When it comes to gaming laptops, buying “open-box” units can often save quite a bit of money. Open-box laptops are the machines that customers have returned. At Best Buy, Geek Squad verifies these notebooks to make sure they work as intended. So, although you can find open-box machines in anywhere from like-new to slightly beat-up condition, they will work and function just like brand-new laptops.
So, if you feel comfortable going the open-box route, Best Buy now has the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2023) with a Core i7-13620H CPU, an RTX 4060 GPU, 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage for as low as $769.99 instead of the $1,099.99 list price.
The open-box ROG Zephyrus G16 units on sale at Best Buy are available in:
- Excellent condition for $879.99
- Good condition for $824.99
- Fair condition for $769.99
When it comes to the capability of the laptop, the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 (2023) should perform quite well thanks to the mid-range CPU and GPU. Our testing of the Core i7-13620H put the CPU at more than 1,800 and 15,300 points in the Cinebench R23 single-core and multi-core tests respectively, making it powerful enough to handle demanding workloads.
Similarly, the RTX 4060 laptop GPU should also provide solid performance in both gaming and content creation tasks. The board performs on par with its desktop counterpart and plays games like F1 24, Ghost of Tsushima, and Horizon Forbidden West close to or above 60 FPS at FHD/Ultra.
On the display front, the ROG Zephyrus G16 equips a 16-inch FHD+ panel with a 165 Hz refresh rate, NVIDIA G-SYNC, Advanced Optimus, and 300 nits of brightness. The screen should also be plenty for media watcher as it also covers 100% of the sRGB gamut.
Completing the package is a massive 90 Wh battery, Wi-Fi 6E, and a single-zone RGB keyboard alongside a port selection which includes one Thunderbolt 4 port, a single USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, and an HDMI 2.1 out, among others.
Put simply, the open-box ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 on sale with an RTX 4060 is a lot of laptop for less than $1,000 and seems like a pretty good choice for mid-range gamers.
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slickdeals, Best Buy (linked above)