thanks for the suggestion. Those seem to be great monitors, although asus monitors seem to be rare in Singapore. I'll check it out further once my exams is over. Hopefully i can get my hands on one of the Asus ones. They seem to be really good.
Acer S231HL for the best bang for the buck. Got it for 177. IT stuff in singapore is always going to be more expensive than US. Got it together with an Asus GTX560 DCII TOP 1gb
Acer make sure you keep the warranty.