The 5 best Prime Day gaming laptops under $1,000
MSI Cyborg | Nvidia RTX 4050 | Intel Core i5 12450H | 15.6-inch | 1080p | 144Hz | 8GB DDR4 | 512GB SSD | $999.99$699.99 at Best Buy (save $300)This might be one of the first RTX 40-series gaming laptops for under $1,000 we've seen so far. The MSI Cyborg is a nice little budget 1080p gaming laptop that should get a decent fps boost thanks to the magic of Nvidia's DLSS Frame Generation tech. It outperforms anything more expensive systems with an RTX 3050 GPU pretty soundly. But we don't love the 8GB of RAM.
Price check: Newegg $899.99
Asus ROG Zephyrus 14 | Nvidia RTX 3060 | AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS | 14-inch | 1080p | 144Hz | 16GB RAM | 512GB SSD | $1,399.99$799.99 at Best Buy (save $600) 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. While a bit older now versus the RTX 40-series GPUs, this is a very smart package for a low fee.Price check: Amazon $1,039.99 | Newegg $1,019.99
I get a real satisfaction from finally seeing proper gaming laptops for under $1,000, especially as they're now coming in with RTX 40-series GPUs at that price. There was a moment there where it was hard to imagine the price of Nvidia's current-gen graphics evening out against the previous generation, but it's happening. And there are now even better deals around on last-gen laptops.
What I will say is that, despite there being some cracking Prime Day gaming laptop deals around this year for less than a grand, you'll likely have to compromise on a little something to get them. Whether that be a lack of RAM like the MSI Cyborg above with its 8GB of memory, or an older
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