It's easy to get jaded when reviewing gaming laptops—years of testing the fastest and most furious can do that to you. But we're not so far gone that we can't appreciate a good bargain. And that's ...

Compact design with a nice balance of gaming power. Good battery life when not gaming. Vivid G-Sync display. Relatively light for a gaming laptop. Speakers aren’t great. Understated design may not be ...