Budget monitor, Input needed
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 May 28 2021, 12:11 PM
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Coincidentally I am looking at the exact same setup..
Waiting for the M1x to be launched, and shopping for a monitor, in preparation for it. Seems like the go-to are the Dell monitors. Will likely go for the S2721HN. I'm looking at the NB arms also. |
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May 28 2021, 01:29 PM
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QUOTE(jichuen @ May 28 2021, 01:12 PM) unfortunately, not getting much response from the rest Sounds like a trade off. The only reason I am looking at a 27" is the screen estate. Mostly for work and docs.i did abit more research and some say 1080 is not enough for 27 inch. Im using one myself (didnt really find any problem with daily usage. However i did stumble upon one of the cheapest 1440 27 monitor, Armaggeddon Pixxel+ Elite EF27QHD mixed reviews, cheap for its specs but obviously quality is questionable. built was one of the issue for this monitor, flimsy stand and cheap power cable. On the fence for it, on one hand you can get a 1440p monitor for 1080p price range, on the other is it's built quality  In this aspect, 1440 vs 1080 doesnt really matter to me. I can make do with 1080 for leisure web surfing, as long as it's within budget. The only reason why I opt for a mac mini + external monitors is budget, of course. Else might as well go for the 24" iMac  On a side note, which option are you looking at, 4gb/8gb ram and 256/512ssd? |
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May 28 2021, 02:01 PM
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QUOTE(jichuen @ May 28 2021, 01:33 PM) not sure what do you mean by trade off. No experience with choosing monitors, so not exactly fair for me to comment.you should have a look at the Armaggeddon Pixxel+ Elite EF27QHD, would like to hear your thoughts! its around the price point of the 1080p that i listed above. for the mac mini, would probably go for a base model, 8gb 256 ssd. bit overkill for my mum. LOL the only down side is the memory swap issue, which is a turn off for putting extra wear on the ssd. you? Quick googling and saw this : https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/5093050 I think there's no good or bad, but for that price, I would rather choose a more tested, smaller screen sized monitor. This is what I meant by trade off, lower/budget price but with more screen estate, since I just want the space, and the resolution is good enough for me. On the mac mini, I was thinking to up the ram to 16gb, since it's soldered on, and maybe an external HDD later on. |
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May 28 2021, 02:58 PM
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QUOTE(jichuen @ May 28 2021, 02:10 PM) hahahah, fair. i guess we're pretty much on the same boat looking for budget monitors will large screen estate. Hopefully some sifu can come and comment on the budget monitors..true, 16gb ram should be fine lahh, if it wasnt for my mac pro, i would have gotten the 16gb too, and yes external hdd will be fine. I've even though of adding the mod for mac mini where there's an external hdd that comes with additional ports. Not sure if you've seen that i was even thinking to add a NAS for family use and as a remote storage. Not sure if it's abit overkill By the way, are you looking to buy from lazada/shopee? No experience with buying big electrical items from shopee before. On a totally unrelated topic on the mac : Do you mind pointing me the link for the mod? Sounds interesting. One problem with the mac mini is the # of IO ports. With just 2 usb, there's a strong chance will need to get an external hub for extra usb slots. No clean way around this I guess. +1 for the NAS, I did consider it at the start of mco1.0  , but haven't gotten to it yet cause I'm lazy. Addon vlc/kodi. |
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