What spec monitor to choose?

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I am sorry for such a noob question but I've honestly never really considered monitor specs before. I have a q20w5 benq

I don't really game much at the moment but can see me moving away from console and I like pretty visuals on the odd occasion I can sit and immerse in flight sim / fallout /AC

Anyhoo, so I was looking for 27" 1440p 144MHz with built in speakers, but I'm wondering if this is overkill for my new build?
I5 11600k with 3060ti.

Would I be better off going for 1080p to save some money, or will I miss out on 1440p goodness? I am aware that 1440p will challenge my system so the 144MHz would not be attainable on high/ultra settings.
Budget is an issue - I can probably manage £200-£300 if I'm really going to see a difference and the monitor will last me years, but if I won't see the gain I need to keep cost down.

I've just got myself all in a confuddle now about the best route to take! Help me straighten this out!
 
1080p monitors should be sent to nuclear waste storage along with advertisers.
Wouldn't accept that medieval resolution even for web browsing.
(moved to 1200 vertical resolution 20 years ago!)

Especially if you've found that much money for graphics card, which won't last that many years, 2560x1440 should be default.
Anyway there are models for such comparatively low budget for lot longer usage life part.
Though not sure about if any good ones have integrated speakers.
But those integrated cacophony makers are usually about nuclear waste good anyway.

LG would have overall some of the best models.
LG 27" 27GN800-B 2560x1440 IPS 144Hz 1ms FreeSync/G-Sync LED Widescreen Gaming Monitor= £279.95
Though contrast of that 2560x1440 Nano-IPS panel is outdated and it hence it needs clear room illumination for black to look like black.


BenQ EX2780Q, which can be found for that price would have good contrast for IPS.
Though response times are clearly worser.

AU Optronics panel in MSI G273QF would have both high for IPS contrast and top level response times, but price of those has been on the rise.
 
A monitor will last you longer than your current build, plus it's the thing you spend 99% of the time looking at, so worth future proofing a bit (maybe you can't drive 1440p/144Hz) right now, but in 2-3 years when you upgrade your GPU...?

Also I wouldn't make a decision based on whether the monitor has speakers or not - as @EsaT says, built in speakers are likely to be ****. Get a decent monitor, and if you want speakers, get some decent speakers. Even some cheap & cheerful low-end desktop ones are likely to be better than any built-in monitor ones.
 
Pickers said:
The issue with speakers is actually lack of power sockets now I could look for usb ones I guess.
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USB doesn't provide enough power for speakers.

And you should really have some multi socket extension cord with on/off switch for PC and its peripherals.
That's good way to make sure everything is powered down and model with EMI filtering and some surge protection isn't costly.
 
EsaT said:
USB doesn't provide enough power for speakers.

And you should really have some multi socket extension cord with on/off switch for PC and its peripherals.
That's good way to make sure everything is powered down and model with EMI filtering and some surge protection isn't costly.
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Power is all good - learnt my lesson 20 years ago during a storm which fried my board, modem and HDD... but my surge protected gang plug is full with office stuff, server, router hub etc... I'm upgrading from an all-in-one so what was once 1 requirement is now 2-3

Anyhoo, that's a bit off topic! Appreciate the advice!
 
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