This Black Friday, every headline act needs a backup dancer but this deal on the ASRock Phantom Gaming 27-inch gaming monitor is worth a seat in the front row

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ASRock Phantom Gaming | 27-inch | 1080p | 165 Hz | IPS | FreeSync | $179.99$99.77 at Newegg (save $79.22)
ASRock has become a favorite of ours around here over busy shopping periods. These screens always seem to be on offer, and from the one we've used (read our review) they're good value for the money, too. You can't really complain with this 165 Hz panel for just under $100.

One of these days, I tell myself, I'm gonna upgrade my rig from the ground up. But, as my humble budget dictates, today is definitely not that day. Between now and then, I've got to conserve my funds and think about smart, incremental, quality-of-life-improving upgrades. One such purchase could be a second monitor for all of that Dragon Age: The Veilguard fanfiction I'm definitely not reading during the workday.

I've already written about my plans to upgrade my main gaming monitor to something all-singing, and all-dancing in 4K, but as that one song from the Book of Mormon goes, «Every hero needs a sidekick, every captain needs a mate, every dinner needs a side dish on a slightly smaller plate.» So, without further ado, here's the best budget second monitor deal I've seen so far this week: the ASRock Phantom Gaming 27-inch monitor for not even $100 at Newegg.

ASRock is pretty new to the monitor song and dance, but Jeremy was impressed by their stab at a budget 34-inch ultrawide 165 Hz panel last year. The tech specs for this comparatively much less snazzy 27-inch 1080p monitor are no slouch either. For a start, you can do much more than just enjoy a crisp Word document…or camp out on your favourite fanfic, waiting for that new chapter to drop.

The ASRock Phantom Gaming 27-inch monitor is an IPS display just for a start, offering vivid colours if this is your only option for journeying into Tevinter. But at less than 100 bucks, you could definitely do much worse.

The Phantom Gaming monitor's 165 Hz rapid refresh rate is not too shabby either. Provided the rest of your hardware