I upgraded to this 27-inch 1440p 180Hz curved gaming monitor and I've never looked back — and it can now be yours for a record-low price

When I finished building a new budget gaming PC at the start of the year (luckily, I scored some RAM before the crisis fully kicked off), I decided on one final affordable upgrade to complete the build: a better monitor. I was surprised to find that many good-sized and well-specced options were available at reasonable prices, including the MSI MAG 275CQF that I want to shout out now.

There are certainly bigger and better gaming monitors out there, but given that my gaming time is split between my PS5 and PC, I didn't want to splash out on something super-expensive and super high-end when it would get fairly irregular use. That's what made this MSI MAG stand out.

It's a 27-inch curved display that offers 1440p resolution support, a refresh rate of up to 180Hz, a 0.5ms response time, HDR, and ...