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BobFish
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Hey everyone! Been watching LTT videos for quite a while but have only just joined on here.

 

I currently want to upgrade my monitor setup. I currently have 3 1080p 21-inch monitors, the two side ones are different to the middle one which is about 8 years now and is a little dodgy and has pretty poor colours.

 

I'm either thinking to replace the middle one with an ultrawide (sell both it and one of the side ones and then maybe keep the remaining one for like discord and stuff) OR to replace the middle one with a 1440p monitor and to replace the two sides ones with 1080p monitors which are the same model other then the resolution (so they fit together) But I'm not sure if there are any models like that. My plan would be to play games 1440p on the centre monitor or if I wanted to do surround then I could just drop the res on the middle one and do that. I'd like to do this so I could get monitors with super thin bezels.

 

As an ultrawide I found this one which is pretty cheap so that could be an option: https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/lg-29-219-full-hd-ultrawide-ips-led-monitor-29um58-lg/

 

Going for a 1440p ultrawide is way out of my budget unfortunately :(

 

My current setup is a i7 4770k with a GTX 780 Ti which I plan to upgrade to the 1180 (or whatever nvidia calls it) which will hopefully launch next year. I mostly use my PC for coding and playing casual games (RPG / Strategy mostly) so would like nice colours and resolution over 144hz and 1ms response times.

 

Thanks :)

 

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1440p 144hz + 2 more monitors you can surround? Sounds to me like you'll be up at an ultrawide pricepoint anyway. 

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1 minute ago, pelark said:

1440p 144hz + 2 more monitors you can surround? Sounds to me like you'll be up at an ultrawide pricepoint anyway. 

1440p 60hz + 2 1080p 60Hz. I did a little bit of research and it was still less than 1440p ultrawide. I do want to have at least 2 monitors tho because even with an ultrawide I like being able to see lots of things open and when gaming.

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My 1440p Dell (model name unremembered) is great and has the requirements you need (dunno if it comes in a 1080p flavor).  However it is rather expensive at around 650$.

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Just now, BobFish said:

1440p 60hz + 2 1080p 60Hz. I did a little bit of research and it was still less than 1440p ultrawide. I do want to have at least 2 monitors tho because even with an ultrawide I like being able to see lots of things open and when gaming.

Agree with you in the multimonitor part. I don't know of many panels that are able to run surround if you tune down the res on the main one, though. 

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CPU: i7 4790 Ram: HyperX Savage 24GB DDR3 GPU: Asus Strix GTX 960 MOBO: Asus B85 Pro Gamer SSDs: HyperX Fury 120gb, Corsair Force LX 128gb HDDs: Seagate SSHD 1tb + 1tb seagate HDD CPU Cooler: BeQuiet! Pure Rock PSU: Corsair RM650x Case: Fractal Design Define C window Case fans: 2x Corsair AF140 Quiet Ed. 140mm intake, 1x Corsair AF120 Quiet Ed. 120mm exhaust

Peripherals

Monitors: 2x Asus VN247H Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum Headset: Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum Mousepad: Steelseries QcK, Corsair MM300 XXL Cables: Corsair Premium Pro Red Sleeved Lighting: Corsair Node Pro

Laptops

HP Probook G4 440

CPU: Core i3 7100u Ram: 8gb DDR4 SSD: 256gb Sandisk X4 Pro Screen: 13.3" TN 

Asus E403SA

CPU: Pentium N3700 Quad Core Ram: 4gb DDR3 SSD: 128gb eMMC Screen: 14" 1080p TN

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Samsung Galaxy S8

 

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1 minute ago, SaintPosum said:

My 1440p Dell (model name unremembered) is great and has the requirements you need (dunno if it comes in a 1080p flavor).  However it is rather expensive at around 650$.

Oh and its 27"

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1 minute ago, pelark said:

Agree with you in the multimonitor part. I don't know of many panels that are able to run surround if you tune down the res on the main one, though. 

 

Oh, is that not a thing? I assumed I'd be able to run them in 5760x1080? Although I didn't actually look into it...

1 minute ago, SaintPosum said:

Oh and its 27"

Might be a bit too expensive for me but if you could find the model number that would be great!

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Just now, BobFish said:

 

Oh, is that not a thing? I assumed I'd be able to run them in 5760x1080? Although I didn't actually look into it...

Might be a bit too expensive for me but if you could find the model number that would be great!

yeah hang tight a sec.

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Just now, SaintPosum said:

yeah hang tight a sec.

 

Awesome, thanks!

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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260333&cm_re=dell_1440p_1_ms_monitor-_-24-260-333-_-Product

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Just now, SaintPosum said:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260333&cm_re=dell_1440p_1_ms_monitor-_-24-260-333-_-Product

they do run sales from time to time and you could pair it with some other slower response monitors on the periphery

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3 minutes ago, SaintPosum said:

they do run sales from time to time and you could pair it with some other slower response monitors on the periphery

 

Thanks! Unfortunately, they don't ship to Australia :( Maybe I should have mentioned that's where I am which makes things more annoying.

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Thanks! Unfortunately, they don't ship to Australia :( Maybe I should have mentioned that's where I am which makes things more annoying.

oooooh thats rough,  no suppliers at all there?

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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236716

maybe a better choice if you can make it ship

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1 minute ago, SaintPosum said:

oooooh thats rough,  no suppliers at all there?

There's a couple of good places which sell pc stuff but it all still tends to be more expensive then the us

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There's a couple of good places which sell pc stuff but it all still tends to be more expensive then the us

Thats rough for sure.  Best of luck on your hunt though

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  • GPU
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1 minute ago, SaintPosum said:

Thats rough for sure.  Best of luck on your hunt though

Thanks! Luckily its kinda fun to research.

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Thanks! Luckily its kinda fun to research.

very true haha

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  • RAM
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  • GPU
    ASUS ROG Geforce 980
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