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hey guys Eber here with hardware connects and we're always on the lookout for some cool things that come across our inbox and if they're inexpensive bonus points dorsum because we'd like to cover as much as possible here on the channel now we received a press release from Philips a while back guarding their inexpensive e lineup of monitors and we thought to ourselves would it be possible to build a triple monitor setup that's relatively inexpensive but doesn't actually sacrifice on picture quality yet it also gives you an amazing gaming experience well we decided to take the plunge and as you can see I have three boxes behind me and this is my first time building a triple monitor setup so I'm super excited about that and yeah let's just you know fingers crossed let's hope everything works well so let's find out if this is even possible and if it's even worth it right after this the legendary hyper 212 CPU cooler from Coolermaster now comes in this breathtaking matte black finish the included Silencio 120 millimeter fan delivers great airflow and reduced noise plus you can pick up an RGB version of this cooler as well learn more about the hyper 212 black edition and it's RGB sibling down below alright so the main highlight of the video it's a Phillips 27 69q dsb monitor and we got this idea because of what philips actually claims these panels can accomplish so let's get the good stuff out of the way this is a true IPS display rather than being you know IPS equivalent stuff that we've been seeing with other panels so that actually checks off a big number of must-have points for a triple monitor setup because new angles should be or is an important factor for the setup also did I mention that the price per monitor is around $165 that is impressive my friends you can also pick them up in 24 inches for on $130 or the 21 and a half inch model that goes around $100 they'll keep in mind that the 21 and half inch model seems to sell out a lot another cool feature about this monitor is that it's basic impassible in the 100 my 100 millimeter configuration so you could end up picking up an inexpensive compatible euro monitor arm Amazon or something like that and have you know complete flexibility links to all of these will be down in the description cable ordering options are pretty limited on this panel so you kind of have to find your own way to do that within your desk set up the rest of the specs include a refresh rate of 75 Hertz with support for free sync it also has a 5 millisecond grader response time so that's adequate enough for casual gaming but this also brings us to the bad stuff where the lower price comes into effect the free sync range is around 48 276 Hertz and it's only 1080p across 27 inches so the pixel density is going to be a lot lower and that's something to keep note of some other cost-cutting factors include the design and the build quality so the back panel is completely crafted out of this cheap piano gloss plastic construction that attracts fingerprints like no one's business the monitor stand is built pretty well I mean it's a metal base with a plastic shroud on top of it so it's pretty solid the ports that are conveniently placed at the back instead of being at the bottom and a spur port so you get dueling DVI HDMI and VGA as well as audio out and power in and that means the free sync signal can only be delivered over HDMI since there's no display port now in terms of picture quality I was actually amazed at how well a monitor that cost less than $200 can produce amazing colors so first and foremost the viewing angles are amazing for what it is you're really getting an awesome experience when watching content or just gaming in particular the contrast ratios are just perfect the only thing I did notice is that it the monitors doesn't get too bright in terms of backlit bleed I was not able to notice anything with my naked eye and as you can see with the triple monitor setup I set the ISO all the way up to ten thousand and that's when I started picking up a few things you know started picking up a code bleed around the edges I should also mention 1080p at 27 inches was certainly an interesting experience for me personally because I come from a 4k monitor at 32 inches so pixel density is certainly a lot lower and if you're coming from a 4k panel then this is definitely a downgrade for you personally but I think if you're thinking of expanding your laptop set something with an external monitor then this would be a fantastic solution or add-on to your setup that doesn't really cost that much all right so with that out of the way I think it's time to build this setup I actually did unbox one monitor just to test it out and stuff but now it's time to build the triple monitor setup so let's get to it alright guys so I've run into a little bit of an issue here with setting up these three monitors so one of the things to consider with the Philips Uihlein is that they don't feature height adjusts or even swivels so you kinda have to you're kind of stuck with either tilt and that's pretty much it now the problem is that none of these monitors are consistent in terms of height so for example you can see that there's a little bit of a clearance not clearance but this monitor on the left side is quite higher as opposed to the one in the middle and when you look at the point now if we hit the right on the right hand side it's even shorter so yeah this is this is gonna be quite challenging but let's let's set up the rest guys as you can see the triple monitor setup is complete and it's sitting right behind me so tempting for me to actually go right now and play dirt 3 but I just I just have to finish this video so let me walk you through some of the issues that I did run into first and foremost I do want to talk about cable management because triple monitor setup is all great and all but managing cables is definitely something to consider you might be able to see notice that little cable in the background well that's because the power supply isn't built into the monitors so it act it's actually an external unit which is another thing to cable man and she I actually ended up taping some of the panels or some of the cables behind the monitor I really don't want to show it on camera because it's too embarrassing I mean it looks okay right now but cable management is definitely something to consider now another thing that I should definitely mention is the port situation because this monitor or I guess these monitors come with a single HDMI port that's supports free sync and that's the only way to get this whole thing working unfortunately most modern graphics cards only come with a single HDMI port so the only other option we had left was to use passive DisplayPort to HDMI adapter that I had lying around the studio the issue is that when use adapters like that if you refresh rate caps at 60 Hertz it still sports free sync but you could pick up an active adapter that will allow for 75 Hertz operation and we'll leave links to some of them but anyways I ended up setting all these three panels to sixty Hertz which also caps the freesync range as well so playing sixty Hertz at triple monitors is I mean I know it is i soaring for some of you guys who are used to 144 Hertz but honestly I loved it and not to mention the minimum bezels on these panels really is perfect for each one monitor setup because it's less distracting when you're gaming on it and when you're doing productivity things like dragging a window from one panel to the other it's just so seamless and that bezels or those bezels when were distracting to me at all except for the fact that the height difference between one panel to the other was definitely different and the lack of height adjust and tilt adjust is certainly something to keep note of and that's where I would recommend picking up a third party triple monitor arm from Amazon I think I found this one for $110 which seems to have amazing reviews so if you're planning on setting up a triple monitor setup you should definitely consider picking up a stand so that it's all unified and you can you know get things like high to just swivel tilt and all that kind of stuff alright so with that out of the way how was it actually gaming on a triple monitor setup honestly guys it was breathtaking but before I get to the pole experience and whatnot I just want to quickly talk about the setup process so Indies drivers actually include something called Eyefinity and it's been around for quite some time so I just head over to that tab and I hit quick setup and essentially what it did it had stitched all three monitors together to create this one you know wide screen resolution so I get 57 60 by 1080 and so that means all your windows would span across all three screens if you go full screen mode so if I open up Chrome and if I maximize a window it just spans across all three windows which could be a good thing or a bad thing now just to go over the specs of the PC powers entire set up I Verizon 520 600 X with 16 of RAM and an AMD GPU which I'll talk about in another video the good thing is that I not experienced any driver crashes whatsoever for once which is kind of awesome especially since this is an all aimed II themed set up so I'm really grateful for that there's also one thing that I highly need to emphasize and that is game support because all right for some reason does not support ripple monitors and there are also a few other titles as well so if you're planning on building a triple monitor setup certainly look at the games you play and if they support ripple monitors because that is highly important if you're actually going for this in the first place but I ended up trying a few titles like Battlefield one I also tried dirt showdown and of course fortnight and rocket League obviously because all these games support multiple screens and boy oh boy the experience was fabulous I'm gonna kick things off with battlefield one because the whole field of view when you're playing an FPS title it just immerses you in the game and you can sort of spot your enemies in a better way and that's kind of amazing when you're just cruising through a certain situations especially playing team deathmatch and whatnot it's kind of cool to just you know blow up stuff and just it just immerses you into the whole experience now when you're playing racing titles like dirt showdown it's even awesome because it just immerses you into the experience so in conclusion this triple monitor setup project turned out to be a success I think the obvious down or the drawback was would obviously be the fact that we were only able to set these three smanos at sixty Hertz and not 75 Hertz and the fact that you're getting you know all of these triple monitors were on $500 is kind of awesome actually coming to think of it I just realized that you kind of have to spend even more to get the DisplayPort to active the active DisplayPort to HDMI adapter and all the cables and whatnot which would cost you at least you know 50 to 100 dollars extra cuz I'm telling you these monitors don't come with an HDMI cable that is something that I had to highly emphasized because it's kind of the cost-cutting factor of spending a hundred and seventy dollars on a panel like this it only comes with a VGA cable which is kind of stupid but not to mention you're getting true IPS technology and that's awesome especially for a monitor that cost $170 viewing angles they're all great you really won't have a terrible time setting at least three of these in slo-mo because it just is it is an awesome experience guys you just have to take my word for it by the way links to the monitors cables everything in the set up will be down in the description it does help out the channel very much but yeah that's about it guys let me know what you guys think about this triple monitor setup you know would you consider building yourself something like this and also considering that this thing costs now that it costs around $600 of the cables and adapters included you know would you consider recommending this to a friend of yours and if you're currently rocking a triple monitor setup let me know the comments down below what your experience is like and what your setup is exactly I'd love to go over that in the comments I mean where the Hydra connects thank you so much for watching make sure to check out some relevant content over here subscribe to our boot sequence Channel I'm signing off I'll now see you guys in the next one