Returning faulty monitor, what now?

[gupott]

Hi there,

I am in the process of returning my Dell Alienware AW3423DWF monitor. It looks amazing, but it has a whine sound which makes it difficult to keep. Anyway, I am now being more cautious about what I do next. I have liked the OLED penel in the dell, but I do a lot of normal office stuff on the PC, so static images might be an issue over time (although Dell must be pretty confident it wont be an issue as offer 3 year warranty) so maybe I should avoid oled for now. I have liked the ultrawide format, but I think a more traditional 4k 16:9 aspect ratio might suit better. I think I would like

• Gaming (Everything from football manager, to halo, to dark souls)
• Office use too
• 4k - I think I want this, but not a deal killer.
• Not sure on screen tech
• Reasonable response times
• 100x100 vesa compatible useful for my monitor arm
• For use with PC, rather than console.
• I dont need speakers.
• I have liked HDR, so I think I would want that too
• No desire for RGB
• 30"+ ideally

Currently I have a MSI 3080, i9 9900cpu, 32gb ram. I run dual boot with win 11 and linux. Around £1k budget.

Any tips on what to aim for? Thanks for reading.

 

[gupott]

Thanks for the reply, I have done a little reading around today. I think G7 seems like a good option. Need to read up on the Gigabyte.

I am scheduled to send the AW3423DWF next Tuesday and regretting it a bit. Its lovely panel and games look excellent. However, whine issue aside, I think a non-OLED is probably better for my situation.

 

[gupott]

I had coil whine on mine, its not there anymore

Thanks. I found out I can reduce it if I turn on the RGB and switch them to white, seems weird to me why this works. I reset the monitor earlier on this week, and forgot to switch the RGB back, later on I noticed the whine again.

Neo G7 was the top of my list before I stumped up the cash for Neo G9

The Neo G9 looks so mad, I am not sure I could fit it on the desk. Well, it might fit, but my speakers would not.