Samsung 27" Curved LED Monitor - C27F591

I'll try to keep this review short and to the point(BTW, This review is for the C27F591 curved 27" monitor). I was in the market for a 1080p 60Hz freesync monitor to pair with a used R9 390X I got off of craigslist for dirt cheap. This would be used in my home office and I'd likely just do Photoshop work and play the occasional game on the weekends, so I wasn't in the market for anything high end but I didn't to get a cheap monitor either. Having searched on both amazon and my local best buy this monitor seemed to have all the features I wanted but the price was pretty steep at $269 at both best buy and amazon at the time of writing. This is where amazon warehouse deals comes to save the day. They had one in a like new condition for $214 and offered a 20% discount on top of it so my total with tax came to less than $187! It arrived in its original packaging and all accessories included too. Out of the box it feels well calibrated with nice vibrant colors. There are a bunch of setting and some include presets for things like photo viewing, watching movies, and there's even a game mode and works really well with freesync having tested it with both doom2016 and wolfenstein the new colossus. Max brightness is high enough to where it was straining my eyes, but you can lower it so no biggie. Picture quality looks solid considering this is 1080p res on a big 27" screen. Some reviewers have knocked it down for being able to see the pixels, but In my experience you have to be really close to the screen(and I'm talking a couple inches away) for you to actually notice individual pixels. Having the monitor sit about a foot away from my desk, I can't really notice the lower resolution. Doing some drawing and graphic design work on Photoshop is also pleasing to my eyes and the 1080p screen doesn't take away from the experience. Honestly for the features, this is a great monitor but only at a sub $200 price point. Anything above say, $220, and I'd probably shop around for slightly better monitors at 1440p resolution, but honestly this depends on your use case. I wanted a monitor with 1080p and 60Hz display to do light photoshop work and get high frame-rates in games because I know a higher res like 1440 would be pushing it on my GPU and I'm not a hardcore gamer to the point where I have to play everything at the highest settings and resolution. I wanted the best of both worlds when it comes to gaming and productivity and this monitor fits the bill. If all you do is game, this monitor might disappoint you, and worse so if you are a competitive gamer. If your shopping for a monitor with productivity in mind(say for work), it might also disappoint due to the 1080p screen, and its probably better to get a monitor with a higher 1440p res. That being said, if you want a monitor that can do a bit of both gaming and productivity, then this monitor is for you. Just wait for either a big sale or buy from amazon wearhouse deals(assuming they still have it discounted). (BTW I inspected the monitor for dead pixels and I saw none, so no problems on my end unlike other reviewers who likely got bad apples)