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 I'd be sorely tempted by this .
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 [[link]] janky AOKZOE A1 Pro because I know it's more powerful. Even if I'm actually just playing Dredge on it.
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The 14-inch scale of the 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 is a great pairing for the RTX 3060 with it's last-gen Nvidia architecture. It will still game quite comfortably at that resolution, even if it's a bit behind [[link]] the new RTX 4060 machines. Likewise, the Ryzen 7 5800HS isn't the latest AMD design, but it's an eight-core, 16-thread chip that will happily do some serious number crunching if needed. There's also a healthy 16GB of DDR4 RAM [[link]] backing it up.
My only note of concern really is that 512GB SSD. It should be fast enough for anyone's needs, and is fine for a budget gaming laptop, but will get filled up rather quickly with the size of modern games. Still, there are some great around today, and to replace the drive in your Zephyrus G14 notebook.
So yes, while you can buy , the svelte Zephyrus G14 is a bargain even with a slower RTX 3060 GPU inside it. There are fewer compromises on design, CPU, and memory with this discounted machine, and it really is a beautiful all day, every day laptop.