Pixio PX7 Prime 27 inch 165Hz 144Hz IPS 95% DCI-P3 HDR WQHD 2560 x 1440 Wide Screen Display 1440p Flat AMD Radeon FreeSync Certified Ultimate eSports Gaming Monitor

PROS:- Beautiful colors. As an IPS monitor this is kind of expected.- Good viewing angles, yet another trait of IPS.- My monitor has no dead pixels and no backlight bleed. Nothing else is off about it as far as I can tell.- Runs well at 144hz, very smooth gameplay. This monitor can do 165hz but reviews have said there is ghosting or lag or something when its set to 165? So whatever I didn't bother trying that because 144hz is enough for me.- External power brick. This means it can be replaced if it dies**, and its a heat source that's away from the monitor. Heat kills components over time so its good that its not inside the monitor.- Decent price for what you get.- Well build, dosent feel flimsy or cheap.- The stand is damn good! I don't use it, I have a monitor arm but I was impressed with the stand that came with it. Solid build quality.- No cheap tacky crap gamer aesthetic. I remember being 12 years old. Even 12 year old me would have cringed at some of the crap they put out these days. This monitor has what I would describe as an understated industrial design. I like it.** Actually replacing one of these power bricks in practice could be easy or difficult since monitors tend to use the "barrel connector" which isn't any kind of a standard as far as im aware. So finding one that fits could be troublesome but hey ho its likely not something you will ever have to deal with.CONS:- Nothing so far.OVERALL:So it's the holy trinity. IPS, 144hz, 1440p, Freesync with a good Freesync range. That was more than 3 things so clearly not a trinity but whatever. Surprisingly to me this was really difficult to come by. Theres Asus monitors like this but they're old and only Freesync to 90hz. I also tried Dells gaming monitor the S2719DGF and the colors were pretty awful because its a TN monitor. I thought it wouldn't bother me, I was wrong. I will steer clear of TN technology in future. This Pixio PX7 is definitely a keeper!

My first ever 144hz+ monitor. Everything is so smooth. No issues with QC. I do a lot of work in the mornings and have to have my brightness down real low with the Windows blue light filter on. The brightness on this thing can get *real* low, so it's perfect for me.Annoyingly, Google Docs doesn't seem to run at 165hz, so scrolling in docs is a bit janky, but everything else is fire.I've not had a chance to take it for a spin in a game yet but will do soon.I can't test freesync as my GPU is a 970. But at least now I've future-proofed myself.Another good thing about this one is it's 400£, the LG 27 and the gigabyte were all over £400, so it was kinda nice to pick this one up and save a few quid there. Though if the Viewsonic Elite comes out during Black Friday sales, it might be an idea to pick that one up. But I have a feeling all the monitors that will be on sale during that time will be the ones no one really wants. Like the older panels that came out years ago.I'm a huge fan of the minimal—non-gamer aesthetic, the bezel is nice and thin too. The stand is great, very easy to set up, and has a low desk footprint. Also has all your degrees of freedom.The biggest concern for me was the QC stuff. Mine is fine. I had a feeling that you tend to get selection bias with QC, or report bias, as you only see the people with issues on Reddit etc. But this looks fine. Backlight bleed, IPS glow, I've never really understood what they actually are, but when the screen is completely black it looks black. There's no spotting of white light. Whites are white too. I've heard of reports of white looking yellow—all looks good to me, but again, I'm not so sensitive to that stuff.I like that the firmware is stripped down—no crosshairs ect. I've not had a play with HDR yet, I tried enabling it but windows couldn't pick it up as an HDR monitor?Also, I've heard this monitor has better contrast than the LG. So if you're like me and aren't too concern about response times but care more about image quality, I'd pick this one.Hopefully, the monitor doesn't fall about with use! Glad to see Pixio are in the UK.Best of all, I got one before the Xmas holidays! I know a lot of the LGs aren't coming into people who preorder in August! So I was worried it would never come out of preorder status and I'd be without a good monitor for my holiday.Anyway, I think if you're thinking about pulling the trigger, you should go for it. I'm sure more UK reviews will start trickling in. So if people need help re input lag, freesync compatibility, there should be some people to answer those questions.Thanks for the new monitor!

Well. What can I say about this monitor that hasn’t been said already. I used to play at 1440p at only 60hz so to go from that refresh rate to 144hz is an absolute shocker, really improves everything! Yes I know it’s advertised at 165hz but it isn’t really defined for that refresh rate yet so I’d recommend you to keep it to 144hz.The stand for me is great! The movement of it and actually people say it wobbles but because they’re anti-skid tabs for the bottom of the default stand and I love it so it doesn’t slide everywhere on my desk!I have never seen such a beautiful picture on a monitor too, the colours pop and look accurate and thankful I chose the right monitor for the job I wanted.The price is perfect id say as you get all you want for the specs you get, yes the 165hz is a teaser but it’s still great for the price it is!I did start off with some panic as I couldn’t get the monitor over 75hz and started to panic but little did I know that changing your display port can actually help out a lot in what it does to your performance. I also didn’t know how to turn on the monitor in the first place haha, but you do have to push the cables in as far as they go! But other then that it’s a perfect monitor and I do not regret my purchase!Highly recommend