Monitor Recommendation

[Vodad]

I ordered all the parts for my new PC.

 

Now I am stuck on trying to find a good monitor, that is not real expensive.

 

I am looking at this one

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824475044  - MSI Optix MAG272QR 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 1 ms 165 Hz HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C AMD FreeSync Gaming Monitor

 

Will this be a decent monitor, or can you recommend something around the same price or lower, that will be just as good or better.  Price is about $350

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

[Constantin]

6 minutes ago, Vodad said:

I ordered all the parts for my new PC.

 

Now I am stuck on trying to find a good monitor, that is not real expensive.

 

I am looking at this one

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824475044  - MSI Optix MAG272QR 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 1 ms 165 Hz HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C AMD FreeSync Gaming Monitor

 

Will this be a decent monitor, or can you recommend something around the same price or lower, that will be just as good or better.  Price is about $350

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

I would prefer a monitor with IPS and HDR 10, i think it's a must in 2020

[Vodad]

That is funny, I was just looking at this one.

 

LG 27UK650-W

Then I noticed you have that in your signature.

 

How is it working for you?

And do you think the powercolor red devil 5700xt will run it pretty good. 

I had planned to stick with 1440P for gaming

 

 

[SolarNova]

15 minutes ago, Vodad said:

I ordered all the parts for my new PC.

 

Now I am stuck on trying to find a good monitor, that is not real expensive.

 

I am looking at this one

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16824475044  - MSI Optix MAG272QR 27" WQHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 1 ms 165 Hz HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C AMD FreeSync Gaming Monitor

 

Will this be a decent monitor, or can you recommend something around the same price or lower, that will be just as good or better.  Price is about $350

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

Avoid that display like the plague.

if im not mistaken its effectively the same display as :

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/msi/optix-mag271cqr

Which has catastrophic black uniformity (alot of lightbleed)

 

i would highly suggest u take a look at the following.

https://www.rtings.com/user/ratings/mQInJLi7qiX8GQ

[boggy77]

Acer VG271U Pbmiipx

 

[SolarNova]

2 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

Acer VG271U Pbmiipx

 

One could take the gamble with that display but it to has absolutely terrible black uniformity

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/acer/vg271up

[boggy77]

2 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

One could take the gamble with that display but it to has absolutely terrible black uniformity

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/acer/vg271up

i guess for his budget he can't do much better. 

[Hidden Orange]

16 hours ago, Vodad said:

Price is about $350

Can you raise your budget to $380 plus tax and shipping? The LG 27GL83A and Pixio PX7 Prime are around that price. The LG is not in stock from what I checked and it's only sold on Amazon while the Pixio may or may not ship to your location for whatever weird reason. There's also a Lenovo that uses the same panel as the LG 27GL850. On mobile, will check later.

 

Edit: The Lenovo Legion Y27q-20.

[Vodad]

43 minutes ago, Hidden Orange said:

Can you raise your budget to $380 plus tax and shipping? The LG 27GL83A and Pixio PX7 Prime are around that price. The LG is not in stock from what I checked and it's only sold on Amazon while the Pixio may or may not ship to your location for whatever weird reason. There's also a Lenovo that uses the same panel as the LG 27GL850. On mobile, will check later.

I can go to 400 plus tax.

 

Kinda looking at this, just can't decide

 

AOC AGON AG322QC4

 

 

[Hidden Orange]

17 hours ago, SolarNova said:

Avoid that display like the plague.

if im not mistaken its effectively the same display as :

https://www.rtings.com/monitor/reviews/msi/optix-mag271cqr

Which has catastrophic black uniformity (alot of lightbleed)

The MSI MAG272QR the OP mentioned is a flat VA monitor. I figure that with the MAG271CQR and its successor or a refresh, the MAG272CQR, would have a different panel if they are curved monitors to the MAG272QR's flat. That said, the MAG272s could perform similarly with all the quirks and flaws of the MAG271CQR.

 

9 hours ago, Vodad said:

I can go to 400 plus tax.

 

Kinda looking at this, just can't decide

 

AOC AGON AG322QC4

In that case, if you are looking for a 2560x1440, 144 Hz, 27" IPS monitor, then the LG 27GL83A and Pixio PX7 Prime I mentioned would be good. They can be bought at a lower price if you are willing to go for used/open box. In particular, Amazon Warehouse. The LG 27GL850 is more expensive and the Lenovo Legion Y27q-20 are more expensive at +$400. The Lenovo can be had for a lower price through student, military, and other discounts on Lenovo's site I think. These two monitors use a nano IPS panel by LG, but they -- I think both -- are wide gamut monitors and for some people, things may appear to be over-saturated to them.

 

Thing is we do not know what kind of monitor you are looking for or what exactly your system is. The monitors you brought up, MSI MAG272QR and the AOC AGON AG322QC4 are VA monitors and the LG 27UK650-W is an IPS. VA monitors generally have better contrast than IPS and TN monitors, but suffer from poorer dark transitions times. That is to say, smearing or ghosting in dark scenes where ironically, VA monitors' advantage is generally better blacks than IPS and TN. There is also the issue of VA glow and most recent VA monitors are curved which some people may not like. IPS monitors generally have more accurate colors than TN and some VA monitors, but their response time, for all transitions and not dark transitions being noticeably worse like VA, until recently has been slightly worse than TN monitors and they suffer from IPS glow, an inherent trait due to how IPS panels are made. TN monitors have the best response time, but generally poorer contrast and color than IPS and VA. Although, a good TN monitor that is calibrated can have good colors. Regardless, TN's response time is the reason why professional competitive player opt for TN because performance trumps picture quality.

 

A 2560x1440, 144 Hz, 27" TN monitor that could work for you is the Dell S2719DGF: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N2L5CXO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1. I remember reading the older models have issues with color banding or burn-in. Not sure about this recent one or if Dell will do another revision.

 

Another thing is the MSI and AOC are both 2560x1440, 144 Hz monitors while the LG 27UK650-W is a 3840x2160, 60 Hz monitor. We do not know what your use case is. That is to say, are you primarily gaming, coding, doing graphics work, etc.? This is a very generalized statement, but you can drive any resolution with any kind of hardware really. To be specific, though, gaming at 4K is going to be more demanding than 1440p or 1080p. You can have at least 60 FPS on any of the resolutions depending on what GPU you have, what game, and what settings. With regards to settings, ultra settings is said to be not as optimized and not that noticeable, but are much more demanding than high. For other stuff, well, it is up to you what resolution and size you want for you use cases. For example, 3840x2160 at 27" for some might be difficult to see text without scaling and sometimes scaling is not implemented well.

[Vodad]

3 hours ago, Hidden Orange said:

 

Thing is we do not know what kind of monitor you are looking for or what exactly your system is.

My system is:

 

| CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x | Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E | RAM: Trident Z Neo 32GB(2x16) 3600 | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil RX 5700 XT | Storage: Sabrent 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 M.2 | Storage: 2TB Seagate 7200RPM  | Case: NZXT H510 | PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 G5 80+ Gold|

 

 

As for monitor.  I really have no clue.  I will be doing some gaming, that is the reason for the 1440P with 144 refresh.  I am a CAD professional,  for work I use (2) 24" 1080p monitors.  I already have a LG 24" monitor and want to add a second one, but I want to be able to game on the new monitor.  

 

It took me a couple months to finally put together the list of parts I did for the new PC, now it seems the monitor is killing me on picking something that is going to be nice, but not go over the last budget item I have.  I might have went a little over budget on the PC parts, by about 40%. 

[Vodad]

8 hours ago, Hidden Orange said:

 

 

In that case, if you are looking for a 2560x1440, 144 Hz, 27" IPS monitor, then the LG 27GL83A and Pixio PX7 Prime I mentioned would be good.

I went with the Pixio,  I read a ton of reviews and watched some videos on it.  It seems like it  will do what I want it to do.

 

Thanks