Reddit mentions of Acer S240HLbid - LED-Monitor - 61cm/24

Look at some monitors on amazon and possibly yoyotech, £190 for a 23" LED is pretty steep, you could probably get a better 24" for around 130/140 off amazon. How about this one?
Also what everyone said on the PSU.
Also what about going for a z77 chipset mobo at pretty much the same price? (future proof/USB 3.0 integration)

They are Acer S240HLs.

I wish they had VESA mounts, but not a bad price.

Got an Acer S2340HL about a week ago for my build.

Was a real nice price and Im super happy with it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLbid-widescreen-monitor-Backlight/dp/B005QVZ79C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378464427&sr=8-1

It's cool, no worries :) Yeah I had a look around now, and I found some stuff that looks good.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005QVZ79C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Monitor


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002P0MIRG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Mouse


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0017915WA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Speakera


http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0037KLSS8/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE Keyboard

Do these look okay? Anything better around same price about?

Ignore the post above they aren't VGA slots they are DVI slots, You just need to buy a monitor with DVI ports on the back or HDMI which comes with nearly every modern monitor. I'm currently using these 2 as a dual monitor here

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor | £127.99 @ Aria PC
Motherboard | ASRock H81M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | £36.50 @ Ebuyer
Memory | Kingston Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory | £62.50 @ CCL Computers
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | £54.98 @ Aria PC
Video Card | MSI Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card | £239.99 @ Aria PC
Case | Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case | £62.00 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply | Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply | £46.27 @ Amazon UK
Optical Drive | Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer | £11.83 @ CCL Computers
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | £642.06
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-03 17:15 GMT+0000 |

I bought it for about £630, along with this, a Logitech M500 mouse and cheap Logitech keyboard. I recently got some Audio-Technica ATH M-35 headphones and a Blue Snowball iCE microphone. All together it probably cost about £902.

I recently upgraded one of my tiny little 20" square monitors to an Acer S240HLbid, so now I've got one of these, and an old Acer V243H. I got my new one off amazon for £120 instead of £250 from the official acer account, and I've got to say it's brilliant for that price. Reviews are all true to it, it's incredibly light, really nice to use.

You don't need 16GB of RAM, go for 8. The rest is fine.

This, this and this are good for monitors in that budget.

I use this, not a single complaint

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLBID-24-inch-Monitor-EcoDisplay/dp/B005QVZ79C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398018675&sr=8-1&keywords=acer+24+inch
US: No amazon link but its the Acer-S240HLBID

For the monitor I would recommend an Acer 21.5" or 24". They are really good for the price and will be a nice upgrade from your 17".

Would you guys reccomend this monitor?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005QVZ79C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

The ultrawide is a LG 29UM68, it's 2560x1080 which might put some people off due to pixel density, and the vertical monitor is an Acer S240, which I got a few years ago. The stand is some cheap thing I found on eBay, but it does the trick.

Why is that worth £80 more than [this](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLbid-widescreen-monitor-Backlight/dp/B005QVZ79C/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369140080&sr=8-2&keywords=22%22+1080p+IPS+monitor
)?

I know it is 1920x1200, but how much of an effect does that have? I guess it just means your screen is taller?

If only I could get a 2560x1600 then it might be worth it!

EDIT: Basically is it worth £80 for 120 extra pixels

Three Acer S240HLBID 24-inch Monitors. They are £119.99 each from amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLBID-24-inch-Monitor-EcoDisplay/dp/B005QVZ79C

BTW I can vouch for the Zalman CNPS10X Performa. I was using the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 until recently. I gave my old computer to a friend, so I put Freezer on my old computer and upgrade my main computer's cooler to the Zalman. Temperatures have dropped 5-10C both idle and under load. I did some research and found that it had cooling performance and noise similar to some other $80-100 coolers. Definitely happy with it.

Edit - Is the 21.5" really necessary? I just think it's a shame to have that good of a build and not using a 24" or bigger monitor. 24" is awesome to use. 27 is better but you want to save money... 24" shouldn't cost too much more than the 21.5".

Edit 2: Here's a good monitor. It's 50 quid (or whatever you call them, I don't know brit currency) more expensive than the one you linked. I think it's worth getting.

Monitor looks to be this. 24" Acer. (Note, does not have mounting holes.)

Microphone is a Yeti by Blue.

Headset is a Steelseries Sibera V2

Keyboard looks like a Microsoft Sidewinder x4

Guessing the mousepad is a SteelSeries QcK of some sort.

Nice setup man :)

This. Great value for money.

Ah, I am not planning on watching BluRay movies on it, I need it because I have to write to bluray discs. I would also like 24" monitors if possible, I already have 22" ones at the moment... This one here seems to get decent reviews: Acer S240HLbid 24 inch Full HD widescreen LCD . I dont have much experiance with SLI graphics cards, I have heard from people that there are a lot of driver issues?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-BX&groupid=2362&catid=2277&subcat=0 - Great cases

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/nvidiageforcegraphicscards/nvidiagtx670keplerseries/02g-p4-2670-kr.html - I know you don't want a great graphics card just yet because you need things for rendering, however I feel as if you may play games like Guild Wars 2 ;) and this will be great, and in the future you can just make it SLI. And by looking at performance reviews by LinusTechTips http://www.youtube.com/user/LinusTechTips/featured you can see how good this card is and how it's very 'future proof' :)

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/solidstate/128gbandabove/agt3-25sat3-240g.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/sata500gbto1tb/st500dm002.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/memory-pc/ddr3-pc3-12800/1600mhz/cmz16gx3m4a1600c9.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1155z77chipsetmotherboards/ga-z77-d3h.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/cmpsu-850txv2uk.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/processors/intel3rdgencorei3,i5andi71155socket/bx80637i53570k.html

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/opticaldrives/satadvdwriters/ad-7280s-0b.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLbid-widescreen-monitor-Backlight/dp/B005QVZ79C/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

shoot, sorry friend.. I just got home and apparently I got the model number totally wrong, was trying to visually identify it online.. stupid haha. This is the one I have, Acer S240HLBID and I still love it.. its also got really solid reviews and the price point is great at $119.. so maybe get 2 haha.

Yeah but wouldn't that make something like This or This better?

I recommend the Acer S240HLBID. You can buy it off of Amazon for £121.07. Its 24'' and has a 60hz refresh rate. Its resolution is at 1920x1080p. You can use DVI and also HDMI.

Yeah that all looks great. I'd maybe change your monitor to this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLbid-widescreen-monitor-Backlight/dp/B005QVZ79C/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1370423184&sr=1-1&keywords=1920x1080+monitor

Only because I can vouch for it and its a bit cheaper and slimmer.

It's not a blur, it's more a drop in frames. I think it's more what /u/ave42 is describing. My monitors are nothing out of this world (I just use 1 when gaming FYI), but they're not dirt cheap http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S240HLBID-24-inch-Monitor-EcoDisplay/dp/B005QVZ79C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396019193&sr=8-1&keywords=Acer+S240HLBID+24-inch+Monitor+16%3A9+FHD+LED+5+ms+100M%3A1+A+DVI+w%2FHDCP+HDMI+Acer+EcoDisplay