[SOLVED] Gaming Monitor Advice (Going Crazy) - £600 Budget

agentile

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Hey guys,

Once again, I need your help. My new system ships soon and I need a new monitor for it. I've been browsing for the last week and as soon as come close to making a decision I see something better and the whole process starts again. It's maddening. With the G / Free sync changes it's made it harder.

Originally my budget was £300 - £400 but I decided that given the fact that I'll likely have this for some years to come and that my new system is pretty strong, I'd go for something of higher quality.

So with a budget of £600 and the requirements of 144hz - 1440p - 27'' I've found a few below that I like the look of. I'm sure I'm missing some.

ROG SWIFT PG278QR - For a TN panel it's had great reviews but seems very expensive.
AG271QG - My strongest contender so far.

Are there any monitors I'm missing? For the budget what's the best I can buy?

Thank you,

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CPU: R7 2700X
MB: Asus ROG STRIX X470-F
CPU Cooler: be quiet Dark Rock 4
GFX: EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB BLACK GAMING
Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Module DDR4 3000Mhz
PSU: Corsair Fully Modular RM650X
HD1: Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 PCIe 3D NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive
HD2: Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008 Desktop SATA III Hard Drive
Case: Fractal Meshify C
OS: Windows 10


 
Solution
1440p/~144Hz <600quid, your options are pretty much:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/scM323,cdcMnQ,tN4NnQ/

All 165Hz panels, with the AOC being an IPS panel.


Barty1884

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First off, what is your new system?

1440p/144Hz is a very solid option. 4K is still a stretch for most, and 1080p is a bit underwhelming for certain hardware.

But, for 1440p/144Hz, you're looking at an absolute minimum of a 1070 IMO.


While the Freesync/G-Sync compatible changes have muddied the waters some, you're still going to be better served opting for a true GSync monitor with a GSync module inside. Failing that, the 12 or so panels that were outright "approved" would be another place to look.