Best Monitor for under £500

[Pineapple20]

Hi, looking for a good monitor that is 2560 x 1440 16:9, 27", at least 60Hz and has a good quality screen with fairly good viewing angles and an option to move the screen around (swivel, height adjust, etc.).

I only have a budget of £500.

My PC specs are:
I7 4790K
VII Hero
16GB DDR3 2133
GTX 970 4GB

Thanks in advance

 

[amd4lif3]

HOPE your colour scheme is red and black

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-098-BQ&groupid=17&catid=1120

 

[amd4lif3]

by the way for your budget you can easily get a 4k monitor

just see they are well within price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?catid=1120&groupid=17

 

[amd4lif3]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-204-SA&groupid=17&catid=1120

a 4k option i think is cool

 

[bambiboom]

Pineapple20,

I've been looking for a good 2560 X 1440 to replace a 1920 X 1080 / I've only seen this in the shop, but it looked very good, has good controls plus tilt, swivel, pivot, and height, and has generally been favorably reviewed. I should mention I judge monitors entirely on work-related qualities CAD, rendering, photo editing, and text) plus the ergonometrics- controls and stand. I really dislike silly-fussy controls requiring pressing five different buttons thirty times to change the contrast and exit the menus. Also stand wobble, I like it not.

Anyway, here are some I've been considering:

Asus PB278Q WQHD LED Professional IPS Monitor HDMI 1.4/DP/DVI 2560x1440 > £419.99

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-asus-pb278q-led-monitor-pls-hdmi-dp-dvi-2560x1440-300cd-m-80m1-5ms-speakers-black

Also, the Dell Ultrasharp is very good, although I find the anti-reflective coating to give these a kind of pebbly, whitish quality if there's light on them and every model seems different in this regard. I'm used to an HP without any anti reflective coating and for me the intensity and clarity is preferable.

Sorry, a bit over the budget:

Dell U2713H LED AH-IPS Monitor with Dp/mDP/HDMI/DVI Tilt Height Pivot 4Port USB 3 > £527.12

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2713h-led-ah-ips-led-monitor-displayport-hdmi-vga-2560x1440-2560x1440-350cd-m2-10001-6ms-us

A couple more choices:

Samsung SD850 S27D850T (27 inch) WQHD Professional Monitor 1000:1 350cd/m2 2560x1440 5ms DisplayPort/HDMI/DVI >£460.08

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SD850-S27D850T-Professional-Monitor/dp/B00M8XQ93E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1415481225&sr=8-2&keywords=SAMSUNG+S27A850D

ViewSonic VP2770-LED 27 inch Widescreen HD High Resolution Professional Monitor Price: £421.94

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ViewSonic-VP2770-LED-Widescreen-Resolution-Professional/dp/B00906HNZU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415481084&sr=8-1&keywords=ViewSonic+VP2770

I find monitors the most difficult decisions and I always see them in person to have a sense of the image quality, the controls, the stand adjustments and so on. Specifications don't communicate much and reviews are subjective and often conflict. I think though my choice is gravitating towards either the ASUS or Samsung.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

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[Pineapple20]

Hey guys/gals. I appreciate the answers given by you people but I don't see myself having a 4k monitor unless I had 2 cards. I want at least 40 FPS minimum for most games I play (BF4, CS:GO, etc.).

and I was wondering whether or not I could just get the monitor to display 1080p for extra FPS. Is that possible with all monitors or just some?

Thanks.

 

[bambiboom]

Hey guys/gals. I appreciate the answers given by you people but I don't see myself having a 4k monitor unless I had 2 cards. I want at least 40 FPS minimum for most games I play (BF4, CS:GO, etc.).

and I was wondering whether or not I could just get the monitor to display 1080p for extra FPS. Is that possible with all monitors or just some?

Thanks.

Pineapple20,

In my view, 4K is not yet practical for gaming- at least I keep reading that the current MST monitors use side by side tile display system from two Displayport 1.2 streams- and this means from two separate cards, to run at 60Hz but are still running at 30Hz with a single card and it will only run at 60Hz when set to 1920 X 1080. For now it seems a waste or at best a risk. I remember in the mid-90's when CRT monitors struggled to run at 60Hz and still had a disturbing flicker.

As far as I know, you can quickly set the monitor to display at any resolution in Control Panel > Display > Adjust Resolution and when moving fewer pixels, the FPS should be higher, so I suppose it could be 4K 30Hz for work and HD 60Hz for play.

I tend to keep monitors a long time, changing from a 2006 22" (NEC) CRT to my first flat panel (HP 2711x) in 2011 which I still use, along with 5 others from 19" to 24". If I change in the next month or two to a 2560 X 1440 it will be 2018 or after before it's 4K for me.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

 

[amd4lif3]

Hey guys/gals. I appreciate the answers given by you people but I don't see myself having a 4k monitor unless I had 2 cards. I want at least 40 FPS minimum for most games I play (BF4, CS:GO, etc.).

and I was wondering whether or not I could just get the monitor to display 1080p for extra FPS. Is that possible with all monitors or just some?

Thanks.

You do know you can choose your resolution so get a 4k monitor then right click screen resolution , set it to 1080p in games but when watching movies you can set it to 4k if you want . and later you could get another gpu and game in 4k . im only suggesting 4k because i have a 4k tv and it is amazing im just like wowowoww so even if you switch to 4k just for the movies its worth it . I know there is not alot of 4k content but 1080p looks amazing on it way more crisp than a standard 1080p display, which means in game the pic will be more crisp even if you run it at 1080p , also you could try run games at 4k just to see if it might perform decent i mean thats a meaty graphics card right there

 

[Pineapple20]

Hey guys/gals. I appreciate the answers given by you people but I don't see myself having a 4k monitor unless I had 2 cards. I want at least 40 FPS minimum for most games I play (BF4, CS:GO, etc.).

and I was wondering whether or not I could just get the monitor to display 1080p for extra FPS. Is that possible with all monitors or just some?

Thanks.

You do know you can choose your resolution so get a 4k monitor then right click screen resolution , set it to 1080p in games but when watching movies you can set it to 4k if you want . and later you could get another gpu and game in 4k . im only suggesting 4k because i have a 4k tv and it is amazing im just like wowowoww so even if you switch to 4k just for the movies its worth it . I know there is not alot of 4k content but 1080p looks amazing on it way more crisp than a standard 1080p display, which means in game the pic will be more crisp even if you run it at 1080p , also you could try run games at 4k just to see if it might perform decent i mean thats a meaty graphics card right there

I found this monitor http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-071-AS&groupid=17&catid=1895
I'm not sure if ASUS monitors are good or bad but this one is 4k, 60Hz and 1ms (sounds good to me lol).
Is 28" too big for a desk monitor?

 

[amd4lif3]

VERY GOOD MONITOR LINUS HAS REVIEWED :O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEMvkNSmXSY

 

[Pineapple20]

Thanks for le support.