Gaming laptops have managed to come in pricing in the last few years but we’ve never had the point wherein even sub-Php50,000 laptops have been very competitive to mainstream desktop builds. Due to the way that pricing works, while folks in the US or Singapore may enjoy $800 prices, this is not always the case in the Philippines so the situation remains that the price barrier is still intact.


That changes today, with both graphics cards and CPUs being able to deliver so much more performance, mainstream and mid-market parts have never been so powerful and the GIGABYTE G5 gaming laptop we have for review is looking to give the budget market a better option than what its used to. Read on!