At the risk of going into old-man-yells-at-cloud mode, I remember when Notepad was the most basic text editor around. Some coders and writers liked the program—which comes included in every single version of Windows (and earlier)—for that reason. But Microsoft has been building out Notepad ever since it killed off Wordpad… and now Notepad is complex enough to support remote code execution. Neat. For the uninitiated, remote code execution (RCE) is a security vulnerability that allows an external program to be loaded and run without the user’s permission or knowledge. It’s a kind of attack that shouldn’t even be possible in a super-basic text editor. But with tons of new features in Notepad—up to and including integration with “AI” via Copilot—it’s a lot more vulnerable than it used to be. The latest problem comes from Notepad’s support of Markdown, a basic formatting system, which was added in July of 2025. The new issue was highlighted by Microsoft itself in a security bulletin. It goes like this: the user downloads a file with Markdown-formatted text inside, then opens it with Notepad. Thanks to that Markdown support, a link appears with web-standard highlighting like this. Most users would recognize that this link leads to a website… but it’s also possible for it to initiate a remote code download, which is not something Notepad could do even just a year ago. The remote code would then activate with the same level of permission as the Windows user. The problem gets a standardized CVSS score of 8.8/7.7, making it a high security issue for Microsoft with no current solution. Fortunately, it requires a separate file download and very deliberate user interaction, so it takes a bit of work to actually execute an attack. (It would need to be combined with a bit of social engineering and trickery for maximum effectiveness.) The good old “don’t download anything from untrustworthy sources” advice applies here. This is an issue that previous versions of Notepad didn’t have. But here I have to mention that just because you’re using a less “modern” alternative doesn’t mean you’re completely safe. For example, Notepad++ (a non-Microsoft open-source program that’s been popular with power users for decades) was recently compromised by a targeted attack on the app’s update servers. Read...

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Ah, the Logitech MX Master 3S. It’s one of our favorite productivity mice and it’s now on sale for its best-ever price. That means there’s never been a better time to add it to your cart! Normally $99.99, the MX Master 3S is so popular that it rarely goes on sale… but Amazon is currently selling it for just $79.99 with a 20% discount—and it’s selling fast. View this Amazon deal The MX Master 3S features an 8K DPI sensor that tracks precisely on any surface, including glass. We love the Quiet Clicks feature, meaning your clicks are actually quiet, with Logitech claiming a reduction in noise by about 90 percent compared to traditional mice. The MagSpeed scroll wheel is not only fast and precise, but it’s also nearly silent. All of this noise reduction is great whether you’re working alone from home or surrounded by coworkers at the office. This mouse has an ergonomic shape that’ll fit most hands and keep your wrist as comfortable as possible, even when using it for long hours. You can further use the Logi Options+ app to customize the buttons with special actions, optimizing your workflow. It’s small, performant, and easy to travel with thanks to its Bluetooth wireless. It’s one of the best productivity mice on the market and, again, it rarely goes on sale for this much. Get it now for $79.99 while you can! Snag the popular Logitech MX Master 3S with this rare 20% discountBuy now via Amazon Read...

At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Each camera has a large battery Effective solar panels keep those batteries charged Solid video quality when running at full resolution Affordable price tag Cons Unreliable performance due to extremely poor wireless range Mobile app needs a massive overhaul Some features, including AI-powered search, just don’t work Our Verdict This four-camera system impresses with solid video quality and expandable local storage, but only when those cameras are in such close range that they probably won’t provide full coverage of your property. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: BotsLab 4-Cam W510 System Retailer Price $399.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Check today’s prices Outfitting your home with outdoor security cameras can get complicated—and expensive—quickly. Anyone looking for a shortcut on both fronts might consider one of BotsLab’s W510 kits, bundles consisting of up to six 4K outdoor pan/tilt security cameras, solar panels to keep each camera’s battery topped off, and a base station with 32GB of onboard storage (expandable up to 16TB with a user-supplied 2.5 hard drive). The cameras are wireless, of course, but the base station must be hardwired to your router (which isn’t at all unusual). We reviewed the four-camera SKU priced at $399, which on its face sounds like an awesome deal for so much hardware. But as you’ve probably guessed, there are plenty of caveats and limitations to contend with once everything is unboxed, set up, and put to use. Specifications This BotsLab kit arrives in a massive box, but with no clear guidance on where to start, save for a very limited quick-start guide buried at the bottom of it all. Logic guides the way, however, and you’ll start by setting up the H200 base station, which you’ll connect to your router with an ethernet cable. When the W510 System works, it works well: Images are crisp and clear, PTZ functions are responsive, and clips are easy to scrub through. Up to eight cameras can connect to this base station via 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, but BotsLab says the cameras will dynamically switch over to direct connections to your Wi-Fi router if they find the base station’s signal to be “weak or overloaded.” I’ll dive deeper into that in the section where I describe my user experience. The 4-camera system arrives in a massive box with just a limited quick-start guide to help you figure out how to set up all the components.Christopher Null/Foundry BotsLab doesn’t offer any subscription service for storing camera recordings in the cloud—each camera records to the base station—so you’ll want to make use of that internal drive bay. I’m certainly not complaining about the lack of a subscription here, but the manufacturer doesn’t offer much guidance on how to use that bay. Presumably, you drop in a drive and the BotsLab app handles everything from there, starting with formatting. I can report that you should choose a mechanical drive for this purpose, as SSDs can handle far fewer write cycles and will wear out much too quickly. The W510 cameras are quite large—8 inches high by 4 inches wide—and they’re heavy (1.75 pounds each). Much of that weight can be attributed to their 10,000mAh batteries. Each camera mount can also host a 5-watt solar panel to keep the battery topped off once you’ve fully charged it with a power adapter and a USB-C cable. You can also mount the solar panels independently of the cameras to get better exposure to the sun. BotsLab says the batteries will last up to 25 days on a full charge, although that seems very optimistic based on my testing. I did find that the solar panels were capable of keeping the batteries fully charged as long as the days were reasonably sunny.   The solar panels included with each camera did a good job keeping the camera’s battery topped off with reasonable exposure to sunlight. Long USB-C cables give you flexibility as to where to mount them.Christopher Null/Foundry The cameras must be mounted on a wall or ceiling with the included hardware and snap-on base; you can’t operate the cameras on a tabletop and invert their feed. They’re rated IP66 for protection from the elements. According to our IP code guide, that means the cameras will not fail due to dust ingress and that they can tolerate a blast from a pressure washer at a reasonable distance. The pan/tilt/zoom cameras in this kit record video in up to 4K resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels), and they can swivel 360 degrees horizontally and over a 136-degree vertical arc. They’re outfitted with infrared lights for black-and-white night vision and white LED spotlights for color night vision. Installation and setup As I’ve already mentioned, the H200 base station must be configured first by plugging it into power and to your router via an ethernet cable. Setting this up with the Botslab app was slow going and a little frustrating, as the app refused to properly scan the QR code on the underside of the hub, a required step before you can proceed with camera setup. I spent several minutes on the floor next to my router, trying to get just the right angle and lighting on the QR code before I was finally able to complete the task. Setting up the other components takes some time as well, as mounting four cameras and potentially four solar panels can be an ordeal. This is exacerbated by the BotsLab app, which is both underdeveloped and poorly translated from Chinese, making for an often-frustrating setup experience. For example, the app abruptly quit while I was trying to configure my first camera, and it doesn’t even auto-discover local Wi-Fi networks; you must input all the information manually. When installed, the pan/tilt/zoom camera will hang below its mount, with its solar panel either on top or mounted in a spot with better sun exposure. Christopher Null/Foundry Other parts of the setup process are more helpful, such as a system that helps you optimally aim your solar panel for maximum sunlight and the ability to direct recordings to be 60 seconds long max with no cooldown, 30 seconds long with a 30-second cooldown, no recording at all, or a customized combination of the above. This and other options are however only available during initial setup; to reach this menu again you have to walk through the setup process anew, a baffling design decision. Using the BotsLab 4-Cam W510 System There are pros and cons to the BotsLab system—as with any smart home product—and I’ll start with what I liked the most. When it works, it works well: Images are crisp and clear, the PTZ function is reasonably responsive, and clips are easy to scrub through either on a per-camera basis or through all cameras. You’ll access these by tapping on the HomeBase H200 icon on the main screen or the Events button. The BotsLab app is translated from Chinese–poorly.Christopher Null/Foundry Automated tracking also works well—where the camera automatically pans and tilts to keep the subject in its field of view—provided the subject is moving reasonably slowly. Infrared night vision looks very good; the color night vision is also fine, but that’s largely thanks to the bright spotlight mounted next to the lens that kicks in when motion is detected. That’s not exactly subtle, but it does put a potential intruder on notice that they’re on camera. You’ll need to choose one mode or the other for each camera. Alas, not all is wine and roses with the BotsLab gear, the most glaring problem being its struggles with range. Even when positioned less than 20 feet from the base station, the cameras struggled to stay connected throughout my testing. They would either drop out entirely or switch into “low clarity” mode, which provides a lower resolution of 2304 x 1296 pixels. This was a constant in my testing, with little rhyme or reason as to why a given camera would drop off the network, even when it was sitting in the same room as the base station. And if I tried to move a camera to the other side of the house? Forget about it; I never got anything further than about 60 feet away to connect at all. Each camera has an 8 megapixel image sensor and an LED spotlight for color night vision.Christopher Null/Foundry The app is also something of a train wreck. As mentioned earlier, it is badly translated and confusingly laid out, with key features (such as the aforementioned clip-length limits) buried or inaccessible. Some functions, such as the “tracking” feature that is supposed to string clips from different cameras together into a single video, don’t work at all: The button to access it takes you to a promo page on BotsLab’s website. And finally, there are ads strewn all over the place. BotsLab bets heavily on AI features with these cameras, but most of them aren’t installed by default. Rather, you must tap the AI Lab button and download the AI skills you want, similar to installing a skill to run on an Alexa device. These skills range from text-based search capabilities to pet detection, and they must be selected and installed individually on each camera. It’s so slow that even setting up a single skill across four cameras is a huge headache. Ultimately this process simply makes little sense; BotsLab should have simply embedded these features into its cameras (or at least the app) and allowed users to turn them off or on through a regular settings menu. I experimented with a few of these modes; some worked well, while others (namely the AI-powered text-based search) didn’t seem to work at all. Should you buy the BotsLab W510 System? The range issues alone are probably enough to dissuade me from recommending this set for most users. Any property large enough to support four cameras is probably just going to be too spread out for BotsLab to provide a signal to all of them. If your property is smaller, well, you can probably get by with one or two cameras. And while I appreciate that the system can be used without a subscription, it certainly doesn’t make it easy, thanks to its app’s relative immaturity and poor organization. While the $399 price tag is appealing for four 4K cameras, it’s hard for me to imagine a home configuration where this gear will be a good fit. This review is part of TechHive’s in-depth coverage of the best home security cameras. Read...

If you’re looking for a laptop that you’ll use day in and day out, then I’ve found a fantastic deal that you’ll want to take advantage of. Seriously, don’t pass up this jaw-dropping $500 discount! Best Buy is currently selling this Asus Zenbook S 16 for $999.99 (was $1,499.99) as part of its Presidents’ Day sale. This is a phenomenal machine at that price! View this Best Buy deal This Zenbook S 16 is an absolute beast when it comes to your daily workload, hobbies, streaming, and even some light gaming. With a 10-core AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor and a whopping 24GB of LPDDR5X RAM, it’s more than capable of putting Windows 11 in its place while unlocking access to all those AI features in the operating system thanks to its status as a Copilot+ PC. The 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is nothing to sneeze at either, as you’ll enjoy lightning-fast launches and file transfers. I mentioned that this laptop can even do some light gaming. That’s thanks to the Radeon 880M integrated graphics, one of the best iGPUs you can get without burning a hole in your wallet. Enjoy 3D games at modest settings on this laptop’s gorgeous 16-inch OLED screen at its 2880×1880 (3K) resolution and smooth 120Hz refresh rate. With a maximum brightness of 500 nits, it’s comfortable to use anywhere—and that OLED panel provides strikingly vivid colors and contrast. Other things to note: it weighs just 3.31 pounds so it’s easy to carry around; it has a Windows Hello-capable 1080p webcam for facial recognition; it has dual USB4, one USB-A 3.2, and one HDMI 2.1 ports; it supports the latest Wi-Fi 7 standard; it’s super slim at just 0.48 inches thick; and that screen is actually a touchscreen. It’s a fantastic machine that was admittedly overpriced at MSRP, but it’s an amazing deal now that it’s only $999.99. Score it now while you can with this Presidents’ Day sale. If you end up missing it, check out our picks for the best laptops and our daily roundup of the best laptop deals. The Asus Zenbook S 16 is a crazy good deal for just $1,000Buy now via Best Buy Read...

Microsoft is feeling the pressure from SteamOS in gaming, and may be pivoting to align its Copilot+ brand more closely with what gamers need. The company’s strategy for 2026 involves downplaying Copilot AI (or “Copilot for Copilot’s sake”) and focusing on improving the OS for its users, executives have said. It will also focus on a specific group of Windows users, one of which is gaming. In a related development, Windows Latest unearthed what may be one of Microsoft’s early signals in that direction — a document from last November titled “How to optimize your gaming PC setup.” The conclusion is somewhat shocking: that Microsoft sees Copilot+ PCs as the evolution of PC gaming. “A great gaming experience is built piece by piece—powerful core hardware, optimized software, accessories that give you an edge, and connectivity that keeps you in the action,” the document says. “Put them together, and you get more than a setup—you get an arena that’s uniquely yours. “But when you want those pieces working at their absolute best, Copilot+ PCs take everything further,” Microsoft adds. “Faster than MacBook Air M4 and up to 5x faster than a 5-year-old Windows device, they’re designed to maximize every Windows gaming feature, from DirectStorage to Auto HDR.” The Asus ROG Xbox Ally X gaming handheld runs a specialized version of Windows.Michael Crider/Foundry As Windows Latest notes, it’s a slightly odd thing to say: Copilot+ PCs were founded on including an NPU in their design, and the earliest models, based on the Snapdragon X Elite processors, were optimized more for productivity and long battery life than gameplay. But Microsoft executives have said for some time that NPUs will simply become a feature that’s integrated into notebooks and eventually desktops, so that all PCs will become Copilot+ PCs. Microsoft expects that Copilot+ PCs will make up about half of all PCs within twelve months, and at that point, the Copilot+ brand can “relax” or just go away. While the 2025 cadre of laptop processors might not have been gaming capable, the 2026 chips have significantly improved. At the top of the stack right now is Intel’s Core Ultra 300 (Panther Lake) with a surprisingly good ability to play games — though not all of the new Core Ultra 300 chips share that ability. AMD’s Ryzen AI 400 processors have traditionally aimed at outperforming even Intel, and a new performance leak of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite processors show that gaming is much more possible on this generation, too. “Double down” on game performance The key, though, appears to be in handheld gaming. Intel plans a Panther Lake derivative aimed at handhelds, reportedly known as the G series, taking on AMD’s Z-series chips. A wafer of Intel Panther Lake chips.Intel But improved performance can come from either silicon or software, and this is where Microsoft sees that it has work to do. This doesn’t mean just the Windows “fullscreen experience” on handhelds, but under-the-hood improvements to speed up the OS. When I’ve spoken with Microsoft executives, they’ve told me that the company plans to “double down” on “native game performance” relative to SteamOS. Taking advantage of DirectX features — DirectStorage and AutoHDR, among them — will be important for Microsoft, I’m told. Part of that optimization could involve the NPU. What Microsoft wants to do with the “intelligence” part of AI within Windows is to understand your intent, so that launching a game could hypothetically switch it into “game mode,” halt notifications, and more. Windows still dominates the handheld gaming market, but the Steam Deck, with its Linux-based OS, represents a viable challenge to handhelds. Enthusiasts can even install SteamOS onto devices like the Lenovo Legion Go. This isn’t totally new. When Microsoft launched the Xbox Ally and Ally X, the company described the “fullscreen experience” as more than just a shift in the UI. “With new modifications that minimize background activity and defer non-essential tasks, more system resources are dedicated specifically to gameplay,” it said. “That means more memory, higher framerates, and a fully immersive experience for players–all made possible by the versatility and freedom of Windows.” Nevertheless, Microsoft may have won the PC, but the handheld feels much more in play. And it’s not surprising that anything Microsoft learns there could ripple back into the PC. So combine “intent” with “performance” and Microsoft’s closing line in its optimizing your PC document makes more sense. “Game smarter. Game faster. Game your way. Start your next adventure on a Copilot+ PC today.” Whether Microsoft’s 2026 strategy will work is an entirely different question, of course. But the direction is welcome. Microsoft is telling me that jamming AI into everything didn’t work, and that performance matters. Those are messages that will resonate in the handheld space, and should ripple back into Windows. Stay tuned. Read...

I like Discord as a concept. I don’t always like Discord’s policies—most currently, its upcoming worldwide age verification requirement. The approach sucks. I understand the problem. Unfiltered, the internet is not a safe place for kids. Discord is rightfully attempting to address predators, hazardous content, and other dangers for minors by changing the default user experience to one that’s “teen appropriate.” But Discord will put adults at risk when this policy rolls out in early March. To remove stricter filters, age-gating, and reduced access to Discord features, those of legal age must allow a facial scan or upload government ID. But while Discord assures full data safety and privacy—claiming no video selfies will be stored, nor identity documentation held long-term—it already lost images of 70,000 government IDs in October 2025 to hackers, months after first rolling out this policy to the United Kingdom and Australia in April 2025. Yes, adults can remain on the default teen restrictions to avoid this hazard. Yes, Discord is seemingly already trying to address the concerns, though its media team still had not responded to me by this article’s press time. On Reddit, Discord staff member u/discord_zorkian said “the vast majority of people will never see age verification,” as the system will instead determine adult or teen status through usage patterns—the details of which remain opaque. (Not concerning from a privacy standpoint at all.) If there’s a miscalibration, then an account owner can go through the formal identification process. u/discord_zorkian also says that Discord will use different identification verification partners than the one that had the data breach. For me, this additional information still leaves open many questions—and doubts. Discord’s Family Center settings need to be straightened out.PCWorld Among the biggest: First, we all know any company can suffer data breaches. Larger and larger resources are becoming required to properly secure data, and few businesses have the true scale for that. Second, we don’t know yet if age verification will be necessary to manage a family group—and if family center settings will remain toothless. Currently, a “child” account can terminate the connection to a “parent” account, which also removes account limitations made by the guardian. If you’re managing your kids’ experience on Discord, you may not have a choice about age verification. Third, I’m also not convinced that these changes properly protect minors. Content has stronger default limitations—filtering and age-gating automatically blur or block sensitive messages and channels. Verification of legal age is required for access. However, contact isn’t as locked down. For users likely unknown to a teen account, Discord will route their direct messages to a separate inbox, and badge friend requests with a warning. No other filters have been announced at this time, like age restrictions. Discord has also yet to mention any ability for guardians to fully block such requests on behalf of their children. (And again, if the connection to a parental account can be voluntarily severed by the teen, that doesn’t matter much anyway.) I agree Discord should take measures to better protect kids on its platform—and frankly, should have done it much faster than this timeline. But many holes still seem to exist in this new framework. For example, how will Discord handle adult accounts that shows a consistent habit of initiating private contact with teen accounts? How will Discord balance verification and privacy so that, say, someone doesn’t create a boatload of “adult” accounts and sell them—but the “no data kept” policy is upheld? Safety shouldn’t be a zero-sum game, much less a spectacularly messy one. But that’s what Discord’s first big step here feels like. Protect the adults, expose the children. Partially safeguard those teens, leave their elders vulnerable. This ain’t it. Not yet. Read...

TL;DR: Get a fully functional Android smartphone in a credit-card-sized body for $99.99 (MSRP $199.99) — no gimmicks, just a tiny phone that actually works. Big phones have officially gotten out of hand. They stretch pockets, pull down gym shorts, and demand two hands for the simplest tasks. The NanoPhone Pro flips that script by packing real smartphone features into a device that’s smaller than your wallet — and it does it without cutting corners. Right now, the NanoPhone Pro Advanced Mini 4G Smartphone is priced at $99.99, down from $199.99. Despite its tiny size, this is not a novelty phone. It runs Android with certified Google Play access, so your everyday apps like WhatsApp, Google Maps, YouTube, Instagram, and Gmail work exactly as expected. Calls come through loud and clear on 4G, video chats look sharp on the edge-to-edge display, and Face ID makes unlocking fast and secure. The NanoPhone Pro supports dual SIM cards, making it especially handy for travel or separating work and personal numbers. GPS navigation, WiFi, Bluetooth, expandable storage, and a surprisingly long-lasting battery round out the experience. If you want a phone that travels more easily, weighs less, and still feels like a real smartphone, the NanoPhone Pro is a refreshingly practical choice. Grab the NanoPhone Pro for $99.99 while it’s still marked down from $199.99 for a limited time, and enjoy carrying a phone that finally keeps things simple. NanoPhone Pro – Advanced Mini 4G SmartphoneSee Deal StackSocial prices subject to change. Read...

If you’re interested in classic computing, there’s no better expert to talk to than Huxley Dunsay of Retro Roadshow. He brought a perfect example of an oddball 90s machine to the PCWorld studio: the BeBox. This design didn’t revolutionize the industry, but its dual-CPU setup and custom OS had a lot of brand-new features we now take for granted. Will Smith checks it out in our latest video below. Be Inc., BeOS, and the BeBox hardware were a fever dream of two former Apple executives: Jean-Louis Gassée and Steve Sakoman. In the mid-90s, before personal computers were in every home and Microsoft had strong-armed its way into a monopoly position, there was still room for new players in the space. The BeBox was an attempt to create both hardware and software that could handle multiple processors at once. And while it flopped—and flopped hard—it was a precursor to modern multi-core processors and multi-threaded software. The 1995 BeBox itself looked like a pretty standard “tower” PC of the time, albeit with some interesting front fascia. Inside is a mix of custom and standard hardware (in between the AT and ATX times), most notably two PowerPC 603 processors running at a blistering 67 MHz each. (As Will notes, that’s several orders of magnitude less powerful than the processor in an Apple Watch today.) Some of the custom parts of the case include an array of two LED columns visible from the front, which show a visual output of the two separate processor loads. Huxley couldn’t get the visual display on the decades-old machine working… until he replaced the BIOS battery. Foundry The BeBox was positioned as a “multimedia” PC, so the rear connection panel is kind of wild. You get tons of audio and accessory ports, including a Matrox video card and a custom “GeekPort” that was designed to interface with anything both digital and analog. It, uh, didn’t work out. BeOS might be the more interesting and memorable part of this whole thing. The user interface didn’t look that different from the Windows, Mac, and Linux editions of the day. But as an OS built from the ground up to handle multiple processors, it was entirely unique. (Remember, the consumer version of Windows didn’t get that capability until the release of Windows 2000.) Though only 1,800 BeOS machines were originally sold, it enjoyed a small but dedicated user base. Foundry BeOS has an interesting history in and of itself. Be, Inc. discontinued its hardware sales in 1997, and then released a version of the software that could be run on Macintosh-compatible hardware, which used the same PowerPC processors. They then made an x86 version of the software, which could run on the same PCs as Windows. Microsoft leaned on its PC manufacturer partners and barred them from shipping devices that were pre-loaded with both Windows and BeOS, effectively killing the company. The owners of Be, Inc. sued Microsoft, winning an out-of-court settlement for more than $20 million. The BeOS software was eventually sold to Palm (of the Palm Pilot, which didn’t last too much longer) and effectively killed off. But an open-source implementation of BeOS, called Haiku, can still run software originally intended for BeOS and the BeBox. Thanks to Huxley Dunsay for the history lesson and demonstration. Be sure to check out the Retro Roadshow channel for more deep dives. And while you’re over there, subscribe to PCWorld on YouTube and join us for The Full Nerd show (plus other shows!) every week. Read...

Listen to this and tell me it doesn’t excite you: an enormous 50% discount on a blazing-fast 27-inch gaming monitor by LG. You don’t often see deals like this outside of the big annual sales events, which means you should jump on this if you’ve been thinking about upgrading your PC monitor. This LG UltraGear 27-incher is now $226.99 (was $449.99) on Amazon, the lowest it’s ever been by a long shot. View this LG monitor deal The 27-inch LG UltraGear 27G640A-B delivers a crisp 2560×1440 resolution that’s perfectly spacious for work, leisure, and yes, gaming. In fact, 1440p is now considered the “sweet spot” for monitors among gamers because it offers a better experience than yesteryear’s 1080p but doesn’t tax your PC nearly as hard as going up to full-blown 4K. With this monitor, you won’t have to worry about screen tearing and frame rates. With its blazing-fast 300Hz refresh rate, you can enjoy smooth and responsive visuals in all your games, TV shows, and movies. With its 1ms response time, you won’t experience any lag or ghosting. This monitor also supports both AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync, plus vivid contrast thanks to VESA DisplayHDR 400. Connectivity is pretty standard here, with dual HDMI ports, a single DisplayPort, and one USB-C port with 15 watts of power delivery. That’s not enough to power a laptop, so this one’s better suited for PCs. Still, everything else about it is awesome, and that’s a lot of performance for just over $200. Other monitors in this range are half as good. Frankly, you’d be crazy to skip this deal if you’re in the market for a 1440p gaming monitor—it has all the essential features at a phenomenal price. Get this LG UltraGear 27G640A-B for $226.99 while you can! If you miss it, check out our other picks for great gaming monitors. Get LG`s 27-inch 1440p 300Hz monitor at a huge discountBuy this monitor for 50% off Read...