This MSI Katana 15 runs on a powerful AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU, which is just about ideal for high-performance tasks and gaming. It also has 16GB of RAM for snappy multitasking, and you can always upgrade later with two 32GB DDR5 RAM sticks, bumping it up to 64GB of RAM.

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Prime Big Deal Days savings are in full swing, and if you're in the market for a new gaming laptop, this is a great time to buy one. To help you enhance and customize your gaming setup, we rounded up some of the best gaming laptops currently on sale.

While $550 is an amazing price for a gaming laptop, you have to set your expectations accordingly. The Ryzen 5 7235HS processor is a bit long in the tooth, and ditto for the RTX 3050 graphics card with 6GB of video memory. It’ll run most new games, but you may have to settle for medium settings to hit 60 FPS.

It's the season of one of the biggest sales, Amazon Prime Big Deal Day, and here we have a Acer Nitro V 15.6-inch gaming laptop deal that packs in solid specs at a reasonable price - especially if you want to get some gaming done. This laptop is now $649.99 (down from $779.99 - more than $100 off!).

While the Alienware M18 R2 ain’t cheap, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a deeper discount than the 18% off you’ll take during Prime Big Deal Days on October 8 and 9.

There are two things we love at PCMag: reviewing laptops and then finding them on sale. The best new tech + saving our readers money is what we're all about! So let's check out today's deal!

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Shoppers looking for deals on gaming laptops should check out this deal on the Asus ROG Strix G16, featuring GeForce RTX 4060 and Core i7.

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