Video production PC build: $1,500 - $2,200 budget

I wonder if this monitor would actually work for him... there's a $167 discount on it right now.

frozencrane10 said:He’s asking if this monitor would be a good fit since there's a $167 discount on it right now.

It's fine if you just want to play games in 4K, but honestly, don't touch it if you're doing any photo editing...

Even if we decide to follow Saguar's advice and stick to a really tight budget, does it even make sense to grab this monitor? An RX 580 usually can't handle pushing 4K at 60 Hz during gameplay, and when it comes to color accuracy and contrast, it's just a complete miss...

The only logical move would be to pick up a separate IPS FHD monitor for reliable color grading for maybe $533 plus this Samsung for working with and previewing UHD resolution from Premiere, and then we'd just have to keep bumping up the budget, which means upgrading the graphics card too.

frozencrane10 said:He’s asking if this monitor would work for him... since there's a $167 sale on it.

In my opinion, you can't get any worse than this for professional work...

An 28" screen is way too small for 4K (the UI would be tiny), plus you're dealing with a TN panel which has terrible colors and awful viewing angles. For gaming, it's a nightmare because you're looking at four times the resolution of standard HD—you'd need a monster GPU to drive it.

It’s honestly such a headache trying to wrap your head around all these technical trade-offs... sure, you could technically scale up the UI elements, but then Premiere wouldn't feel right because scaling everything up would make the video itself look huge and blurry, which is just a mess... though, I suppose if I were working on a massive 40" 4K screen, I might actually have some breathing room there...

In that case, my plan would be to set up a smaller ultrawide Samsung as my primary workstation monitor for color accuracy, while using the Samsung for a pixel-perfect 4K preview; after all, with the current discounts, it ends up costing about the same as that other monitor I mentioned earlier...

So, we’re talking those specific components plus these two monitors?