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Jan 3, 2024 1:49 PM

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

$71 after $20 Rebate

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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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Jan 3, 2024 9:03 PM
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mbaciJan 3, 2024 9:03 PM
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Ah… Newegg rebates at it again…
A monitor deal + Newegg + Mail in rebate = utter disappointment
Jan 3, 2024 9:15 PM
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ronsongJan 3, 2024 9:15 PM
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is this a good side vertical monitor?
Jan 3, 2024 9:32 PM
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vabrunoJan 3, 2024 9:32 PM
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Please find me a deal without stupid mail in rebates that take months to get. They should ban rebates they are so stupid. Wanna provide a discount so it at the time of purchase !
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank

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.
Last edited by BeigeRoad455 January 3, 2024 at 03:02 PM.
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Jan 3, 2024 10:46 PM
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Quote from cool-blue View quoted comment :
How well would these work for photo editing? I see the 99% sRGB. What do the photo guys think?
For photo editing you typically want a monitor with substantial coverage of more expansive color gamuts (such as the adobe rgb color space), a high bit depth, and exceptional color accuracy (both out of the box and post calibration). I'd also recommend a higher resolution monitor for photo editing in general, though 1080p can work if your budget's tight. The srgb color space is usually recommended for exporting general web content, due to how most people will be viewing said content without any form of color management. Working in the srgb color space, on the other hand, is not recommended as it means you'll be pointlessly clipping colors. This article does a decent job of explaining some the basics: https://photographylife.com/srgb-...ophoto-rgb

Regardless, a budget monitor like this is almost certainly a poor option for any sort of color sensitive work such as photo editing.
Jan 4, 2024 12:33 AM
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thewardenJan 4, 2024 12:33 AM
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Quote from ronsong View quoted comment :
is this a good side vertical monitor?
Considering it for the same purpose. The included stand doesn't appear to let you pivot it so you'd probably have to buy a stand for it. This site [displayspecifications.com] confirmed that.
Jan 4, 2024 12:37 AM
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ldm497Jan 4, 2024 12:37 AM
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I must be missing out on a lot. I've been playing on an HP 27es for a few years now and haven't noticed any issues lol. I got this monitor as a budget upgrade, I'm gonna assume its going to be a bit better than what I'm currently using.

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Jan 4, 2024 2:19 AM
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ronsongJan 4, 2024 2:19 AM
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Quote from thewarden View quoted comment :
Considering it for the same purpose. The included stand doesn't appear to let you pivot it so you'd probably have to buy a stand for it. This site [displayspecifications.com] confirmed that.
It's not about the stand, I was having the bad viewing angle issue and occasional distortion in the pixel width during vertical mode in my old dell monitor
Last edited by ronsong January 3, 2024 at 06:30 PM.
Jan 4, 2024 6:23 AM
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scholzpdxJan 4, 2024 6:23 AM
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It is nice to see bargain monitors with 90hz+ refresh rates. The 27" for $70AR is a smoking hot deal if you're building on a budget.

1080 is still good enough for gaming and light on a GPU, yet the refresh rate keeps things smooth.
Jan 4, 2024 2:13 PM
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LinusTechNipsJan 4, 2024 2:13 PM
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You're not getting adaptive sync with those monitors if you have an Nvidia card. The back looks like HDMI only fyi
Jan 4, 2024 7:49 PM
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go2gymJan 4, 2024 7:49 PM
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"No go, it doesnt have _______."
"If it had _____ I'd jump."

It's $71. :-)
Jan 4, 2024 7:56 PM
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kevinaaaJan 4, 2024 7:56 PM
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I haven't seen mail in rebate for a long time
Jan 4, 2024 8:30 PM
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AmusedStove7007Jan 4, 2024 8:30 PM
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Quote from Cinnamon_Wilson View quoted comment :
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.
for office its probably great, but for gaming only high refresh is a must. i bought a 60hz monitor for gaming and regretted
Jan 4, 2024 11:23 PM
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shark974Jan 4, 2024 11:23 PM
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Quote from kevinaaa View quoted comment :
I haven't seen mail in rebate for a long time

with good reason. yuck.

99% of ppl will probably intend to use it then not bother. would seem like the heydey of these was about 2010? pre amazon. i remember their being very specific instructions to follow for fear of getting rejected...

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Jan 5, 2024 2:35 AM
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CouponFinder99Jan 5, 2024 2:35 AM
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I bought one as a second monitor to go with another 27" that I have. Will use a mount for both of them so not worried about the stand.

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