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24.5" ASRock CL25FF 1080p 100Hz 1ms FreeSync IPS Gaming Monitor

$71 after $20 Rebate

$110

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Newegg has 24.5" ASRock CL25FF Full HD 100Hz 1ms FreeSync IPS Gaming Monitor on sale for $89.99 - $25 Mail-In Rebate = $64.99. Shipping is $5.99.

Alternatively, Newegg also has 27" ASRock CL27FF Full HD 100Hz 1ms FreeSync IPS Gaming Monitor on sale for $109.99 - $40 Mail-In Rebate = $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to staff member Red_Liz and community member wpc for finding this deal.

Product Features:
  • Resolution: 1920x1080 (Full HD)
  • Panel Type: IPS
  • Refresh Rate: 100Hz
  • Response Time: 1ms
  • Color Gamut: sRGB 99%
  • Brightness: 300 cd/m2
  • Viewing Angles: 178° H / 178° V
  • AMD FreeSync support
  • Features: Flicker Free, Low Blue Light
  • VESA Mountable: 100mm x 100mm
  • Includes: Power Cord, HDMI Cable, Quick Start Guide
  • Ports:
    • 1x HDMI v1.4
    • 1x VGA

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Rebate offer valid on purchases made between 1/1/2024 to 1/31/2024 from Newegg.com.
    • Limit one rebate per product, per household. Rebate requests must be received and postmarked within 30 days of the purchased date. Allow 8-10 weeks after rebate promotion postmark date ends for processing. The rebate is paid in US dollars, for US residents only. The name and address on the rebate form must match the purchase sales/invoice receipt or the rebate will be denied. The rebate check will be voided if not cashed within 3 months of the date on the check.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 eggs based on 6 customer reviews.
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Written by Red_Liz | Staff
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Newegg has 24.5" ASRock CL25FF Full HD 100Hz 1ms FreeSync IPS Gaming Monitor on sale for $89.99 - $25 Mail-In Rebate = $64.99. Shipping is $5.99.

Alternatively, Newegg also has 27" ASRock CL27FF Full HD 100Hz 1ms FreeSync IPS Gaming Monitor on sale for $109.99 - $40 Mail-In Rebate = $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to staff member Red_Liz and community member wpc for finding this deal.

Product Features:
  • Resolution: 1920x1080 (Full HD)
  • Panel Type: IPS
  • Refresh Rate: 100Hz
  • Response Time: 1ms
  • Color Gamut: sRGB 99%
  • Brightness: 300 cd/m2
  • Viewing Angles: 178° H / 178° V
  • AMD FreeSync support
  • Features: Flicker Free, Low Blue Light
  • VESA Mountable: 100mm x 100mm
  • Includes: Power Cord, HDMI Cable, Quick Start Guide
  • Ports:
    • 1x HDMI v1.4
    • 1x VGA

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Rebate offer valid on purchases made between 1/1/2024 to 1/31/2024 from Newegg.com.
    • Limit one rebate per product, per household. Rebate requests must be received and postmarked within 30 days of the purchased date. Allow 8-10 weeks after rebate promotion postmark date ends for processing. The rebate is paid in US dollars, for US residents only. The name and address on the rebate form must match the purchase sales/invoice receipt or the rebate will be denied. The rebate check will be voided if not cashed within 3 months of the date on the check.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • Rated 4.8 out of 5 eggs based on 6 customer reviews.
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Written by Red_Liz | Staff

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Assuming you're willing to deal with a mail in rebate, this seems like a good deal for a budget office or secondary monitor. I can't find any professional reviews of these monitors yet, so how they'll actually perform in the real world is still unknown. The specs are quite good for the price though.
Here's the spec page for the cl25ff: https://www.asrock.com/Monitors/C...cification
And for the cl27ff: https://www.asrock.com/Monitors/C...cification

1080p 23" - 27" 60hz ips displays have been the budget tier standard for years, and tend to go on sale for around $60. In this past year, various companies have started releasing 100hz displays targeting this same market.

A refresh rate of 100hz is decent for office productivity, content consumption, and slow paced singleplayer games. The response time is rather poor, with an advertised gtg (grey to grey) response time of 4ms. Advertising around gtg response times tend to be quite misleading, with even low tier va gaming monitors being (verging on fraudulently) advertised as having a "1ms" response times, so expect real world response times to be far worse than the advertised 4ms. That being said, these are not gaming displays, and if your primary use cases involve gaming I would recommend you avoid them unless your budget is extremely small. It is very important to note that these displays only have a vga port and a hdmi 1.4 port, they completely lack displayport. Amd gpus support freesync over hdmi, so if you have an amd gpu you should be able to use freesync over hdmi without any issues. Nvidia gpus do not support vrr (variable refresh rate) on any hdmi version earlier than 2.1, meaning that if you have an nvidia gpu you will not be able to use freesync or any form of vrr with this monitor. Therefore, if you have an nvidia gpu, I will once again even more firmly recommend against using these monitors for gaming, as a 100hz fixed refresh-rate display is poor even for low tier gaming. It should also be noted that these monitors are the lowest tier of freesync, meaning even on amd gpus they lack LFC (low framerate compensation).

The 24.5" monitor should have a good ppi (pixels per inch) for most common viewing distances. The 27" monitor is at the very upper end of what's generally considered an acceptable size for a 1080p display, and will likely appear somewhat blurry unless you tend to sit further back from your monitor. I will chime in and say from personal experience as someone who has used a 27" 1080p monitor, I personally found the ppi to be too low and it made everything appear somewhat blurry at my standard viewing distance. This is obviously somewhat subjective, and depends on your viewing distance, but the most common recommended size for a 1080p display is 24".

A brightness of 300 cd/m2 is decent, and perfectly acceptable at this price tier. Unless you're using this monitor in a bright room right next to a window with the sun streaming in, you're unlikely to have issues with the brightness. The advertised contrast ratio of 1300:1 (Typ.) is exceptional for an ips panel if true, though I'm rather skeptical. I would not at all be surprised if there's "technically true under very specific circumstances" style marketing going on here. Based on the 16.7m "display colors" the bit depth of these monitors should be 6bit + frc, so functionally 8bit. Having 99% srgb coverage is good at this price tier, unfortunately the specs don't mention coverage in any other gamuts, and without professional reviews I have no way of knowing how well they'll display colors outside of the most basic srgb gamut. There's likewise no way of knowing at this point how accurate colors are out of the box. As an ips monitor viewing angles should be rather good. On the other hand, as an ips panel there will certainly be ips glow present.

The included stand is fairly poor, with the only adjustment options being to tilt 5° forward or 20° back. It cannot height adjust, pivot, or swivel. Fortunately, being 100mm x 100mm vesa compatible means it should be easy to attach these monitors to a different stand or mount.

Overall, if you're willing to deal with a mail in rebate, this is a good deal.
27 is also $70 after rebate. I would personally pay the extra $5 because it's also free shipping so total is cheaper than the 25"
not a big fan of mail-ins......

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27 is also $70 after rebate. I would personally pay the extra $5 because it's also free shipping so total is cheaper than the 25"
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How well would these work for photo editing? I see the 99% sRGB. What do the photo guys think?
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Nguyenksd65
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Quote from wpc :
27 is also $70 after rebate. I would personally pay the extra $5 because it's also free shipping so total is cheaper than the 25"
Large screen but same resolution so the pixel will be bigger. 27 needs to be QHD to look decent IMHO


Didn't see the free shipping though
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Quote from cool-blue :
How well would these work for photo editing? I see the 99% sRGB. What do the photo guys think?
Right now cheap monitors are good enough for most of the people. (in compare to 15 years ago, quality of cheap monitors were bad.)


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It looks like you can get another $20 off if you review the monitor as well. According to the rebate form, "Review Bonus Reward : $20.00", so you can get the 25 for $44.99 + $6 shipping and/or the 27 for $49.99 + Free Shipping if you review the monitor. (Make sure to
include "This review for ASRock review rebate program." in your review)

Terms of $20 bonus for review:

Dear ASRock User,
The purpose of the Bonus reward is to encourage users to leave an honest review on Newegg. Not only is it a review, but it also gives us the opportunity to improve our service as well as design for more reliable products.

How to Claim a Bonus Reward :
  • Select the bonus reward "Will Post review on Newegg.com
  • "When you post a review on Newegg.com. make sure the name displayed on your review post must match your Bill to invoice name. (We do not accept anonymous review screen shots)
  • Avoid confusing the review impartial please add following wording into your review: "This review for ASRock review rebate program."
  • When Newegg Posted your review please screen shot and print out the page. Again make sure the name displayed on your review post must match your Bill to invoice name. (We do not accept anonymous review screen shots)
  • Print out the review page and mail all other documents to Asrock America Mailing Rebate Center
Last edited by Tasoril January 3, 2024 at 10:09 AM.
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PretzelsRULE
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27" CL27FF is has a $40 MIR with a $20 bonus review reward (available for both), but CL27FF includes free shipping, so it's actually cheaper in the end than the CL25FF. I need a couple of work monitors, so I'll give these a shot. 1 per product, per household, and review has to have your name on it and include a specific line of "This review for ASRock review rebate program."

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weird I don't see the review option for $20 off

nvm, I found it, it's part of the rebate terms
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homerj368
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good deal but you are also looking at a $60 rebate ($40 + $20) for the 27" I read somewhere that asrock is strict on their rebates, so if you are not familar with rebates you might reconsider. Still a good deal
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Perfect second monitor
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Quote from AmusedStove7007 :
Perfect second monitor
It's a screaming deal but most people don't need high refresh rates or Freesync on their off monitor. It's a nice to have but not something most people should be shopping for. Very few people display anything on their second display that will take advantage of the higher refresh rate.

At this price it works in any slot though.
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Quote from Cinnamon_Wilson :
It's a screaming deal but most people don't need high refresh rates or Freesync on their off monitor. It's a nice to have but not something most people should be shopping for. Very few people display anything on their second display that will take advantage of the higher refresh rate.

At this price it works in any slot though.
It's a gaming monitor. It's meant to have high refresh rates, which it doesn't. Gaming computers have at least 144 hz.
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Naive question - where do you leave your review? I don't see it specified in the rebate terms, or I glossed over it.
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Quote from BlueRaccoon1085 :
Too bad it's FreeSync.
You are essentially never going to find a monitor with a full gsync fpga at this price point new. The fpga essentially cost more than the monitor alone.

other than that, its primarily due to nvidia not having a VRR implementation over HDMI under version 2.1 (as 2.1 has it via spec)
Last edited by guywithglock January 3, 2024 at 01:01 PM.

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not a big fan of mail-ins......

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