Monitor Recommendations

Fishes

Fishes

Member
Hello everyone,

I'm looking to spend around £500 on a monitor best suited for gaming and the spec below.

I am currently playing World of Warcraft and Diablo IV and was recommended this Samsung Odyssey G5 which to me, looks fantastic for my play style, which I guess is more immersion focused.

The PC Specifications
Case
CORSAIR 5000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI (DDR5, PCIe 5.0) - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket
NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB CORSAIR CORE XT MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD (up to 5000 MB/R, 4400 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
CORSAIR iCUE H115i ELITE CAPELLIX XT RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
ONBOARD 2.5Gbe LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Firefox™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 10 working days
Price: £2,443.00 including VAT and Delivery
Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am5-pc/kbmk3gHuen/

Thanks,

Fishes
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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Hiya

The Samsung is a good monitor BUT it's a VA panel which for ultrawide is not unusual at the budget.

But, there is the Gigabyte M34WQ which is a full IPS panel which means far better colours and better viewing angles, and has an awfully good IO panel. You're getting a lot more for your money

www.gigabyte.com

M34WQ Gaming Monitor Key Features | Monitor - GIGABYTE Global

Features Multi-Platform built-in KVM IPS panel with 1ms MPRT & 144Hz 8-bit color with HDR400 Black Equalizer & Aim Stabilizer Sync GameAssist & OSD Sidekic...
www.gigabyte.com www.gigabyte.com




 
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SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

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Fishes said:
Thank you!
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Forgot to add, it's got a built in KVM switch, so you can plug in one keyboard and mouse actually into the monitor switch, then have both your PC and your tablet or laptop plugged into the monitor too, and you can switch from laptop to PC on the fly while using the same keyboard and mouse. It's a very cool feature, KVM's are quite pricey for a decent one on their own.
 
Fishes

Fishes

Member
As this monitor has a DisplayPort, I can use the "2m DisplayPort Cable - DP (M) to (M)" offered by PCSpecialist for £7?
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
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See, always best to get advice. Tony's spending all your cash for you.

I actually saw the M34WQ when I was suggesting what to look at, but I wasn't sure if it was a good bit of kit. Now we know :)
 
SimonPeters116

SimonPeters116

Enthusiast
Scott said:
See, always best to get advice. Tony's spending all your cash for you.

I actually saw the M34WQ when I was suggesting what to look at, but I wasn't sure if it was a good bit of kit. Now we know :)
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I've got an M34WQ, on advise from Martinr and others.
It's a flat screen and I personally wouldn't recommend anything wider.
It isn't quite wide enough for 2 full windows side by side (on 3440), but very close to that. Either overlap them slightly or have them slightly narrower.
It's 144MHz, which seems a fast enough frame rate for me and the games I play.

IMHO it's a good bit of kit, but I don't have anything to compare it against.
 
Fishes

Fishes

Member
Hi everybody,

I just found this: HP X34

To me it looks the same as the Gigabyte M34WQ but £200 cheaper, is there something I'm missing?!

Thanks
 
S

Steveyg

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Reading up apparently bad backlight bleed. not much on the software side and some dated ports with aggressive anti glare coating

Very very solid for the price but the downsides are things the more premium monitors don't have, monitors are one of those really subjective things in my opinion where unless you're sat in front of it and using it, it can difficult to tell what the experience will be like for you personally
 
SpyderTracks

SpyderTracks

We love you Ukraine
Fishes said:
Hi everybody,

I just found this: HP X34

To me it looks the same as the Gigabyte M34WQ but £200 cheaper, is there something I'm missing?!

Thanks
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It's not true HDR at only 400 nits peak, 600 nits is entry level hdr.

It is insanely cheap though. HP often do large reductions on their site, they did the same with the Omen 27
 
Scott

Scott

Behold The Ford Mondeo
Moderator
SpyderTracks said:
It's not true HDR at only 400 nits peak, 600 nits is entry level hdr.

It is insanely cheap though. HP often do large reductions on their site, they did the same with the Omen 27
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Is the GB one 600? I thought it was only 400 too :)
 
Fishes

Fishes

Member
Update: Going with the HP X34 as I get a little extra off for being a student (y)

Thanks everyone for your input on this whole setup
 
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