advice on monitors

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looking to buy 2 monitors for my new computer build, would like to spend under £300 on them both, not sure if that is enough to get 2 good monitors, if anyone knows a good place to get good cheap ones please let me know , thanks


jamestoo

[chazus]

scan.co.uk has a few Viewsonic monitors under 150 each in the 23-24" range.

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thanks, would u recommend any of them?

[chazus]

I'm a fan of Viewsonics. I know they're not quite as good as some of the more expensive Dell's, but I've always been happy with them. Either of those ought to be just fine.

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LG IPS237L £157 (main) + LG EA53VQ £133 (secondary)

Both IPS, the first one is better quality so use that for main/gaming. You can hook up the main with HDMI and the second with DVI-D, just note you need to buy HDMI/DVI-D separately if you don't have any already. Or use one with VGA (DVI adapter).

Alternatively this one from Asus as secondary but it's not IPS:

Asus VE247H £142 (includes DVI cable)

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this may be a dumb question, but can i only hook both up with hdmi if i have 2 grapihics cards? or can i get a cable that splits 1-2 connectors?

[Sorphius]

Either works, but you shouldn't need a splitter for just two monitors. Depending on which outputs your video card you may need to use an HDMI for one and a DVI for the other, but most GPUs these days have at least three or four outputs on them.