Monitor £120 - Any ideas?

Adam_101 · 6 Oct 2012 at 12:15

Hello all,

So I am after a new monitor, looking to spend £120 at the most. Need to be 22/23in, and will be gaming and doing image/3D work.

Will be paired with a 660, and in the future will look to add a second of the same monitor.

As much as I know, you guys rock so I'm picking your brains!

Thanks!!Any ideas you have would be a great help.

Adam_101 · 6 Oct 2012 at 12:22

Also, just to add although I will be gaming I'll be doing other stuff so a super super fast monitor allowing me to game faster is not the most important thing.

martian_aphid · 6 Oct 2012 at 16:04

For image and 3D work and a bit of gaming I would personally look for an IPS panel. LG do an 22" IPS for about £112 and Asus do a 23" IPS which can be found for £127. There are far more TN panels available for around £120 so if you do want to go that route you need to start weighing up more features - for instance what inputs will you require, how many devices are you going to connect to it, what size/resolution do you want, do you want any specific monitor features such as dynamic contrast, speakers, headphone connection, etc. what sort of stand adjustments do you want (although generally you are just going to get tilt for £120) By asking yourself what features you want/need it becomes a little easier to narrow it down amongst the vast number of TN monitors available. Hope that helps a bit

Adam_101 · 6 Oct 2012 at 17:33

martian_aphid said:
For image and 3D work and a bit of gaming I would personally look for an IPS panel. LG do an 22" IPS for about £112 and Asus do a 23" IPS which can be found for £127. There are far more TN panels available for around £120 so if you do want to go that route you need to start weighing up more features - for instance what inputs will you require, how many devices are you going to connect to it, what size/resolution do you want, do you want any specific monitor features such as dynamic contrast, speakers, headphone connection, etc. what sort of stand adjustments do you want (although generally you are just going to get tilt for £120) By asking yourself what features you want/need it becomes a little easier to narrow it down amongst the vast number of TN monitors available. Hope that helps a bit

Thanks for the reply!! Totally agree and I think I have a lot of weighing up to do haha!