Today we are lucky to try the Gaming Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165 monitor, the brand new brand premiere in the monitors sector.And it does so in the best possible way, with a whole high range using an impressive Ips quantum dot qHD panel of 165 Hz and 1 ms response, designed for both gamers and designers.

If we join both, we will have the creators of content, and this will be the main approach, making it clear with their worked design with aluminum base and ultra -launching frames, or their size of 32 ”.In addition, it can be managed from ICUE, and is designed to use with Elgato products ecosystem, such as the Stream Deck, the Corsair Icue Nexus screen or Elgato flex Arm-S supports.

We have a lot to discover in this analysis, but first we must thank Corsair of their trust in us for temporarily giving this monitor for analysis.

Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165 Technical characteristics

Unboxing

We start with the Unboxing of this Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165, which will consist of a wide but thin rigid cardboard box with neutral finish.We do not have the characteristic colors of the brand, but on their faces we find serigraphic sketches of the monitor and a large number of characteristics in the form of icons.

We must open this box for one of the narrowest upper faces and extract the clamping system composed of two expanded polystyrene cork molds.Among them is the arm and screen dismantled, next to the rest of the accessories.

The Bundle will have the following elements:

Base and screen design

From the zero minute the Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165 is presented with a very original aesthetic and that undoubtedly gives the brand its own style.In the end it will consist of a wide base for desktop attached to the hydraulic arm through a single screw, but its design is clearly thought to integrate with corsair products and elgato as we will see.

We begin with the base, and it will be the first differential element with respect to what we had seen so far, with a combination between hind legs and wide front base in a little hanger.It will be fully manufactured in aluminum and will undoubtedly contribute maximum stability to the monitor, occupying a depth of almost 32 cm.In the central zone we will have the coupling to introduce the support quickly and fix it with a single manual thread screw.In its base we have non -slip rubber support.

This peculiar design with longitudinal front leg is adopted to be able to install in it, for example, the Corsair Icue Nexus, the touch screen that the manufacturer has as accessories for screen control and focused on content creators.Similarly, the circular and plane rear end can also be used for the Multi-Mount Elgato system, a telescopic support of the brand to at the same time place cameras, spotlights or microphones.

We continue up to study its support arm, whose end uses the VESA 100 × 100 mm standard format to install the monitor.The simplest and most generic way to do so, with two upper tabs to be able to "hang" the monitor and place the screws safely.It is a quite stissed arm built in aluminum with some plastic elements, and has a hydraulic height adjustment system.

Its black color makes perfect combination with the rear base area, being slightly tilted back if we see it in profile to have the most balanced mass center.In the rear of this arm we will have two plastic grips to enrut the cables, to which we can add the other two with the greatest width included.If we look at the upper end, we will see that there is a screw with a circle which we can remove. ¿Para qué? Pues Corsair nos da la posibilidad de fijar aquí los soportes Elgato Flex Arm mediante un adaptador XENEON Camera Adapter & Ball Mount Kit el cual no se incluye.And on them we can place devices for recording or content creation.

The support mechanism for the screen is a bit similar to that used by AORUS, at least as far as mobility is concerned, as it will have its three liberated axes.Quite strong hinges have been used and with the hardness necessary to be able to leave the screen fixed in any position.The truth is that the stability and little slack that they give to this wide 32 ”panel surprises, so very good work by the design team.

The rear area of Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165 is presented with a rather sober and minimalist design, similar to some televisions.The manufacturer has strive to give us a great thinness concentrating hardware and connections in the central zone a bit faster.The entire housing will be made of an elegant rough plastic without missing the logo and a wide upper rack to ensure passive cooling of internal components.The thinning work has been facilitated a bit when taking out the power supply.

The truth is that we find it curious the fact of not having integrated any environment.In the lower right corner we find the joystick for the control of the OSD and a button dedicated to off and turn on the monitor.

We arrive at the screen area, which is presented with ultradelgated bevel frames, continuing with the current trend.The lateral and upper frames will be only 8 mm, part of them integrated into the panel and leaving only the fair edge of plastic for its fixation.The lower frame will be plastic, and only 20 mm, obtaining a useful area greater than 90%.The panel will have an excellent anti-glare finish and an elegant edge finish and corners.

Ergonomics

We follow this outer analysis focusing on the ergonomics of Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165, which will need about 35 cm deep desktop for placement and working range.As we have already seen, it is clear that it supports Vesa type assemblies of 100 × 100 mm, including screws.

First, we will have a hydraulic height adjustment system that will provide a range of 110 mm movement.A good tour, although not the broader, but we will be left over for this 32 ”monitor that does not allow its placement in vertical reading mode.

En el propio mecanismo de soporte tenemos la posibilidad de giro en orientación hacia los lados de 30^o tanto a derecha como izquierda. Finalmente, en la bisagra dispondremos de capacidad de inclinación frontal de -5^o hacia abajo y +20^o hacia arriba, cumpliendo así con lo que ofrecen otros monitores gaming.

Port panel

The Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165 port panel is located in the lower rear area and looking towards the ground as usual.It will be divided into two areas as a mere aesthetic resource, and there will be no lid or embellishing for design reasons.

We will find the following ports:

Once again, it seems that another manufacturer has chosen not to integrate the HDMI ports in its latest version, staying in the 2.0.But we ignore it by having a Displayport 1 port.4 And two other USB Type-C ports that also support DP 1.4.In this way, if we use the HDMI ports we are limited to 2560x1440p @144 Hz.4 In the remaining three ports to obtain 2560x1440p @165 Hz in HDR.

We will have two USB Type-A ports, which we can use whenever we have connected the USB-C cable to our equipment, thus doing the function of the USB-B of other monitors.The brand has not enabled the PIP/PBP function for its corsair Xeneon 32qHD165, and the truth is that in a monitor -oriented monitor and gamers like this, it would have been more than successful.Nor will we have a KVM function for the control of the PC by keyboard and mouse through the monitor.Later we will see that we will have management from ICUE.

Screen and benefits

It is time to know the specifications of the Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165, which will belong to that exclusive list of 2K monitors with 165 Hz, where we find exponents such as the ASUS ROG Stix XG279Q of 170 Hz, aorus fi32q, msi optix mag274qrf or the raptor raptor27, which we have already analyzed, although each with its peculiarities and sizes.

Well, this model will combine a great amplitude with its 32 -inch diagonal and 16: 9 format with a native QHD resolution of 2560x1440p.This generates a 98 ppp density, enough to give us a definite image about 45 cm away from vision.It is a usual format for 4K monitors, but QHD is also a good resolution for them, because we have a wide desk where we can take advantage of a real 100% scale for the content representation.

The panel used will be nothing less than an IPS quantum dot display with LED backight by local attenuation areas.The quatum dots are semiconductor particles of nanometric size that, depending on their size, emit the light of a different color depending on the size of the particle, from red to larger size, to the blue to smaller, passing through the whole spectrum.This what it does is improve the representation of colors, spinning an incredible visual experience with saturated colors, vivid as in an OLED panel practically.This will offer the best in the gaming world and the best for designers, or at least this is the idea.So it has endowed with a 165 Hz refresh frequency and a response speed of 1 ms MPRT and less than 3 ms in GTG.AMD FREESYNC PREMIUM VARIABLE REFRESCO TECHNOLOGY has been implemented, and compatible with NVIDIA G-SYNC.

The Quality and Color Composites section also paints very well for this corsair xeneon 32qhd165.It offers us a typical 1000: 1 contrast and a typical 400 nits shine, which will rise to 440 nits in HDR mode, counting in turn with DisplayHDR 400 certification 400.The manufacturer does not inform about the delta and medium or valid or calibration certifications of Calman or Pantone, but ensures a 100% color coverage for SRGB, 98% for DCI-P3 and 100 for Adobe RGB. La profundidad de color será de 8 bits (16,7 millones de colores), con perfectos ángulos de visión en vertical y horizontal de 178^o.

This is what we are told about the specifications, and being the first model of the brand is mentioned quite little about its functions designed for Gaming.They will not be as many as those who have their rivals, but we have blue light filter, several overdrive modes to improve the answer and eliminate ghosting, as well as different predefined image modes.We are on the way the typical function of overexposure of shaded areas or shadow boost as some call, or overlap of sight points for games.

But the characteristics do not end here, because just as the support is designed for Elgato or Corsair devices, it is also done with the monitor itself.We will extend this description in the software section, but we will have compatibility with Corsair ICUE to manage the OSD, and also for products such as Stream Deck Elgato, being able to integrate different options such as brightness, contrast, color temperature, response time or input selection timeon the device.This, combined with creation programs, brand lighting and recording systems and other extras, will allow us to create the best setup for market creators, at a priceless price it is possible to say.

Calibration and panel performance tests

We are going to analyze the calibration benefits and performance of Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165, verifying that the manufacturer's technical parameters are met.To do this we will use the X-Rite Colormunki Display color, and Displaycal 3 and HCFR programs.We will verify these properties with the main SRGB and DCI-P3 color spaces.

Latency

First of all, we will perform an end-to-end latency test of the monitor next to the test bench with the NVIDIA LDAT tool and the Eternal Doom game, in Native Resolution and 165 Hz activated on DisplayPort 1.4.With it it is intended to measure the latency of the complete set, from which we click on the mouse until the screen pixels respond to the shot.

This monitor is located at a level similar to the other 2K models of 160 or 170 Hz that we have recently analyzed with an impressive inner mean at 25 ms of end to end latency.For this we have used the Overdrive Superfast mode, which is not the ideal for image quality, it will be the one that extracts the most response power of the pixels.

Image artifacts

We will verify the benefits of this panel with some testupo tests in search of artifacts such as Ghosting.For this we have maintained the default configuration of the test in terms of color and speed.

We will have three Overdrive modes in this model, and the one that has given us the best results will be the FAST in terms of equilibrium between image quality and ghosting refers.With him we do not get whatever this one behind the moving images, something that is allowed to be seen in the Superfast mode with a small white trail.

In a small region the upper edge we see a bit of bleeding when we set up the maximum brightness with a totally black background to bring to light this type of typical artifacts in the IPS panels.Under normal conditions it is not noticed, but being a unit of analysis or prototype we will overlook it.

Contrast and brightness

Now we will deal with the basic tests given to us the actual brightness and contrast measures of Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165 in the default image mode without HDR.

This contrast data slightly less than 1000: 1 seems a bit low for this monitor, and the truth is that we expected a little more in this aspect.The maximum brightness also remains slightly below the 400 typical nits without using HDR, and the deep black panel is a bit high.The latter is typical of an IPS panel without local attenuation, but we do not know how its hardware is working inside.

SRGB

The analysis of this space already lets us see the impressive color coverage of this monitor, reaching a volume of range 168% and covering the space completely complete.As for calibration, we get a delta and average of 3.89 in this space, which is not ideal, but quite acceptable for a gaming monitor without pantone or calm certification.On the other hand, we see an impressive adjustment on the gray scale, which gives us a clue that this panel will improve its color accuracy by applying a colorimeter.

DCI-P3

In this other space we obtain a delta and average of 3.05, a little better than in the previous space demonstrating that it is more focused on creators being a typical space of multimedia content in high definition.The coverage in this case will be 92.5%, but where we obtain an impressive 99% is in Adobe RGB, thus complying with what is promised.

Calibration

We have made a calibration with the colorimeter to improve the results greatly, now obtaining some delta and media below 1 in the two cases analyzed.Here he demonstrates the good panel that Corsair has used.

OSD menu, ICUE and integration with Elgato Stream Deck

This section will be especially interesting in this Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165 being a monitor that can be managed from ICUE and is integrable with elgato devices, which in our case we will demonstrate with the Stream Deck Deck Dick.

But we will begin by analyzing the OSD menu, which is quite simple and with less options than rival gaming monitors, also because of having less extra functions.They will be a total of 6 sections, but the really important will be the first.The last one is quite filling when informing us of the current configuration that the monitor has.The audio and source selection sections will also be typical.

Within the first section we have fundamental options such as image modes, where there will be 5 and options to adjust the image characteristics of the monitor.It will be in this where the Overdrive, Overbarrid or Blue Light Filter options have been placed.A bit strange this distribution that would normally be separated.And the truth is that in the following sections we will not have relevant options about monitor performance.

The next stop and more interesting will be in the ICUE software, which from version 4.16 will detect this corsair xeneon 32qhd165.To do this we will need to connect the monitor to the PC using the USB-C, either to also use its displayport interface, and only for up and down data up.

We will have a first section of options designed to manage the basic characteristics of the monitor.They will basically be the same options in the first section of the OSD, including MPRT mode, overdrive, etc..In the second section we will find the general configuration, with the possibility of updating the firmware, modifying the presentation of the OSD, connection management, audio or activation of FreeSync.In short, a summary of the rest of OSD sections.

The next step will be to integrate the Elgato Stream Deck with ICUE and the monitor, so we will connect it on the equipment and install the software we will download from the official page.In its simple interface we must first look for the corresponding ICUU plugin in the store, being freely free.

After installing the plugin, the list of options will appear in the right area, and we must simply drag the option that interests us towards the button we want.At the same time, each control function will have a series of sub-opections in the lower drop-down, where we can modify refreshment frequency, brightness, color temperature and other important aspects.

The final step should be to install or integrate the video and sound capture software into the equipment, adding more functions in the Stream Deck to greatly expedite the work.To this will be added the commented options on elgato supports for cameras or lighting, of course integrable through software and wifi.

Final words and conclusion about Corsair Xeneon 32qhd165

We will agree that Corsair has been released unbeatable in the monitors sector with this impressive 32 -inch model designed for gamers, content creators and designers.Satisfying everyone is a complicated task, but we believe it can get it.

Gaming benefits are quite overwhelming when betting on a panel that delivers 165 Hz and 1 ms response, having demonstrated in our tests an E2E latency (complete equipment) less than 25 ms.Nor will we have ghosting, and we can even improve the blur through the MPRT mode.It is true that we will not have many extras such as Mira Points or Black Equalizer, but the experience at stake is at the level of the market reference models.

In the face of designers, the only thing that has lacked us to be round is a calibration certification. Aunque es bastante buena, sobre todo en la escala de grises, aún es mejorable como ha demostrado con nuestro colorímetro, obteniendo Deltas E Medios <1.Quantum dot implemented technology does not obtain a great contrast in normal mode as we have seen in other monitors such as Asus Rog Swift PG32UQ, but the coverage are impressive with 100% Adobe RGB.Its Zero Dead Pixel policy should ensure a high panel shelf life.

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If we join both worlds, we will have that of the creators, who need benefits to play and quality to edit.And Corsair takes a step further than the others with an integration in both ICUE and Elgato's products.We have tested its control with the Stream Deck and works wonderfully, and also its exterior design is designed for components such as the Corsair Nexus touch screen or the flex arm arm supports to create the perfect setup.Although we don't have HDMI 2.1, the two USB-C ports will be very useful and they will be very appreciated.

The departure price of this Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165 will be 800 euros in our territory, very similar to competition with more or less equivalent models.Corsair has done a great job starting from scratch according to them.So we expect more interesting models for the future that improve small weaknesses such as simple OSD panel or add extra functions for gaming.

The Review Professional Team gives you the platinum and recommended medal:

Corsair Xeneon 32qHD165

DISEÑO - 96%

PANEL - 95%

CALIBRACIÓN - 89%

PEANA - 91%

MENU OSD - 87%

JUEGOS - 94%

PRECIO - 87%

91%