New monitor for gaming, possibly 4k? £300 budget

[SamMillarF1]

Hi All

Can you find me a monitor that I can use for both gaming and photo editing, preferably in 4k to fit my £300 budget? I'm coming from a Samsung SyncMaster 24" B2430 which is probably about 3-4 years old now so I'm looking to really see a difference with my new monitor.

My setup: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/batt...vidia-geforce-titanx-gaming-pc-fs-123-og.html

Cheers

EDIT:

Budget now upped to £450.

 

[jigger]

Probably this.

AOC Q3279VWF 32" 2560x1440 VA 75Hz FREESYNC WideScreen LED Monitor @ £199.99 inc VAT



Q3279VWF
, LED Backlit, 2560x1440 Resolution, 20000000:1 Contrast Ratio, 250cd/m² Brightness, 5ms Response Time, 1x VGA Input, 1x HDMI Input, 1x DisplayPort Input, 1x DVI, 3 Year On-Site Warranty.



Only £199.99 inc VAT.

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[4K8KW10]

Hi All

Can you find me a monitor that I can use for both gaming and photo editing, preferably in 4k to fit my £300 budget? I'm coming from a Samsung SyncMaster 24" B2430 which is probably about 3-4 years old now so I'm looking to really see a difference with my new monitor.

My setup: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/batt...vidia-geforce-titanx-gaming-pc-fs-123-og.html

Cheers

Hi,

How about this one, little over the budget but it is with massively discounted price:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Acer H277HKsmipuz 27" 3840x2160 4K IPS Widescreen LED ZeroFrame Monitor - Silver/Black (UM.HH7EE.026= £349.99

Total: £360.49 (includes shipping: £10.50)​

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[SamMillarF1]

Anyone else? The Acer 27" is too far out of my budget and I'm not overly keen on the AOC. 4K not that important I just want stunning clarity and colours but decent for gaming too.

 

[hornetstinger]

You're probably looking at spending more than £300.

 

[SamMillarF1]

Isn't this one suitable? Other than the fact it's ofcourse Freesync and I have a Titan X.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...g-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-214-sa.html

 

[southernorth]

Isn't this one suitable? Other than the fact it's ofcourse Freesync and I have a Titan X.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...g-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-214-sa.html

I wouldn't recommend a TN monitor for photo editing, you would want IPS or VA as they produce much more colour accurate images:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung C24FG73 24" 1920x1080 VA FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Quantum DOT Widescreen Curved Monitor= £269.99
• 1 x BenQ GW2765H 27" 2560x1440 IPS Widescreen LED Gaming Flicker FREE Monitor - Black= £329.99
• 1 x LG 24UD58 24" 3840x2160 IPS 4K FREESYNC Widescreen LED Gaming Monitor - Black= £289.99

Total: £889.97 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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LG would be best option for image clarity and colour accuracy but it OOS.

Samsung also has great colour accuracy, and the best contrast ratios of the 3, but is only 1080p and doesn't have G-Sync. It's also curved.

Benq is inbetween the two, but costs way too much and only has a 60hz refresh rate.

 

[EViLHomer48]

That Benq has been down to £260 in the last few weeks here. Don’t buy at the current price....

 

[SamMillarF1]

So if we dropped photo editing out the window because I can do that on my Mac actually and went for gaming and general use only. Where would we stand?

 

[Daniel - LG]

for 4K UHD, £300 will get you a 24" - anything bigger will be over budget for you sadly

 

[Gibbo]

AOC U2879VF 28" 3840x2160 TN 4K 60Hz 1MS Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black @ £299.99 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aoc-...g-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-044-ao.html



3840x2160 Resolution, 80,000,000:1 Contrast Ratio, 1ms Response Time, 300 cd/m2 Brightness, 1x HDMI Input, 1x Display Port, 1x VGA, 1x DVI, 3yr On-Site Warranty.



Only £299.99 inc VAT.

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[SamMillarF1]

Okay I've upped my budget to £450 then. What will this get me? It's originally a present but it will be a monitor I'll be keeping for years provided it doesn't give in on me so I'm happy to invest some extra cash into it myself as well.