The reason I think aesthetic is a bit important is that I ' ll likely be looking at the monitor every day for atleast a few years , but that ' s a subjective argument . Thanks a lot for your help ! Also one last thing , because I ' m looking to get a few different pieces of tech this season mic , monitor , possibly keyboard , there is the possibility that I might have to go for something on the extreme cheap end just for a second monitor multitasking is getting harder without it . I use a fairly powerful laptop , but if I get a nice monitor I ' d rather not use the laptop keyboard and get a nice mechanical keyboard , thus I ' d be spending a LOT more money . If you could name the best garbage tier monitor that comes to mind , it would help in making my decision . I ' d say around $ 100 $ 150 just for essentially a second screen . Again thanks a lot !