The Verge's latest deals roundup argues that current gaming laptop prices are poor value, largely because of an unprecedented surge in the cost of RAM and, to a lesser degree, storage, which has pushed up prices for low-to-midrange machines. Against this backdrop, the article highlights MSI's Katana 15 HX (2025) as a rare worthwhile buy, priced at around $1,134 at Amazon — a 24 per cent reduction from $1,500.

The featured laptop pairs a 15.6-inch 1440p 165Hz display with Nvidia's RTX 5060 GPU, an Intel Core i7 14650HX CPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD, and offers generous connectivity including three USB-A ports, a video-capable USB-C port, HDMI 2.1, Ethernet and a headphone jack. It supports up to 96GB of RAM via two accessible slots but has only one M.2 SSD slot. The roundup also flags other deals: Ugreen's 10-port PoE gigabit Ethernet switch at $37.97, a 1990s live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4K Blu-ray trilogy bundle at $39.09, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for $55.99 on Steam (or $10 less at Newegg with a code) during Steam's summer sale.