Philips 328E9 Monitor

A great CPU is nothing without a monitor to match. You can cash out a bunch on your mobo, proc, and GPU, but since you’re going to be staring at a monitor and not hardware in your PC case, you need a good one to enjoy your build. Philips has been around, and making displays for a long time, so they know their stuff. They’ve sent over the 328E9 for review, just in time for some other hardware I’m testing, so let’s see if it does the PC justice.

- Ren Alcantara

DESIGN

First off, the design. This is a beautiful, curved 32inch monitor with wonderfully thin bezels, and a slight chin at the bottom. The face of the device is done in a smooth black, with a sleek brushed metal base. The front is bare, with all the controls and inputs residing at the back panel, within easy access thanks to the monitor’s curved back. Overall the design is tastefully done and will fit as nicely on an office desk as among your home gaming hardware.

HARDWARE

This 32-inch monitor isn’t just a pretty face. It has a gentle curve to it, pulling the edges closer to the user and making the experience a little easier on the eyes. Philips also has the VA display for optimized viewing angles, and a Full HD panel for great visuals. AMD users have the additional benefit of FreeSync compatibility. Should you require it, this monitor also has a DisplayPort on top of the standard HDMI port. There are even 3.5mm input and output jacks on top of the built-in 3W stereo speakers.

USER EXPERIENCE

To put this particular E9 line monitor through its paces, I paired it with the Lenovo T530 Tower, with a robust RTX 2060 GPU. I was eager to get to try ray tracing titles, and I figured this was the monitor to try and get the job done.