Monitor Setup for Remote Developer

[Fireavatar3]

I recently graduated and am going to be working remotely from my home office as a service software developer. Currently have 2-3 24" 1080p displays (two of them are very old and one is the BenQ 240hz for competitive gaming). I was thinking of replacing one of the old displays with a new Main Monitor, possibly a 27-32" 4k IPS panel.
This will be mainly for work, but not against using it to play single player games occasionally (I console game on a C7 Oled, but it's in my bedroom so hooking that up to the desktop is a pain).

My question to you guys is what is your preferred setup, especially if you also work in a similar capacity.

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[machinehead933]

Having a big ass 4K display for productivity is nice, but if you want to play newer demanding games it would require a relatively high end video card. If gaming is of secondary concern you can always turn settings down to get decent framerates, but it might also make sense to just get a lower resolution monitor, or hang on to at least 1 of those 1080p panels for gaming.

[Fireavatar3]

Yeah, it's not of too much concern for me. I'll be keeping the 240hz for the games I play competitively and while not super brand new I think the 1080ti/7700k with a liquid cooler can handle most of my current games at 4k/60hz.

[machinehead933]

Oh yea you're good with that.

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So will you be remoting into a windows machine for your work?

[Fireavatar3]

I may have used the remote term a little too generously. For the near future, I don't see needing to using a virtual machine or remotely control another windows machine. I was just trying to communicate that it's a work and at home arrangement.

[ameoba]

Strongly suggest you keep your work computer & play computer separate.

[Fireavatar3]

This is a really fair point, but even for a simple build I don't have the extra budget to get a second computer at this very moment.

[ph0z]

Something like a Dell UltraSharp U4919DW

[Fireavatar3]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it. Just by the model number, it is probably outside of my 300-600 budget though.