Are expensive HDMI cables worth it

[sid97]

I bought dell U2515H it has DP and mini DP cables with it but my motherboard does not have the ports so I decided to buy HDMI cable but there are so many things which I came across and here is the final question which I want to ask : does it matter which HDMI cable I buy ? are cheap (like amazon basic) equal to expensive one and which one do you think I should buy?

I want to run my monitor at 2560*1440 resolution and I would not use it for gaming but some photographs (not professional) with my gigabyte FA88XM motherboard and AMD A10 7800 processor.

[GeorgeKellow]

NO

[Arwanell]

expensive ones are either >10m long or 2.0 version

2.0 provides you 1440p@144Hz and 4K@60Hz

normal HDMI aka. 1.4 can provide 1080p@144Hz, 1440p@60Hz, 4k@30Hz

[littlelegsone]

i belive linus has made a video about this. 

any cheap cable will be good enough

[Digital_]

Expensive ones normally have gold plating which would make the cable last longer overall, but unless you keep switching it from devices..no. It really isn't.

[manikyath]

i pushed 1800p60hz trough a hdmi cable that was cheaper than today's lunch, it literally doesnt matter as long as you dont buy an absolute turd.

 

in fact, a lot of the more expensive cables are absolute turds, and you wouldnt be the first one that got tricked into buying a monster cable with metal connectors, that are actually just a sticker on top of plastic.

[79wjd]

5 minutes ago, Arwanell said:

expensive ones are either >10m long or 2.0 version

2.0 provides you 1440p@144Hz and 4K@60Hz

normal HDMI aka. 1.4 can provide 1080p@144Hz, 1440p@60Hz, 4k@30Hz

There are no HDMI 2.0 cables. Any high speed cable is capable of 4k@60hz (high speed has existed since long before HDMI 2.0).

[Naeaes]

Price won't make it any better.

Also, digital signal doesn't work like that. Either it passes perfectly or not at all but poor cable won't make the quality poorer and and a 'high-end' cable won't make it any better. 

With that said, sub-par cables are more prone to break or be shipped broken and are often cheaper. That's just to say that while expensive cables are pointless, cheap-o cables may not even work. I'd shoot for the lower mid-range price-wise. 

[manikyath]

Just now, Naeaes said:

Price won't make it any better.

Also, digital signal doesn't work like that. Either it passes perfectly or not at all but poor cable won't make the quality poorer and and a 'high-end' cable won't make it any better. 

With that said, sub-par cables are more prone to break or be shipped broken and are often cheaper. That's just to say that while expensive cables are pointless, cheap-o cables may not even work. I'd shoot for the lower mid-range price-wise. 

€70 1 meter cable = stone dead

€10 3 meter dollar store cable = still works, my dad just lost it...

[Digital_]

7 minutes ago, sid97 said:

does it matter which HDMI cable I buy ? are cheap (like amazon basic) equal to expensive one and which one do you think I should buy?

Amazon Basics are EASILY adequate in this situation btw.

[Unhelpful]

no