Some 27" monitor questions.

Mark719 · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:46

Hey, thinking of buying a 27" monitor for a gaming build I am making and wanted to ask a few things:

1. Does 1080p look good on a 27" monitor, I have heard a lot of people say it looks ok but some saying it looks bad.

2. Can you suggest me a good 27" monitor for max of around £250ish

kefan77 · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:51

1, no
2, korean 1440p

what's your build though? your GPU might struggle with 1440p. if you want fHD, get a nice 24".

Mark719 · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:02

kefan77 said:
1, no
2, korean 1440p

what's your build though? your GPU might struggle with 1440p. if you want fHD, get a nice 24".

This is my build:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 280X DirectCUII TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £275.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x NZXT Phantom 530 Full Tower Gaming Case - Black £104.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £94.94
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £86.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £71.99
2 x Avexir MPower Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CRR) £49.99 (£99.98)
Total : £1,316.22 (includes shipping : £17.85).

What nice 24" can you recommend?

kefan77 · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:10

well, tbh I'd get one of the Koreans, not 24". but something like this

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-098-IY&groupid=17&catid=510

aatu · 9 Oct 2013 at 00:39

1. 1080p on a 42" HDTV looks very good to me (from a 1m distance), while it will certainly look blokky to others.
2. Haven't tried this myself, but might be an interesting monitor: BenQ GW2760HS for £216
It was on my wishlist for a long time, but BenQ goofed around too long with the release, so I lost interest and bought the HDTV. But if my HDTV suddenly broke, the GW2760HS would be the next contestant. Or maybe the Philips 278G4DHSD, which has the Ambiglow feature and features passive 3D. Unfortunately it doesn't have a non-PWM backlight, like the BenQ has. Then again, I might just roll with another HDTV.

In any case, read this, it's a post of mine from another thread, which discusses the resolution vs. size -madness:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24963901&postcount=16
Another post from the same thread:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24968513&postcount=20
And another:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24973920&postcount=24

Actually, I'd recommend you read the whole thread, it's not that long.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18541767

edit:
Aagh, just noticed that the HS version is out of stock. You could try your luck with the no-frills GW2760 version, which apparently lacks HDMI and has a larger bezel, but also comes at a cheaper price of £164 (this week only -offer).