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Am I able to run 4K on my PC?
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Hello, how are you doing?

I've decided to build my own PC and I'm not sure if I should buy 3x 1080p Monitors and use them for my PC or if I should buy one large 4K monitor or if my PC can even handle either of these. My specs will be below, can someone help me out?

Processor - Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core
RAM - 16GB
Video Card - MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card
Motherboard - MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

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Will run 4K but don't expect to max everything.
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So would you advise getting the one large 4k monitor or 3 smaller 1080 ones? Thanks for replying btw
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I would get the smaller ones for now.
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Or you could grab a 970 and a 1440p panel.

If you haven't already bought the rig, that is.
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Sancty is right on the post above. A 970 would do fine a 1440p panel, but if you are stuck to getting the 980, the 3 1080p monitors would be the way to go.
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4K = 3840 X 2160
3X 1080P = 5760 X 1080
So 4K would be better than 3X 1080 if you want a more enjoyable experience, and as I have seen from my own tests and videos on it, about half of the surrounding monitors are stretched as can be seen here.
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