ViewSonic VX2458-MHD 24 Inch 1080p 1ms 144Hz Gaming Monitor with FreeSync Premium Flicker-Free and Blue Light Filter HDMI and DP

So far so good, setting up was easy. Tweaked my settings to my preference and absolutely love the quality of this monitor. As for the built-in speakers, don't mind them although would recommend to get better quality individual speakers if you intend to blast music. As for gaming I use my personal headset. As for refresh rate, I can notice a big difference jumping from a 60hz monitor. Lastly, I'll come back to further review the life span since most on here have gotten defective ones. Sadly it seems not to be G-syncible but its probably my GPU.. In case it helps anyone. I do have a Geforce Nvida 1060 6GB. Unless AMD are only allowed the "specific" settings then nevermind but with a display port can get instant 144hz. (I'm new to gaming monitors so excuse if I offend anyone or sounds very ridiculous..)

For 24” non-curved monitor version - Amazing, clear, good price. 144hz option easy to switch on in windows (comes preset at 60), by going Display > Advanced Display Settings > Display Adapter Properties > Monitor > drop down menu for Screen Refresh Rate. Runs amazing at very high FPS if you choose (looked great at 180, but I capped my in-game settings to 100 for gfx card sake). Comes with decent built in speaker so I didn’t have to order external speakers.

This monitor has been a perfect example of quality for the money. Trough all the monitor I have been using and testing this monitor was perfect for its price, the color after been configured they actually were not that bad at all. For budget PC setups I do recommend this monitor, even for my clients I recommend this monitor to them.This is a quick summary of this product, a update with more specific data will be released by me later.-Christian (Atzuki)

For starters, I'm new to DisplayPort monitors. This is my first time using a DP monitor, and from what I've read there are better options out there. When you turn the monitor off, the computer knows it, so it will rearrange all your desktop icons and windows. Some make/models have an option in the OSD to disable reporting that information to the PC, but this one doesn't. There is a similar option, but it doesn't do anything.I ended up buying a $10 HDMI dummy display dongle and plugged it into a free HDMI port on my video card, then cloned my DP monitor to that one (in Windows display settings). Now I can turn off the monitor and the PC still thinks there's a display turned on (the dummy HDMI display) so it doesn't move the icons/window layout.Also, this monitor used to be fine at night when my computer was idle. Now the screen wakes up randomly every so often, and it wakes up my other 2 monitors too and it lights up my whole room. The light has woken me up a few times it's so bright. I tried putting my computer to sleep, but it'll even wake up the computer from sleep mode. WTF??? I'm so tired of dealing with it I started putting my computer in Hibernate at night, then turning off the switch on my power supply just to be sure NOTHING turns the pc back on. I never had this issue before I bought this monitor. I didn't have the issue for the first few weeks actually, then all of a sudden it just started one day. I suppose it could have been a Windows update, but I searched the web and didn't find anyone else complaining about this issue, so I'm guessing it's not a windows update bug.When I turn off this DP monitor at night, everything is fine and the other two monitors NEVER wake up, and everything is nice & dark all night long. If I leave this one on and wait for it to go to sleep, it's just a matter of time before it randomly wakes itself up, and the other monitors along with it. Somehow this monitor is waking up the computer, as if I had moved my mouse or pressed a button on the keyboard. Friggin insane.That aside, as long as you turn off the monitor, it's pretty darn good. The colors are great, viewing angle is good, and it's got 144hz, which is a good starter monitor for gaming. I've got it hooked to a GTX1060 6GB, with G-Sync enabled (in FreeSync compatible mode) and it works great.Starting just about 2 or 3 weeks ago, sometimes the monitor will blink off for 2 seconds then back on. It doesn't do it very often, maybe 2 or 3 times a week. I haven't had it do it while gaming, but it doesn't while I'm working sometimes. I can only imagine if I was playing a game, and in a heated moment the monitor just blips off for 2 seconds and I die. I'd be so pissed.Honestly, if I could do it over again, I'm not sure I'd buy this monitor, I'd keep looking. For the most part, it's pretty good. As long as the screen doesn't blip while I'm gaming I'll keep it at 4 stars.