Buying a monitor

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sooooo for me screen real estate is king. not overly concerned with refresh rate or latency. 5ms is fine. 60hz is fine. what i care about is how much productivity can i get out of it and how nice it looks. i play cs go but best i ever got was gold 1. not ever going to need 1ms but the really shitty tv's are out of the question unless they have decent response time.

budget is 300. i can go a little over but money is money. spending less would be great. that 28in 4k monitor Wendell reviewed would work but it's 350$ now and im worried 28 may be too small. i used to have multiple screens but one by one they died on me now i am down to one. i see a lot of 1080 p monitors i could afford that are huge but i dont know enough to know how good/bad the pixel density would be.

is 4k the only way to go with large screens? do i have to sacrifice quality for size to not break the bank?

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I think it's around $500 to start for 40" 4k displays

You could get 3 1080p IPS displays for around $100 each, but then you end up really limited on vertical space.

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I would suggest that you wait and get a little more money. Monitors are worth the extra considering how important they are. Anything less than 4k will likely have you itching to upgrade again in the near future.

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waiting isnt going to happen.. im on a al1702.

and the 3x1080p monitors might work if i turn them vertical but then bevel >_< and difficulty playing videos and games on multiple monitors would make me cri. mostly bevel thou.

and ofc the extra cost of monitor arms would put me over budget.

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Ya just need some screws, a drill, and a hand saw, and maybe some screws to mount the displays, but really for $300 you wouldn't do much better

Also I think there's a reasonable amount of support for 1080x1920*3

far as new stuff goes around $300

4K TN 28"
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/viewsonic-monitor-vx2880ml

4K IPS 24", though why anyone would use 4k at 24" is beyond me
https://pcpartpicker.com/part/acer-monitor-umqb0aa002
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1920x1200 for $159 here, dunno if it's IPS, also refurbished
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824276287

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Currently the A409U is on sale for $569 (from 625ish).

I think I'm going to pick it up. Even though it's not a huge discount, it's still nice to get it at a discount.

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@SgtAwesomesauce
sounds great i hope you like it, but i cant afford it.

@guru it says 30hz on partpicker and
"FREQUENCY HORIZONTAL
31~114kHz
FREQUENCY VERTICAL
24~85Hz"
on the website, any ideas? overclockable?

also for the 1080 solution, any recommendations?

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The Dell Ultrasharp 1600x1200 are usually super cheap on ebay/etc. Three of those bad boys in portrait gives you 3600x1600.

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i might just bite the eyefinity bullet and use http://www.microcenter.com/product/415430/I2267FW_22_Class_IPS_LED_Monitor

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You can't get a better deal for 300$.

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1440 p is nice but it would be one 27 in screen vs 3x 22 in with similar pixel density. even thou the 27 is slightly higher, i need the screen real estate.
the 1080p ones even have better contrast ratio.

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got 3x 12379vhe 23' led ips 1080p monitors by aoc. slightly newer then the 22' version which black>silver and bigger screens for a extra 10$ each

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Have you tried looking on eBay for used Dell / HP 30" 2560x1600 displays? I used them for years and loved them, perfect resolution and a big display to boot - these were also flagship displays so are excellent quality...

I now have an NEC PA322UHD and I can not use native UHD resolution on a 32" screen even sitting really close everything is just way too small for me. I run it on 2560x1440 just now rather than using Windows scaling which is dire.

So if you can't find a cheap used 30" I would recommend a IPS 27/28" 2560x1440 screen, still lots of real estate and easier to drive for gaming. 40" UHD screens are great but I need a top of the line panel for work.

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I got an HP 27" 1080 screen from Best Buy that was on sale for 129 on sale just before Christmas.
It took my breath away how gorgeous it looks.
In CSGO I'm lucky if I last 3 rounds against the stupid bots but I LOVE that game!

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What ever happened to the push for us all to be using 4k Korean monitors?

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bought and paid for guys. using the 3x1080 screens now. and i'd love a 40in 4k from korea but hey money =/.
also the day i got my new monitors i jumped to the highest rank i have ever been in csgo. pay to win confirmed.