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Help with monitor choice

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March 17, 2014 6:52:41 AM

I have a budget of $300 or lower. I mainly will use it for games like League of Legends, Hearthstone, DayZ, and various others that come out.

I also do a fair amount of reddit/forum reading/small video watching on my computer as well.

My impressions are that TN screens have terrible color (based on what IPS people say). So I am thinking of going a IPS.

I would love to have the ability to adjust the height on it. Thanks.

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a c 79 C Monitor
March 17, 2014 7:14:35 AM

How do you feel about the "grey-market" Korean monitors on eBay? They're IPS and you can get 2560x1440 resolution for about $300. I don't think they have height adjustment, though, and you'll want to make sure your video card is compatible.

If those aren't acceptable, I'd suggest the Dell U2414H:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/dell-monitor-u2414h
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March 17, 2014 7:18:55 AM

Funny that you say that. I was deciding between that model and the ASUS PA248Q this past weekend, but wanted some advice from the land of tomshardware.

MauveCloud said:
How do you feel about the "grey-market" Korean monitors on eBay? They're IPS and you can get 2560x1440 resolution for about $300. I don't think they have height adjustment, though, and you'll want to make sure your video card is compatible.

If those aren't acceptable, I'd suggest the Dell U2414H:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/dell-monitor-u2414h


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a c 79 C Monitor
March 17, 2014 7:49:43 AM

I hadn't considered the Asus PA248Q because it's a little over your stated budget from what I could find, but it does have higher resolution (1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080).
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March 17, 2014 7:51:15 AM

The difference in price is about $100, is that extra resolution work that much money...hmm.

MauveCloud said:
I hadn't considered the Asus PA248Q because it's a little over your stated budget from what I could find, but it does have higher resolution (1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080).


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March 17, 2014 8:38:09 AM

It won't open that link on my end..but if that is the case then it seems like the Dell UltraSharp U2412M, for 229 is a heck of a deal. Only thing it is missing is an hdmi, which isn't bad.


MauveCloud said:
The U2414H is a different monitor from the P2414H, but here's a side by side comparison of the 4 monitors under consideration so far, and nothing jumps out at me to explain the higher prices of the U2414H and PA248Q:
http://www.prad.de/en/guide/ergebnis_vergleich.html?pra...


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a c 79 C Monitor
March 17, 2014 8:43:43 AM

Yeah, the U2412M should be a good choice. I saw some reviews at Newegg saying the DisplayPort on it failed for them, but if you use the DVI input instead (with an HDMI to DVI adapter if you need one), you shouldn't have to worry about that.

I don't know why the link doesn't work for you, though.
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