Not needing top of the line,

[William Thomas 1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260339&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=EXPRESS020616&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS020616-_-EMC-020616-Index-_-LCDLEDMonitors-_-24260339-S2A1D

Thoughts?

Low level gamer (CIV 5 level) (XCOM 2)

Bill

 

[geofelt]

Looks ok to me.
You will like the better image of a ips panel for civ V.

 

[martinch]

I'd have a look at the U214H - it's another $30, but that gets you a factory-calibrated display, so it shouldn't have any visible colour casts, etc.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260174&cm_re=u2414h-_-24-260-174-_-Product

 

[William Thomas 1]

it is also 23.8 instead of 27 inches.... should I sacrafice the size to up the quality considering I am not playing high level games?

Bill

 

[geofelt]

For what it is worth, I suggest busting your budget to buy the best monitor you can afford.
You will be looking at it for a long time.

27" at 1080P is a very nice size.
You might also consider that 27" is the typical size for 1440P monitors.
You can also look at the less common 30" 1560 x 1600 monitors.

 

[martinch]

it is also 23.8 instead of 27 inches.... should I sacrafice the size to up the quality considering I am not playing high level games?

Short answer ... yes. The Ultrasharp is guaranteed to have no bright pixels, and is colour calibrated for accurate colour (I find this makes them a bit more comfortable to use). Both have the same number of pixels (the 27" can't display any more information - everything is just bigger), so text, etc is slightly sharper on the smaller screen (the pixels on a 1920x1080 27" monitor are a bit large, giving a bit of a "coarse" appearance, for my tastes).