If you're after a gaming laptop and don't want to fork out a bank-breaking sum, this capable offering from ASUS could well be a good purchase for you. Over at Amazon, the ASUS TUF FX505GM-AL279T gaming laptop is just £900 right now.
For that money it's got some pretty respectable and more-than-capable components inside. For starters, it boasts an i7-8750H processor - which you'd find in gaming laptops that cost way more than this one (such is its ability to handle everything). Elsewhere, it has 8GB of RAM to keep everything running fast and smooth, an SSD and a HDD arrangement, which, again, will keep operating system and processes running nicely while offering ample on-board storage.
The other headline component is the GTX 1060 graphics card. This is not going to rip up any record books, but it is a perfectly respectable and capable card for a laptop of this composition and will still run all of the latest games well-enough to be enjoyed enormously. When combined with a 15.6-inch screen and an ultrafast 120Hz IPS-level panel for smoother gameplay, that's not bad at all.
Although the FX505GM-AL279T was a fraction cheaper on Prime Day, you still had to have a Prime membership to even be eligible for the deal. As a result, this is a good offer you won't want to miss. Considering you always have to pay extra for the privilege of portability, this is a fine deal. Particularly for its entry-level place in the market.
ASUS TUF FX505GM-AL279T laptop | i7-8750H processor | GTX 1060 | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD | £900 at Amazon (save £400)
This a great first gaming laptop and will get you a machine powerful enough to play all the latest games well, but offers portability too. Result.
If you want to see how far your money can go, make sure you check out the best gaming laptops here. However, if you still think you'd prefer the more in-situ option and go for a tower, swat up on the best gaming PCs via our guide.
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Rob is the Deputy Editor of sister site, TechRadar Gaming, and has been in the games and tech industry for years. Prior to a recent stint as Gaming Editor at WePC, Rob was the Commissioning Editor for Hardware at 12DOVE, and was on the hardware team for more than four years, since its inception in late 2018. He is also a writer on games and has had work published over the last six years or so at the likes of Eurogamer, RPS, PCGN, and more. He is also a qualified landscape and garden designer, so does that in his spare time, while he is also an expert on the virtual landscapes and environments of games and loves to write about them too, including in an upcoming book on the topic!