Monitor for Photo Editing and Casual Gaming

[sicknote]

Looking to get a new monitor for photo editing and casual gaming with a £600 budget.

I’m struggling with choosing the best option. Not sure if I should be buying a gaming monitor that would be ok for photo editing or go with something like a proart which would be better for editing but no so great for gaming.

Also trying to decide between 27” or 32” and whether I should be looking at 4k or not. Currently running a 13600k and 3080ti.

 

[Quartz]

Looking to get a new monitor for photo editing and casual gaming with a £600 budget.

If it were not for your budget I would suggest two monitors.

 

[MartinPrince]

Looking to get a new monitor for photo editing and casual gaming with a £600 budget.

I’m struggling with choosing the best option. Not sure if I should be buying a gaming monitor that would be ok for photo editing or go with something like a proart which would be better for editing but no so great for gaming.

Also trying to decide between 27” or 32” and whether I should be looking at 4k or not. Currently running a 13600k and 3080ti.

Well you have some decisions that only really you can decide as it comes down to personal preference and what you prioritise.

The only thing that I would definitely advise and a bit of no brainer is to go with the 32" over the 27".
I had a similar choice a year ago and went with 32" Nano IPS, 10bit, 1440p, 165Hz(180Hz) G-Sync LG monitor (LG UltraGear 32GP850-B) . I've calibrated it with my Spectro/Colorimeter and it looks great and for me covers both the photo editing, and casual gaming very well.

Something like your 3080Ti can play games at 1440p just fine while it might not be quite as comfortable at 4K on a few titles.