BEST PREMIUM GAMING LAPTOP

HP OMEN 17-AN059TX $3,499 | hp.com/au

If you’re going to go the whole hog and spend big on a gaming laptop, it might as well be something like this 17-inch unit from HP. This specific model delivers amazing value, especially considering its brand-name heritage, with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 graphics processor, 512GB NVMe SSD plus 1TB hard drive, Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM — all the basics you need for good gaming speed. That display’s a classy number too, with 120Hz refresh allowing butterysmooth frame rendering.