Judge me by size, do you? I say 14-inchers make the best Black Friday gaming laptop purchase
Asus ROG Zephyrus 14 | Nvidia RTX 4060 | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | 14-inch | 1080p | 165Hz | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | $1,599.99$1,199.99 at Best Buy (save $300)
If you don't want a hulking gaming laptop, let me introduce the Zephyrus 14 (see our review): a 14-incher that can game without busting your bank balance or your shoulder when lugging it around—no-nonsense specs in a delightful package. This is the latest version with the RTX 40-series GPUs; this is a very smart package, though not the most affordable RTX 4060 machine by any stretch, it is still a good deal for this delightful little laptop.
Price check: Newegg $1,764.99
Alienware x14 R2 | 14-inch | QHD+ 165Hz | RTX 4060 |Core i7 13620H | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB | $1,899.99$1,399.99 at Dell (save $500)
The world's thinnest 14-inch gaming laptop they say. It's certainly far cheaper than Razer's 14-inch Blade, with comes in $600 higher with the same GPU. A very slick little machine for portable gaming action.
Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 4070 | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS | 14-inch | 1600p | 240Hz | 16GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB NVMe SSD | $2,699.99$2,399.99 at Amazon (save $300)
This is the model we tested in our 2023 Razer Blade review and boy does it slap. It's a great form factor in that 14-inch chassis, not like the bulky portable gaming machines of yesteryear. And while you don't get the best performance per buck, it's still one of our favorite machines of the year with its gorgeous good looks and 780M iGPU. It even allows for upgradable RAM, though you can easily get away with 16GB for most gaming habits.
Razer Blade 14 | Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX | 14-inch | 1440p | 165Hz | 16GB DDR5-5600 | 1TB NVMe SSD | $3,499$1,799 at Amazon (save $1,700)
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