Out of these, what would you have?

InnocentCriminal · Jul 6, 2012, 08:32 AM

I'm poor; I don't have much money but I've recently got to a point where I can purchase one of these, however, I'm struggling to decide on which one. This is where the members of TPU kindly come in, so please cast your vote and if you like, elaborate on it.

My 9 year old Viewsonic is dying, slowly. The DVI port has already failed and I have some bleeding at the top of the screen but is still chugging along.

I would like an SSD, but in my current set up it'd be wasted may not even work correctly due to the crappy south-bridge. Still, the option is there.

Mathragh · Jul 6, 2012, 09:08 AM

Voted for the screen, however, is there any specific reason you want that screen, and not some other(perhaps lower priced one)?

Millennium · Jul 6, 2012, 09:09 AM

I don't get it. The speed jump from an SSD is amazeballs but people are voting screen? No!

Mathragh · Jul 6, 2012, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millennium

I don't get it. The speed jump from an SSD is amazeballs but people are voting screen? No!

Would you rather have a faster disk(which according to him wont really matter because of a sucky southbridge), or be certain you'd atleast have a screen when your current one dies(when the signs that its dying are there)?

Also, if your primary use is gaming, the screen is still more important then that 3 second less loading time.

InnocentCriminal · Jul 6, 2012, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mathragh

Voted for the screen, however, is there any specific reason you want that screen, and not some other(perhaps lower priced one)?

Yeah, my current screen is starting to show signs of its age.

NdMk2o1o · Jul 6, 2012, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millennium

I don't get it. The speed jump from an SSD is amazeballs but people are voting screen? No!

His screens dying, SSD can wait. Another one for a new screen, not sure on the model you posted what's your budget?

InnocentCriminal · Jul 6, 2012, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by NdMk2o1o

His screens dying, SSD can wait. Another one for a new screen, not sure on the model you posted what's your budget?

WAHEY! NdMk2o1o! My budget... sigh...

£100.

NdMk2o1o · Jul 6, 2012, 09:50 AM

Just short of 24" unless you go used, shame I had a sammy 23" 2048x1152 I sold for about £70 a few months ago. Can get similar or 24" ones on Ebay for less than a ton!

Millennium · Jul 6, 2012, 09:54 AM

I'll be selling my BenQ 2420HDBL next week or so. It's a lovely LED monitor, with DVI input (no cable though sorry). I don't have the box though so I would need to find a way to package it first. Would you be interested? 24"

InnocentCriminal · Jul 6, 2012, 09:56 AM

That's a generous offer Millennium but I was really hoping to get an HDMI monitor. If you don't get an immediate sale and if I do decide on what to buy I'll definitely let you know.

NdMk2o1o · Jul 6, 2012, 10:01 AM

If you can stretch to £120, 24" Acer LCD, Full HD, HDMI etc free del and these are new not used

entropy13 · Jul 6, 2012, 10:02 AM

Get a new monitor, and there are other brands that are cheaper than Samsung but are just as good regardless.

InnocentCriminal · Jul 6, 2012, 10:03 AM

I'll have to peruse eBay and read reviews of other monitors. I've always had good results with Samsung products.

NdMk2o1o · Jul 6, 2012, 10:16 AM

I find most 22-24" 1080p monitors these days to be all of a muchness, there's not much to choose from in features/quality from the most common brands, though I quite like Samsung too.

95Viper · Jul 6, 2012, 10:29 AM

I voted other and the other is... save it and save a little more.
If you have any stuff laying around sell it.

Then, get what you want, when you have funds for your desired piece of hardware.

I would go for a really good monitor. (Since, the one you are using is on it's last leg)
Wait on the SSD, as (IMO), SSD prices a dropping still, not as fast as they were; but, still dropping.

Easy Rhino · Jul 6, 2012, 10:32 AM

22" is too small. go with the SSD.

InnocentCriminal · Jul 6, 2012, 10:44 AM

Thanks for all the input folks.

I could save but my financial obligations and girlfriend won't allow it. I don't really have anything to sell, unless I gutted my current rig but I don't think anyone would want a Q9550 etc. Ideally I'd love to be able to save and replace my mainboard and CPU (I have my eye on ASUS' P8Z77-I Deluxe).

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22" Samsung S22B300HS	12	70.59%
128GB Crucial M4 SSD	4	23.53%
Other...	1	5.88%
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Jul 6, 2012, 08:32 AM	#1
InnocentCriminal Resident Grammar Amender Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 'ereyfurd, UK Posts: 5,471 (1.82/day) Thanks: 198 Thanked 855 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	Out of these, what would you have? I'm poor; I don't have much money but I've recently got to a point where I can purchase one of these, however, I'm struggling to decide on which one. This is where the members of TPU kindly come in, so please cast your vote and if you like, elaborate on it. My 9 year old Viewsonic is dying, slowly. The DVI port has already failed and I have some bleeding at the top of the screen but is still chugging along. I would like an SSD, but in my current set up it'd be wasted may not even work correctly due to the crappy south-bridge. Still, the option is there. __________________ *Post count isn't* an intelligence meter. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveler came as a large, moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him—that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you. Musek*: "InnocentCriminal - a Chuck Norris of the TPU - knows what you are about to type and he WILL type it faster than you."* Last edited by InnocentCriminal; Jul 6, 2012 at 08:38 AM.

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Jul 6, 2012, 09:09 AM	#3
Millennium Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 405 (0.14/day) Thanks: 289 Thanked 77 Times in 72 Posts System Specs	I don't get it. The speed jump from an SSD is amazeballs but people are voting screen? No! __________________ Heatware (new)

Jul 6, 2012, 09:08 AM	#2
Mathragh Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 646 (0.51/day) Thanks: 156 Thanked 198 Times in 147 Posts System Specs	Voted for the screen, however, is there any specific reason you want that screen, and not some other(perhaps lower priced one)?

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Jul 6, 2012, 09:54 AM	#9
Millennium Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 405 (0.14/day) Thanks: 289 Thanked 77 Times in 72 Posts System Specs	I'll be selling my BenQ 2420HDBL next week or so. It's a lovely LED monitor, with DVI input (no cable though sorry). I don't have the box though so I would need to find a way to package it first. Would you be interested? 24" __________________ Heatware (new)

Jul 6, 2012, 09:56 AM	#10
InnocentCriminal Resident Grammar Amender Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 'ereyfurd, UK Posts: 5,471 (1.82/day) Thanks: 198 Thanked 855 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	That's a generous offer Millennium but I was really hoping to get an HDMI monitor. If you don't get an immediate sale and if I do decide on what to buy I'll definitely let you know. __________________ *Post count isn't* an intelligence meter. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveler came as a large, moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him—that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you. Musek*: "InnocentCriminal - a Chuck Norris of the TPU - knows what you are about to type and he WILL type it faster than you."*

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Jul 6, 2012, 10:03 AM	#13
InnocentCriminal Resident Grammar Amender Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 'ereyfurd, UK Posts: 5,471 (1.82/day) Thanks: 198 Thanked 855 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	I'll have to peruse eBay and read reviews of other monitors. I've always had good results with Samsung products. __________________ *Post count isn't* an intelligence meter. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveler came as a large, moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him—that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you. Musek*: "InnocentCriminal - a Chuck Norris of the TPU - knows what you are about to type and he WILL type it faster than you."*

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NdMk2o1o Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Redditch, Worcestershire, England Posts: 2,640 (2.35/day) Thanks: 332 Thanked 857 Times in 604 Posts System Specs	I find most 22-24" 1080p monitors these days to be all of a muchness, there's not much to choose from in features/quality from the most common brands, though I quite like Samsung too. __________________ Bioshock Infinite, FC3, Crysis 3, Shogun 2, Dirt Showdown AMD bundle keys for sale: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=182837

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95Viper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: στο άλφα έως ωμέγα Posts: 3,838 (2.28/day) Thanks: 2,032 Thanked 1,416 Times in 1,115 Posts System Specs	I voted other and the other is... save it and save a little more. If you have any stuff laying around sell it. Then, get what you want, when you have funds for your desired piece of hardware. I would go for a really good monitor. (Since, the one you are using is on it's last leg) Wait on the SSD, as (IMO), SSD prices a dropping still, not as fast as they were; but, still dropping. __________________ Heatware: 95viper TECHPOWERUP GEAR!

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Jul 6, 2012, 10:32 AM	#16
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Jul 6, 2012, 10:44 AM	#17
InnocentCriminal Resident Grammar Amender Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: 'ereyfurd, UK Posts: 5,471 (1.82/day) Thanks: 198 Thanked 855 Times in 667 Posts System Specs	Thanks for all the input folks. I could save but my financial obligations and girlfriend won't allow it. I don't really have anything to sell, unless I gutted my current rig but I don't think anyone would want a Q9550 etc. Ideally I'd love to be able to save and replace my mainboard and CPU (I have my eye on ASUS' P8Z77-I Deluxe). __________________ *Post count isn't* an intelligence meter. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii the Traveler came as a large, moving Torb. Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants they chose a new form for him—that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Sloar that day, I can tell you. Musek*: "InnocentCriminal - a Chuck Norris of the TPU - knows what you are about to type and he WILL type it faster than you."* Last edited by InnocentCriminal; Jul 6, 2012 at 10:53 AM.

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