asus TUF series have been quite praised lately, you just gotta match the specs you need such as full HD, IPS, 144/165 hz/1ms they are all pretty much the same otherwise.
now I would stick to the AOC there, ive got just recently an AG271QG being 1440p/165hz/g-sync/IPS, and i absolutelly love it, people talked about backlight bleed on these models, but i think it was either corrected or i got lucky, i got barely any bleed whatsoever.
before that i had an aoc g2460pf, fantastic monitor, ultra-fluid, sadly it was a TN screen, your seem just like my old g24 but with IPS screen, everything else sounds the same... I think you'll be very happy with it, the brightness is high! and it could use some color calibration out of the box, but pretty much every monitor needs a bit of that anyways, if you're not prepared to go QHD, 24" is the sweet spot for Full HD. AOC became a brand that did me well and i wouldnt hesitate to recommend.
EDIT: and G-sync, theres definitely something about G-sync thats a step over freesync... id still experience some tearing with freesync, while on g-sync not at all, specially on lower FPS ranges.