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Bust · Mar 26, 2013

Im wanting to upgrade from my old 21" Acer LCD monitor to a 24" gaming monitor. I been looking at the Benq RL2450HT, but read of lot of other posts about ASUS VS239H-P. Im open to suggestions for other brands but would like to stay within 23-24". Trying to keep my budget under 300.

I mainly play COD games, Company of Heroes, but mostly all FPS games.

Current system:
i7 2700k @4.2ghz
Gigabyte Windforce GTX670
8gb Ram 2133

Thanks!

babernet_1 · Mar 26, 2013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001540

I'd get something like this. The 1920 X 1200 resolution is really nice. More vertical area for web surfing and editing documents. Plus more vertical area for gaming. Well worth it.

DarkSable · Mar 26, 2013

If you're going to spend that much, you really should bump it up a little bit and grab a 120Hz monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014270

I have that, and it makes you feel like you're cheating when you play multiplayer games. (In a good way.)

Brett928S2 · Mar 26, 2013

Hi

Have a look at the IIYAMA 120Hz 24 INCH Monitors...

All the best Brett

Bust · Mar 26, 2013

I really do want the XL2420T, but for almost 400, i would rather get another 670 and go SLI... Does it really make that much of a difference? Granted im running an old Acer 1600X900...

DarkSable · Mar 26, 2013

Brett928S2 :

It makes a HUGE difference. I went from a 900p monitor to an Asus 1080p monitor to that BenQ, and each upgrade was HUGE.

Also, I'm running a single 670, and that's enough to max most games at 1080p and 120 frames a second - using two of them for a single monitor is just a waste of money.

Brett928S2 · Mar 26, 2013

DarkSable :

Brett928S2 :

It makes a HUGE difference. I went from a 900p monitor to an Asus 1080p monitor to that BenQ, and each upgrade was HUGE.

Also, I'm running a single 670, and that's enough to max most games at 1080p and 120 frames a second - using two of them for a single monitor is just a waste of money.

Hi

You got the quote wrong lol...that wasn't me...

All the best Brett

DarkSable · Mar 26, 2013

Brett928S2 :

Sorry 'bout that.

The way the new website stacks quotes makes it really annoying to try to just quote one level.

Brett928S2 · Mar 26, 2013

DarkSable :

Hi

I agree

All the best Brett

Bust · Mar 26, 2013

Ok, what would be a close 2nd best besides the XL2420T? I did notice there are not a wide selection of 120hz monitors out there either...

DarkSable · Mar 26, 2013

Bust :

There is no close second - aside from the $600, 27" korean monitors, benQ is far ahead of the pack.

Bust · Mar 26, 2013

DarkSable :

So you are saying, this or nothing... I guess time to save a few bux up then

DarkSable · Mar 26, 2013

Bust :

Or buy a normal 60Hz monitor, yeah.

Brett928S2 · Mar 26, 2013

DarkSable :

Hi

IIYAMA do a range as well, but very expensive...lol

All the best Brett

DarkSable · Mar 26, 2013

Brett928S2 :

Very true - they make bloody wonderful monitors... but they're up there with the Korean "pixel perfect" displays. (EDIT: ...a 24" iiyama is more $200 more expensive than a 27", 1600p, 120Hz ips panel form Korea.)

Bust · Mar 27, 2013

Amazon has a Benq XL2420T Refurb for 317.00... Comes with a warranty, take a chance or just buy new? Dont think i ever bought anything refurb, figure it would be a 50/50 chance, save a few bucks and get lucky or get hosed...

DarkSable · Mar 27, 2013

Bust :

Since it comes with a warranty, then jump on it - it means that you lose, at worst, the cost of shipping. That's a HUGE deal for that good quality of a monitor, and, although this varies wildly, I usually consider refurb to be a good option when budget is an issue, as long as the part can't destroy anything else if it turns out to be extremely bad. (So no refurb PSUs, motherboards, or CPUs - pretty much anything else is fair game, except for hard drives, which fail often enough as it is.)

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