The Asus Zephyrus G14 is $450 off at Best Buy – my favorite gaming laptop deal for college students is still available

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One of the best gaming laptop deals of the year – and a particularly good option for prospective college students – is still on sale at Best Buy today. It's the stunning Asus Zephyrus G14 for just $1,349 (was $1,799).

I originally wrote about this deal last week – and it was incredibly popular with our readers. Today, this excellent laptop is still on sale, although potentially for not that much longer.

Today's best gaming laptop deal at Best Buy

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14: was $1,799.99 now $1,349.99 at Best Buy

Graphics card: GeForce RTX 5060
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 270
RAM: 16GB DDR5
Storage: 1TB SSD

Right now at Best Buy, you can get a massive $450 discount on the latest Asus G14 – an excellent, lightweight and powerful laptop that's perfect for gamers headed off to college. With an RTX 5060 graphics card, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD, you've got plenty of power under the hood here for a smooth gaming experience. On top of that, this machine also features a stunning 3K OLED display, which is fantastic for movies or just everyday use.

With an RTX 5060, this machine isn't a super high-end gaming laptop. It is, however, powerful enough to play every modern title with respectable performance. You might not be able to play everything at max settings at 3k, but smooth frame rates at 1080p are more than achievable. Being a 14-inch laptop, 1080p still looks great on this machine's relatively small display.

If you're looking for something with a little more power, then I'd also happily recommend this configuration with an RTX 5070 Ti graphics card for $2,049 (was $2,399). The price cut on that machine isn't quite as deep, but it's still a very, very good deal for such a high-end laptop.

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Alex Whitelock
Retail Editor

Alex is TechRadar's retail editor, specializing in deals, buying advice, and general tips on how to save our readers as much cash as possible. He's covered events like Black Friday and Amazon in some capacity for over seven years now; both in editorial and other ecommerce adjacent roles on TechRadar, T3, GamesRadar, and other Future PLC sites. Alex's expertise touches on most areas, but he has a particular love for phones, laptops, and cameras, being an avid photographer.

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