What do you call the most affordable gaming laptop currently available at a significant discount? That's not a joke; we're actually asking. Hyper Affordable? Ultra Value" Whatever name you give it, it applies to the Gigabyte G5, which can be found for under $1,000 in the US and UK during this year's Prime Day gaming laptop sale.

It's our pick for the best value gaming laptop right now. Despite its low price, the G5 is a serious piece of kit, boasting the latest generation Nvidia GPU (RTX 4060) and a sparkling 1080p, 144hz screen. It's more than capable of handling just about anything in a durable, compact package, especially when it comes to DLSS 3 and Frame Generation-compatible games.

Not without its drawbacks: the 512GB SSD is downright stingy, and if you try to play really big games, you'll soon have to re-install your games. if you want to play "Star Wars Jedi: Survivor," you'll need to uninstall the other You might as well uninstall almost everything else. This is one of those kind laptops that allows you to upgrade storage, so you can always load up a 1TB+ SSD later.

And, coincidentally, a Prime Day SSD deal popped up today. How fortunate.

The same goes for the Scrooge-like 8GB of RAM on the Newegg version of this laptop. It's not enough, but you can always put in another stick if you run out. Or maybe not enough. You know what I mean.

Quibbles aside, this is a lot of laptop for a relatively cheap price. If you're looking for something rugged, cheap, and still packs a punch, look no further than this one right now, which is probably why PCG's Jacob Ridley gave this machine a high score of 83% in his review of the Gigabyte G5.