CPU or GPU **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of how upgrading from a 22-inch 1080p 75Hz monitor to a 27-inch 1440p 144Hz LG 27GL8750 in 2021 proved more transformative than any CPU or GPU upgrade. The author paired it with a GTX 1660 Ti, achieving 90-100 FPS in many titles, and argues that in 2026, high-refresh 1440p monitors have dropped below $150 while 240Hz and OLED options are becoming mainstream, making a monitor upgrade highly worthwhile for anyone still on a 1080p/60Hz/TN display. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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