The most tempting Prime Day gaming laptop deal feels so wrong... yet so right
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 know I shouldn't be sitting here recommending you buy an RTX 3060 gaming laptop in 2023, not when you can get faster RTX 4060 machines for less than $1,000. But if I was looking for a great budget Prime Day gaming laptop deal I'd be sorely tempted by this Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 for just $800 at Best Buy.
It's not sporting the latest in either AMD Ryzen processor stock or Nvidia graphics card silicon, but the Asus design is so damned good that I can absolutely forgive those slight performance sacrifices. And it's probably the one I'd spend my own money on.
And I'm not normally the sort of person to do that. My Steam Deck is sat on my mantlepiece while I use the moderately janky AOKZOE A1 Pro because I know it's more powerful. Even if I'm actually just playing Dredge on it.
The 14-inch scale of the Asus Zephyrus G14 is what really sets it off for me, and you will usually have to pay well beyond the $1,000 mark for the privilege of what is still a relatively rare gaming laptop form factor. That makes it super portable, and more like an actual laptop you'd use out and about on a daily basis rather than something that has to be constantly plugged into the wall to be of use.
That 1080p, 144Hz screen
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