GIGABYTE M32U - 32" IPS Gaming Monitor - UHD 3840x2160-144Hz - 1ms MPRT - AMD FreeSync Premium Pro - Type C KVM - HDMI, DP, Type C - Height Adjustable - Black (M32U-SA)

I bought this monitor for $600, $200 cheaper than msrp and at least $200 below the competition for 4k 144hz monitors. If you see it at this price, and are in the market for a 32 inch monitor for gaming, buy it immediately before stock runs out. I didn't want to spend this much, but it's worth every penny. Pros: - 4k at 32 inches is just perfect (see review below for details) - 144hz is excellent for gaming (although 4k requires a good computer or next gen console to drive) - Bright IPS panel looks stunning (I can't speak for color accuracy, but it looks fantastic to my eyes) - Hdmi 2.1 for next gen consoles (I use with a series x, it is amazing) - Good stand (It's plastic, but it has good adjustment and is very understated for a gaming monitor) - Usb hub (I thought I wouldn't care about this, but it is actually immensely useful) - Usb c input (Haven't tested this yet, but I plan to soon once I get the right cable) Cons: - Some backlight bleed (Not really noticeable unless HDR is on though, and most will not use HDR anyway) Neither: - HDR - it exists, but with like 12 dimming zones, it's really a personal preference whether or not to use it. I enjoy it with bright games as it makes the colors pop a bit more, but I don't think I'll use it for dark games or movies. It's better than I expected, so it's not quite a con, but don't but this monitor for HDR. I was in the market for a 32 inch monitor. Having used different monitor sizes, I've found 32 inches to be the sweet spot for me in terms of screen real estate for desktop usage. At the same time, it is also fantastic for more casual gaming. If you are competitive, go 27 inches and 240 hz, but for the casual gamer 32 inches is much more immersive. I was all set to purchase the Gigabyte M32Q, which is essentially the exact same monitor as this but with a 1440p resolution instead of 4k. It retails for around $400 on sale, so about half the price of this M32U without a sale. I was actually using a placeholder budget 1440p 32 inch office monitor with a VA panel before I purchased this. So I experienced 1440p at 32 inches. Then, I saw this monitor on sale for $600; it was such a good deal that I went for it. I cannot go back. 4k looks so much better than 1440p at this screen size for desktop use it is hard to describe. Text is so much sharper and the monitor is much more enjoyable to use. Now, there is some backlight bleed, but this is unfortunately fairly typical for ips panels, and it is only obnoxious in HDR mode. In all other circumstances, the monitor looks fantastic. For gaming, it also looks insane, although it is extremely difficult to run games at 4k 144fps, so you will often have to rely on DLSS or running at non-native resolutions (that's what my series x usually does). So in conclusion, if you want a 32 inch monitor for both productivity and gaming, get this. Even at $700-$750, get it. It is hard to describe how much better the pixel density is. However, if you want a monitor exclusively for gaming, and you have anything less than a next gen console or rtx 3070, get the m32q. But, for those who can afford it and utilize it properly, this monitor is amazing.

I’ve had the M32U for a long time now, and it’s been one of the best monitors I’ve owned. The 32" 4K 144Hz IPS panel still looks great — sharp image, accurate colors, and no dead pixels or uniformity issues. Gaming feels smooth. HDR is meh, and the Wife loves the built‑in speakers even though they are basically placeholders. The stand is a little deep, but once it’s set up, you don’t think about it again. Overall, the panel quality and long‑term stability make this a solid choice if you want a 4K high‑refresh IPS without spending OLED money. Mine has held up extremely well. Rating: 4.5/5 — dependable, sharp, and still a great value in its class.

Great picture quality and refresh rate. I also love how the different input options. I use with my RTX 3060 Ti and another monitor and have been very happy with my purchase!

I bought this for Christmas in 2022 as a present to myself. I’ve been running this (daily) since the beginning of 2023. 4K quality is crisp, HDR is solid, easy UI to comb thru. 3+ years in, not a single issue has ever happened. No dead pixels, no connectivity issues, just all around good quality. The biggest downside to the monitor is honestly just how heavy it is, but that could also be seen as high quality parts used for the build.

This monitor does well for the price in terms of responsiveness and image quality. When I first received the monitor, I had uneven brightness in different quadrants of the screen but it smoothed out to become unnoticeable after a few days. Other weird quirks include a coil whine when turning off the monitor using the monitor controls and back on. This is fixed by flipping the power switch by the AC plug off and on once. And every few months I need to power cycle with the switch because it won't wake up after a boot. It is things like this that show how cheap the build quality is on certain aspects on this product. Last firmware update was a year ago. While it is working, it does a great job for office and gaming use and I am satisfied with it, but I can't help but feel like this product won't last for 10 years like my previous monitor did. Time will tell.

I regret taking a chance on this monitor. Like many reviewers have said, this is an excellent 4k 144hz monitor - IF you get one without defects. My first monitor came with four dead pixels, with a couple right in the middle of the screen. I reluctantly started the replacement process because this is a huge monitor and boxing/unboxing it is not something you're going to want to do over and over. Amazon scheduled a pickup for next-day, but my replacement took a week to get here. So I was out of a monitor for a week. Pretty annoying but that's just how it is I guess. My replacement monitor arrived, and of course this one has two MORE dead pixels. Based on other reviews I'm reading online, this is par for the course. I even read one reviewer say they are on their sixth (!) replacement monitor. At this point I'm extremely annoyed and I'm debating whether or not to even roll the dice again with another return/replacement. I can't be without a monitor for another week because I'm using this for work. Furthermore I'm not confident that I'll receive a replacement monitor without defects anyway. In terms of the quality of the monitor - it is pretty good, but honestly for the price I was expecting a little bit more. The backlight bleeding is horrible, especially at night. The colors, brightness, and contrast are decent, but it requires a bit of tuning to get just right. I do like the fact that my M1 Macbook Pro can drive this monitor at 144hz and carry all of my peripheral connections -- all over a single USB-C thunderbolt cable. That is the main reason I bought this monitor. It's quite versatile and the KVM functionality is incredibly useful that it's hard to go back to another monitor without it. Overall this is a great monitor for work and gaming only if you can stomach the possibility of multiple returns. Buy at your own risk.

I needed a monitor to replace my 28" 4k monitor with a TN panel. It was fine for my home PC, but when I started working 100% at home I wanted to use it for my work Mac as well. I used a USB-C to HDMI dongle and plugged the Mac into a spare HDMI port on the monitor. It was basically fine but certain text combinations like gray-on-gray were fuzzy. Black on white was fine when scaled up so I used that. Not ideal but I got by. For switching my mouse and keyboard, I used a cheap USB 2.0 hub and manually swapped between Mac and PC. Then I would manually select between video inputs on the monitor. This system worked, but after two years of it I decided it was time for an upgrade. I wanted to stick with 4k, but go slightly larger so I didn't have to sit so close. I did a couple days' research and settled on this monitor. It supports the latest protocols: DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, USB-C, and AMD FreeSync. It even has a built in KVM switch. I connected my PC to one of the HDMI ports. My Nvidia 3080 supports HDMI 2.1 and Freesync, so I'm getting 4k at 144 kHz. Text is crisp, the colors are vibrant, and no ghosting that I can see when playing Deep Rock Galactic or Doom Eternal. I did have to up the brightness to 90% though. The larger screen means I can sit slightly farther back for the same resolution, meaning less neck strain. However, it didn't look good at all on the Mac, at first. The HDMI connection gave me the dreaded pink tinted screen. After Googling around, the general consensus is that comes from using a low end cable. So I tried USB-C. The monitor didn't recognize that at all. I went to Best Buy and got an official Apple USB-C cable. It took a while for the Mac to recognize the new monitor (driver install?) and then suddenly it popped into life. I also turned off font smoothing. Now the Mac looks terrific - 4k at 60 Hz with crisp text and no gray-on-gray fuzziness. Just in case, I also got a new HDMI cable that specifically said it supported HDMI 2.1. That did fix the pink screen issue. Now HDMI and USB-C look the same to me. For comparison, my 15.4" Macbook Pro retina screen has 220 DPI. A 32" 4k monitor has 138 DPI. That's a big drop, but with a larger monitor you can sit farther back. At my normal 24" viewing distance I'm not seeing much difference between this monitor and the Retina display. Then I tried the KVM switch. I plugged my mouse and keyboard into the monitor. For PC, there is an odd USB-B-with-an-extra-hump connector. For Mac, you use USB-C. In fact, that cable can carry video too. So that's two cables for keyboard and mouse (USB-A), two to the PC (HDMI2.1 and USB-B), and one to the Mac (USB-C). Plus the power cable. Thanks to the people who mentioned the power switch underneath the monitor. That sucker is well hidden and the instructions are terrible -- they just say "Powering on" and point to the side of the monitor. The button is underneath. How many service calls and RMAs could they avoid by making that more clear? The included stand is really good. It is VESA-compatible and allows you to raise, tilt, and swivel. It even has a large slot for cable management. The KVM switch works surprisingly well. No major problems with it so far. One tap on the button and it switches between Mac and PC in about 3 seconds. However, the KVM switch automatically switches when one signal cuts off, which can be annoying. For example, when I reboot my PC and I want to see the BIOS screen, it flips to Mac instead. The simple fix is to disconnect the Mac before rebooting. I wish there was a way to disable that feature, but I couldn't find one, even with OSDSidekick.

I love this monitor. I didn't even realize it had speakers until I started wondering why my sound was so much better (I was using old USB Logitechs). Anyway, I can't speak of color accuracy or to any of the dizzying array of metrics used to critique displays, but for me, it's perfect. Very clear picture and very uniform. No backlight issues. No dead pixels. The KVM feature needs to be better documented, but I got it working just fine, switching between work and home computers fairly easily. Note you'll need OSD sidekick installed on both machines if you want to use the keyboard hotkey to switch the KVM. This may be an issue for corporate workstations, which generally have policies regarding third party software. Regardless, the KVM button on the back is accessible enough that it makes switching a pretty quick affair. I'm building a new computer for gaming and not quite sure if the KVM will introduce enough latency to matter, but that could be an issue for others. I do not "twitch" game, and I'm bad enough it won't matter. Overall, I am very pleased. One of my best purchases in recent years. Improved my quality of life considerably limping along with the garbage I was using before.

I have used the monitor for a few days now and so far there have been 0 issues. I'm usually quite sensitive to things like dead pixels or poor backlights/colours but have not found any problem (some amount of backlight bleed is to be expected for every IPS display). I'm upgrading from the s2721dgf Dell 27in 165hz 2k monitor and it is indeed a great upgrade. This is perhaps the best monitor you can buy in the 800CAD range since monitors using identical panels go well over 1000CAD as of the writing of this review. 1 Year Update: I have been using this monitor for a year since this review. Here are some issues I found: 1. If you have a keyboard/mouse connected to this monitor, when your PC goes to sleep, you can't use the keyboard/mouse to wake up the PC. This was not a problem on my Dell monitor, so I ended up connecting my accessories to my Dell monitor instead. 2. After updating Windows from 10 to 11, monitor when at max 4K 144Hz sometimes have weird artifact (I'm using AMD RX 6800XT). Here are some weird issues that have since been resolved: - when colour is grey-yellowish, it becomes a weird patch of lighter grey. - when watching youtube, screen will randomly flash white for maybe 1 frame when moving the mouse (not always, haven't found a consistent trigger) - these issues only happened after Windows upgrade. And the above has since been resolved on its own possibly from GPU driver/Windows updates. Currently, I still notice very 1 minor issue: - when at 4K 144Hz, watching youtube going back and to fullscreen, the screen will very briefly flash black. I tried different display settings and only after setting refresh rate to 120Hz did this stop. But the flash is very subtle and brief so it's not a concern. - note that I don't know what firmware version I'm currently on, so it's possible your mileage may vary. Other than the above issues, this monitor has been great. Text especially Chinese looks much clearer on 4K than my old 2K monitor. Fantastic for text writing/coding uses. Hence, keeping the review at 5 stars.

No encuentro nada malo que decir, encantado con la compra y desempeño de este monitor, excelente relación calidad precio, super cierto lo que han dicho de este monitor, por algo ha sido recomendado por muchos youtubers, gamers y sitios como rtings.com, si estás indeciso sobre comprarlo, no sufras y cómpralo sin miedo, no te vas a arrepentir, todo lo contrario.

Justo lo que buscaba para mi ps5, en ocasiones lo conecto a mi computadora de escritorio. Llego en perfecto estado.

Great size for content consumption, productivity and gaming. I love that this is a all-in-one monitor that is flexible to use. Currently using a PC with a 3080 on it and playing 4k gaming is awesome. Not hitting full out 144hz on demanding titles but it's better compared to a 60hz 4k panel. Can't comment about console use since I don't have one. Should do some calibration on it, I found this panel was slightly higher in Red values which made it look a little bit off. After adjustments it is a great looking panel that won't break the bank. Fair warning though, Gigabyte QC is a bit questionable. Bought a M32U before this one that I had to return at Canada Computers due to a hot (always on) pixel. I've read on other threads that people's experiences varies quite a bit. Construction quality is fine for this monitor. Not much gamer aesthetics or RGB. I have it on a monitor arm anyways so I'm quite okay with how it looks. If you want a gamer looking monitor, you'll definitely pay the tax on it by a few hundred bucks. Bought it when it was on sale and would recommend waiting for it to go lower.

Todo funciona perfecto. Tiene muy buena calidad de imagen, aunq en mi uso personal lo ocupo también como televisor extraño el control para apagarlo una vez que ya no lo ocupe