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Time to buy my monitor

The time has come. I'm ready to order my monitor and I've got it down to these four choices. Out of these four, which would you say is best. Or if you have a better suggestion for the same price point then feel free to let me know. Use case: I do mostly work on my PC which is programing. I'd say about 55% of use goes to that. 35% goes to story based gaming, with an occasional round of star wars battlefront 2. The last 10% is some content creation.

u/Dry-Iron3993 — 19 hours ago
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Set my expectations properly.

So here's the run down version.

Budget: 500 or less USD.

PC Specs: capable of 4k.

Size limit: 32 at max.

Ultrawide: no.

OLED: Not for my use case.

What should I expect to get in the 4k monitor market with these specs.

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u/Dry-Iron3993 — 2 days ago
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PC Specs:

Cpu: ryzen 9700x

GPU: 9070xt

RAM: 32GB 6000MHZ cl36.

Use case:

I'm a programmer for about 60% of my use on my PC, the rest is me gaming, content creation, and maybe watching a few videos. The games I enjoy are story driven games, the rare shooter, racing games, and of course Minecraft but I don't think that last one really factors.

The game plan:

I'm very well aware that OLEDs are king of gaming but the opinions on OLEDs for productivity seem to be a bit divided so I'm wanting to stick with a safe option for now and get a 1440p OLED a little further down the line to dedicate to gaming. But for now a 4k ips monitor should server well until that point.

What I'm upgrading from:

Currently I'm using a 1080p 24 inch Scepter monitor I bought used for my Steam deck. This monitor will probably become the second monitor until I get another upgrade further down the line.

Budget:

My prefered budget is >= $500. I'm willing to stretch it a little if the quality difference is substantial enough to justify it (in my mind).

Preference notes:

I would prefer a flat panel, I've never been a huge fan of curved monitors, but I think I could get used to it if the value is good enough. Also my desk space makes it so if I want a second monitor, the main one can only be 27" maximum. I think I might be able to fit a 32 inch in here if I reorient things a bit, but I like my current work flow so 27 inch is preferred.

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u/Dry-Iron3993 — 7 days ago