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 RTX 30-series GPU like that of the Asus ROG X13 Flow below.

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That’s not to say you couldn’t do a little upgrade if the RAM or storage isn’t quite hitting the mark for you. A little DIY doesn’t hurt, and it’s even easier with all that money you’re saving, too.

And while little things are easy enough to rectify, you shouldn’t have to be concerned when it comes to the processing power. All of the laptops I’m suggesting here have smashing last-gen CPUs to back up their graphics and keep you going on the right side of productivity.

The Katana is the real star here, because there’s hardly a compromise to speak of for your money. MSI aced the storage size, jammed the perfect amount of high-speed RAM in there, and added a great core spec to back it all up. What more could you ask for?

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