1440p monitor approx £250

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Recently just built my new desktop over the new year and decided it was time to replace my 1 of my monitors for a 1440p monitor but honestly have no clue about what to look out for when it comes to 1440p.

Info that might help:

  • Main uses are gaming/programming and using it as a TV when in bed.

  • Currently GPU is the MSI R9 390.

  • Approx £250 would be best but if there isn't any good monitors in this price range I can wait for more funds.

  • Not looking for anything bigger than 32" preferably.

Any help is great and massively appreciated!

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25" option

27" option

Personally, I'd go for the Dell, because of the greater colour accuracy.

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I know you mentioned 1440 but at that price point you could be getting 144MHz and Freesync on a 27 inch monitor if you could accept 1080?

This one is IPS and 1440 and very well priced.

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Some good suggestions already, Scan are now stocking a 27" Illyama freesync monitor within your budget;

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-iiyama-b2783qsu-b1-free-sync-tn-led-monitor-2560-x-1440-1ms-350cd-m2-hdmi-dvi-dp-usb-swivel-pivot

I've just picked up a 32" Samsung 1440p monitor and am really pleased with it. It replaced a 28" 4K AOC monitor which I had to RMA and it's much better. Unfortunatelty it was approx £380 so outside of your budget.

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Thank you everyone for all your input! My 2 favourite are the AOC Q25 and the iiyama but I will probably go for the iiyama for the 1ms response time and freesync.

Obviously I could be wrong with the best value monitor but if someone wants to suggest anything else or has any better opinions please do say as I am very open to suggestions!