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Hi All, For a while now, I have been thinking about researching about different monitors and it all makes my head explode. Not to say that it's complicated but lack of monitors in shops to actually see the display quality and really experience the difference between VA and IPS. Not to mention that many budgets have not been reviewed. Hence, I want to ask you for a recommendation for a monitor. I'm looking for a monitor to use for work, personal projects and playing video games. For work I wanted to simply get a second 1440p display in addition to my 1080p just to have more space on the screen but than I realise I could buy 4k, get more space and have a larger monitor for playing my ps4 (I currently own 27inch 1080 VA 60Hz Samsung monitor). So I decided to find a budget 4k. On my list, I have BenQ EW3270U and Samsung j590. These seem to be the cheapest 4k screens but I am concerned about the picture quality. I am also considering Acer 5054629968970 Predator 31in LED as it is currently going for £600 on Amazon. I'd buy it if the quality is really much better but it's out of my budget so I'd rather not to What 4k 32inch monitor would you recommend for using with regular ps4 and programming? Ideally, IPS panel up to max £400.... but I doubt that's possible. Do you think the picture quality would significantly increase with more expensive IPS monitors? (In terms of actually visible difference)

It depends what you want to use the monitor for. First, there are different panels, TN, VA, IPS. I'd stay away from TV (bad viewing angles and colours) but some gamers will prefer these due to low input lag. VA is a good compromise between price and quality. You'll get better contrast on VA than IPS (so black actually looks black) but slower than TN (does 2-5ms really make a difference? To me that's obsession). For professional work (photo editing etc.) you'll want a good IPS panel. Colours seem to be more natural/accurate on these panels except black colour. Black will look like grey, which is disgusting. Many IPS panels also suffer from screen bleeding but this can be the case for all panels. IPS are also the slowest and most expensive. Personally, if IPS had real black colours and was reasonably priced I would choose IPS but because its blacks are pi**** me o**, I go with VA. But I have to say that bright level in Uncharted, on 4k IPS really, really was jaw-dropping comparing to my VA monitor.

Hi all! I am currently looking for a budget monitor, 32inches 4k to use for programming and playing ps4. I want 4k for the extra space. Can you advise about what is the difference between Samsung 32" UH850 and Samsung 32" UJ590? From what I can see, UJ590 is half an inch bigger and doesn't have an adjustable stand, looks slightly different and is newer (2017 comparing to 2016). I can't find any difference in terms of the picture quality. Both seems to have same resolution, QLED and all that. Would you recommend any of these TVs? Or maybe something different (that's not more expensive). https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors/led-uh850u/ https://www.samsung.com/uk/monitors/uhd-u32j590/ Thanks!

Thanks everyone for your quick replies and awesome suggestions Regarding the case, it was my mistake. Believe it or not but I thought that mATX actually means Mid tower ATX Thanks for the correction as otherwise I would of probably bought the wrong case I just read up on Ryzen and it really seems more suitable for what I need than Intel's i7. Another great suggestion Regarding storage then yes, 500GB will run out pretty quickly but I do have additional SSD at home already Suggested set ups are really good. So far I will definitely get Ryzen 7 1700 with 1080 Ti (I thought I won't be able to fit it in my budget. Bad research!) and probably Asus - STRIX B350-F (for the looks and sound effects and good set of I/O). I still need to research the other components from your suggestions but the most important are chosen already Once again, thank you to everyone for great and quick suggestions

Hi Linus Tech community! I am currently in the process of planning my first ever custom build and I would appreciate some advice So, following the checklist: 1. Budget & Location I like in UK and will be paying in British pounds for my build. My budged is MAX £2000 but I would prefer to not go above £1650 2. Aim This system is going to be primary used for software development (web dev, mobile applications), which doesn't require very powerful computer, however in free time I also want to be able to be able to play latest games on high/ultra settings while going above 60 frames (for future proving the more FPS, the better). I'm mostly interested in games such as Tomb Raider, The Witcher 3, Battlefield 1 etc. I own 1080p monitor at the moment so games will not need to run on higher resolutions but would be great to be able to upgrade monitor in the future without buying new GPU. Moreover, I need a PC that can handle multiple heavy applications running at the same time such as Unreal Engine 4, Blender, Visual Studio as I am also learning to develop games at the moment. I also do light video editing (1080p) so it would need to handle this. 3. Monitors I currently have 1 1080p monitor to which I may add extra 1080p monitor (not for gaming but for development work). I may upgrade to higher resolution at some point but not within the next near. 4. Peripherals I would like to buy mechanical keyboard and a gaming mouse, however it is not necessary as I will probably stick to controller for a while and I already have good keyboard & mouse for development. However, would be nice to add good keyboard & mouse if I could save up on the other components and still maintain good performance. 5. Why are you upgrading? I'm upgrading because my current laptop runs very slow applications such as Android Studio and I want to get in to games development and start a YouTube channel if I will have enough time. My current laptop could do ok with this if I switch to less demanding applications but I want better performance overall and would like to play games too (but not that much time for playing games anymore ). If I'm upgrading, then why not get in to PC gaming too. So this is roughly my outline. After doing some research I came up with a PC that would cost £2000+ (yeah, lovely GTX 1080 TI) but managed to cut the costs to £1476 (I still haven't included case price in this or keyboard & mouse). Possibly I would like to cut the price down a bit more to buy keyboard & mouse or secondary monitor but not if performance would get heavily decreased. My current set up that I'm thinking of building is in the attachment as a picture. When it comes to the case I really like Phanteks Enthoo Evolv mATX Tempered Glass Midi Tower. I'm still not sure about the cooler. I'd like something that keeps the temperature low and is quiet. Maybe there is something that performs as good but cheaper (or is more adequate for to my build). Regarding the CPU, I'm still not sure if it's worth going for i7 770k. i5 7600k seems to be good too and a bit cheaper. Also, is this power supply going to supply enough power to all of these components? What are your opinions about this current set up? How well do you think it would perform? What parts would you swap (and for what)? Any advice is welcome