AOC Agon Pro AG274QZM, 27"

There’s a lot of high-end hardware on the market these days, and it’s easy to get caught up with the overall cost of it going through the roof. You can drop nearly £2000 on an RTX 4090, and you can be hitting £4000-5000 for the whole PC by the time you’ve got the latest high-end memory, motherboard, coolers, storage and more. Well, I did just that, I wanted to game at the bleeding edge of technology for once, rather than a generation or two behind as I usually do. However, when I recently reviewed the stunning AOC AGON Pro AG274QZM gaming monitor, which costs £1000, I thought, is all this really worth it?

You can buy a good quality gaming monitor with a high refresh rate and a decent resolution for not a lot of money these days, £200-300 will get you something modest, but very enjoyable to use. However, the AOC AGON Pro is not affordable, so let’s start this review by saying you’ll need a touch over £1000 for it. That’s a kick in the arse that you may never recover from, but why is it so expensive and is it a worthy investment? Well, for all but the most enthusiastic and well-funded gamers out there, it’s likely a bad investment. However, if you’re after bleeding-edge performance and technologies, it’s time to break open several piggybanks.