A great gaming setup is useless without a decent monitor.
In hunting for said decent monitor, looking at what you can get for the least money seems like a great place to start.
Comparing the prices of the cheapest monitors in various sizes and resolutions also gives an idea of where the pricing sweet spot is for screens.
Monitors are obviously not the only display option available to gamers, as TVs make fantastic screens too.
For the sake of a readable comparison, though, we decided to look just at monitors today.
The table below was constructed by finding the cheapest monitors in certain size classes listed at popular South African online retailers.
| 1920 x 1080 | Model | Raru | Wootware | Rebeltech | Takealot |
| AOC 21.5″ | E2270SWN | R1,575 | R1,588 | R1,437 | – |
| AOC 23″ | E2370SD | R2,092 | R2,110 | R2,036 | R1,940 |
| LG 23″ | LGMP55HQ | R2,432 | R2,099 | R2,493 | R2,197 |
| Philips 24″ | 246V5LSB | R2,192 | – | – | R2,032 |
| Dell E-Series 24″ | E2414H | R2,351 | R2,370 | – | – |
| Philips 27″ | 273V5LHAB/00 | R3,491 | – | – | – |
| Samsung 27″ PLS | S27D390H | R4,370 | R4,366 | R4,216 | – |
| Asus VN289Q 28″ | VN289Q | R6,648 | R6,434 | R6,413 | – |
| 1920 x 1200 | Model | Raru | Wootware | Rebeltech | Takealot |
| Dell Ultrasharp 24″ | U2412M | R3,700 | – | – | R3,366 |
| 2560 x 1080 | Model | Raru | Wootware | Rebeltech | Takealot |
| LG 25″ | LG-25UM65-P | R3,189 | R3,186 | – | – |
| Philips 29″ | 298P4QJEB/00 | R5,296 | R5,242 | – | – |
| AOC 29″ | Q2963PM | R6,155 | R7,299 | R6,229 | R5,702 |
| Dell 29″ Ultra Wide | U2913WM | R7,277 | R6,699 | – | R7,002 |
| 2560 x 1440 | Model | Raru | Wootware | Rebeltech | Takealot |
| Dell Ultrasharp 27″ | U2713H | R8,618 | R8,451 | – | – |
| 3840 x 2160 | Model | Raru | Wootware | Rebeltech | Takealot |
| Dell 28″ 4K | P2815Q | – | R8,299 | – | – |
| Samsung 28″ 4K | LU28D590DS | R10,339 | R10,137 | – | – |
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Thanks for the info. However, I’m not too keen on 4K right now, 1080p is fine for me 🙂 But that definitely is an awesome screen.