I'm seriously considering an MSI MAG monitor. Do I need to adjust my workflow? I do lots of desktop work on my computer and I really don't want to hide UI elements. I also do some gaming of course. I'd say it's 70% desktop work and 30% gaming (though it varies). Do any Lemmings have any experience in this matter? Thank you!

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[–] 15 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, 3k hours is nothing. I'm an edge case, but I am on my computer most waking hours, and gaming most of the time. I have something like 5.5k hours of game time in Forza Horizon 5, which just turned 4 years old; I have several other games I play heavily too, like 900 hours of American Truck Sim in the last 2 years.

I'm in the 'wait for prices to keep dropping' boat, and my current monitor is fine other than 'just' being a ips lcd instead of oled or whatever else. But at that time frame, I'd be buying new units like every 2 years. That's fucking insane. I expect like a decade of issue-free use from a monitor.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I know monitors aren't RAM or SSDs, but given what is happening with computer parts, I want to steer away from wear-components to the extent reasonable.

    I do still use SSDs because of the overwhelming advantage compared to HDDs, but I'm perfectly content with non-OLED monitors.

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