Monitors have got to be the hardest thing to buy

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After weeks of research and reading reviews... I am no closer to a decision. There is no such thing as a perfect monitor or even anything particularly close. So many compromises: size, resolution, cost, panel type, build quality, longevity. Any time you find something that looks promising at least one it those factors let it down.

Aside from the GPU I spec'd the rest of my new build fairly easily. The choice of monitor is causing me to lose the will to build it.

/Rant

Monitors are seriously the biggest minefield though!
 
Yeah I can never remember the model number, I have to keep searching the store, and then copying and pasting into Google with review after lol.

AW2723DF, Dell S3422DWG, LG 27GP850P-B, LG 34GN850P-B, and the Gigabyte M32UC are the finalists (believe it or not) after reading probably 100+ reviews. All have their pros and cons.
 
mark43 said:
Yeah completely agree, it's so difficult. I completed my new build a couple of months ago but still not decided on a monitor (apart from briefly getting a LG27GP850 which I returned)..

At least with all the other parts I could pretty much work out the best options within my budget, but their are pros and cons to any monitor. It also doesn't help that choices are narrowed due to stock shortages.
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Why did you return it? I was considering the LG27GP850-B.
 
Minstadave said:
Easy - OLED :cool:

What's your use and budget?
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jaybee said:
What environment do you use it in and what usage? VA can have glossy screens which can affect things. The Dell IPS ones are nice.
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Rroff said:
VA has some downsides when it comes to motion if you do any kind of faster paced gaming - though there are a small number of VA panels where it isn't a problem most sooner or later you'll notice there is smearing or graininess in certain colour transitions in movement.
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Budget £500 but could stretch. OLED is no good due to burn on, I WFH so by day it'll be an office monitor. Gaming at night. Average brightness room with no direct sun.

Games with include Cyberpunk, RDR2, Starfield when it comes out, Mass Effect, Bioshock, Xcom, GalCiv. GTA6 eventually.
 
jaybee said:
I'm not sure what the latest model is called but you could have a look at whatever the equivalent Dell S2721DGFA is these days. Bought one about a year or so ago and these are IPS Quad HD monitors @ 165hz. The colour vibrancy is really good. Matte screen. Good I/O and stand. I'd rate them high.
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They don't seem to do 27 IPS gaming panels anymore.

Aside from the Alienware one.
 
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mark43 said:
I found the IPS glow really bad, I was coming from a TN and understood IPS glow was a thing, but it was much worse than I expected, and not something I can really notice on any of the IPS screens I use at work, so this seemed like a particularly bad example. I realise this can be a bit of a lottery though, so if I got another it could be much better.
I did use it for a week and fully intended to keep it, I figured I play in a fairly well lit room and most of the time it wasn't noticeable, but I ended up playing some dark scenes in a game for a while and it was just so noticeable and off putting, I figured it would really bug me.
I'm pretty much set on an OLED now, but its still not a simple decision as to which. One that stood out for me when I was looking at IPS was the MSI MAG274QRF-QD, but there has been no stock for ages and it seems to be priced higher than it should be, also the Gigabyte M27Q-X but looks like that may have been discontinued which is a shame.
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Thanks for sharing the info mate. That's disappointing to hear as it was well rated. What do you have now?

MAG274QRF-QD is one I've looked at but reviews say it contrast is still typical IPS and it's too colourful, if that's a thing lol.
 
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