When the GeForce RTX 50 series was first released, it was a nightmare to get one. The cards would frequently sell out, and places would hike up the price in response. Fortunately, the days of seeing cards go for eye-watering prices are gradually fading away as they creep back towards MSRP.
Fortunately, despite the rocky start for the RTX 50’s pricing scheme, you can still score some nice hardware at a discount for October’s Prime Day. For instance, this lovely Asus ROG Strix G16 is 20% off and has an RTX 5060 under the hood, making it a great way to game on the go for less.
Why the Asus ROG Strix G16 is a top pick this October Prime Day
The star of the show with the Asus ROG Strix G16 is the GPU. It comes with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, which should make short work of any game you throw at it. Coupled with an Intel Core i7 14650HX, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of SSD storage, the laptop is ready to game right out of the box.
Of course, since this is a gaming laptop, the entire thing is illuminated with an impressive RGB light show that reviewers praise. However, if you want to take this laptop into a professional setting and prefer not to have it light up like a deep-sea creature, you can engage “Stealth Mode,” which stops the flashy lights, leaving you with a sleek and stylish-looking work laptop. Just don’t let them catch you playing games during meetings.
With all this hardware packed within the Asus ROG Strix G16, you may be rightfully worried about the cooling. Fortunately, so was Asus, which is why it equipped the laptop with “end-to-end vapor chamber, tri-fan technology and Conductonaut extreme liquid metal applied to the chipset,” which helps keep things nice and chilly. People in the reviews are quick to praise just how well the laptop handles big workloads without overheating.
The best bit is, you can score all of this hardware for 20% off on Amazon Prime Day. That’s a cool $300 off its usual $1,499 price, down to a tidy $1,199. That’s a steal, if you ask me.