A good monitor will last for years, but that means you'll have to spend a fortune on getting the largest OLED display you can get When you choose the right budget game monitor, which will give almost every PC gamer enough screen.

One of the best inexpensive game monitors I buy myself is the ASRock Phantom Gaming PG1, which costs justー120 at Newegg 27FF1A. It has a 1080-inch IPS panel with a resolution of 165p and a maximum refresh rate of 27Hz. FreeSync Premium variable refresh rate is also supported to ensure smooth and tear-free gaming.

Below the edge of the panel are 2 HDMI2.0 ports, 1 DisplayPort1.2, and a 3.5mm headset socket. These are not the latest version, but 1080p165Hz is enough.

To keep prices low, ASRock has cut out some features, but the most noticeable is the lack of stand height adjustment. You're offering a fair amount of tilt and swivel, but if you need to raise it, you have to stack it on the box.

At 27 inches, the screen is on a slightly larger side for a 1080p game, and the low pixel density becomes very obvious if you're sitting near the screen. Oh, and despite the claims that it supports HDR10, you can forget about using HDR. Technically it is, but it is not very good, because it is a minimum thing — leave it in standard mode (SDR) and enjoy the natural color and brightness.

For less thanセ120 cents, however, you can forgive ASRock for those minor quibbles. You are getting a really great game monitor for the money.

Mainstream graphics cards are more than capable of hitting 1080p or higher at a decent frame rate, so if you're looking for a higher resolution monitor and don't want to spend a lot of money, you can buy theAsus180 Asus TUF Gaming VG27AQA1A (that's a lot of money) at Newegg. 1 is to get (As is). It has a 27-inch screen, like the ASRock model, but this one uses a VA display. That is, the viewing angle is not very good, and the color reproduction is a bit lower in the specification, but what you get in return is fast response, bright colors and excellent contrast ratio. IPS fans may turn their noses up with VA panels, but they handle black colors and contrast much better.

The refresh rate is slightly overclocked to 170Hz, but it supports a slower rate if it doesn't appear to be running at that speed. The monitor also has FreeSync Premium support and offers HDR10 support as well as ASRock (but I don't want to use it yet).

That stand is very basic — no height or tilt adjustments, only turning — but it's about it for the negatives. As with the ASRock monitor, it has 2 HDMI2.0, 1 DP v1.2, and a headset socket.

The extra 6 60 you spend to buy this on the Phantom game screen will get 78% more pixels, so the pixel density is much better. It is perfect if you like to sit near the monitor during the game.

Both displays, once you ask me, it's nice to have a choice that you can't really go wrong.