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27" Monitor advice ~100€ (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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Hey everyone I hope you have a good time.
I'm looking to replace my old monitor. I already spent some time researching and kind of narrowed it down to 2:

AOC 17G42E and MSI MAG 272F.

I know 1080p on a 27" is not optimal but i got used to it and my GPU won't deliver high FPS on more resolution.
I'm looking an VRR screen (screen tearing and v-sync damaged me) with probably IPS for better colors (and because of size) for around 100€ (Germany).

So i just wanted to know if you may have some advice or other recommendations.

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[–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

If you're near a college town, could be worth checking online marketplaces. Students tend to buy expensive gaming monitors and then sell them when they graduate. You can get good monitors for very cheap.

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    • [–] 4 points 3 days ago

    I don't have any experience with AOC monitors, and I'm not sure if this will help much, but I recently upgraded to a new MSI monitor and I'm extremely impressed with the build quality and the overall experience with the monitor.

    I was between a Samsung Odyssey G9 or an MSI 491CQPX. After hearing many of the horror stories about the Samsung quality issues, I decided to go with the MSI which has the exact same panel. Man, am I glad that I did. This monitor is amazing. While this is a high-end monitor from MSI, it's led me to believe that MSI probably has good build quality across the board.

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