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Just throwing in my 2¢.

Thanks for asking. You had a relevant question and you weren't a dick about asking it so no rules broken my friend.

I have had a GN246HL 1080p144 TN for a while and ran it with a GTX 970 + i5-4690.

Assuming you have a recent core i5 then you'll be able to reach 144Hz in many games but you'll need to have a 7700k or something to ensure that the vast majority of games have minimum framerates over 100FPS.

Your 1060 assuming it's the 6GB is powerful enough for 1080p144 so no issues on that front. You'll need to play at medium to high settings in a lot of games to make sure to reach 120-144FPS and above.

With a 144Hz monitor, you are far less likely to see tearing or stuttering than with a 60Hz one. Adaptive sync is wonderful if you drop below 60FPS and want to keep a relatively smooth experience. While adaptive-sync is nice and if you had an RX 580 then I'd say get freesync but G-Sync is prohibitively expensive. If you play at med-high settings and get around 120 FPS or more then you're probably going to be comfortable with V-Sync off and the minimal screen tearing you might see. You can also use V-Sync at 72 FPS and crank the visuals which will provide a surprisingly significantly better experience than 60FPS.

I hope I explained that alright.

Anyways, I'd say my Acer is a decent monitor but that many other 1080p144 monitors are better.

This one at $170 appears to have some QA issues so you might need to return it but it's cheap and decent if it works:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824160313&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

This one at $230 is probably the best 1080p144 TN monitor you can buy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/comments/6r61s2/monitor_lg_24gm79gb_1920x1080p_144hz_1ms_freesync/

This one at $280 is the best 1080p144 monitor you can buy:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M1DEEYP/?tag=pcpapi-20

That Samsung CFG70 will have far far better colors and contrast than any TN monitor.

Can't comment on other monitors but i have this one https://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-XG2401-FreeSync-Monitor-DisplayPort/dp/B01A0ZRR50 and it's been great so far.