Best Gaming Laptop Deals: Save Up to $1,000 on Razer, Alienware, Lenovo and More

It's not often that we see a gaming laptop that's so cheap, especially when it's coming with an RTX 3050 when usually these price ranges tend to have a GTX 1650 or equivalent. While the RTX 3050 isn't powerful, it's more than enough to get basic gaming done, especially with the big free-to-play games that are well-optimized for lower-end specs. You also get a mid-range i5-13420H, 8GB of DDR4 RAM and 512GB of storage, all of which are excellent for the price tag.

Acer's Nitro 5 has long been a popular pick for gamers on tight budgets. This model is $88 off at Amazon and features GeForce RTX 3050Ti graphics alongside a 12th-gen Core i5-12500H CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB solid-state drive. The 15.6-inch display has full HD resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate.

The Lenovo Legion Slim 5 is as close as you can get to a mid-range laptop without spending the same sort of money. It comes with an RTX 4060, an AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS, and 16GB of DDR5 RAM giving you solid gaming performance, general day-to-day use and productivity. The 16-inch 1920x1200 resolution screen won't push the GPU too hard, and it will more easily hit the 144Hz refresh rate.

This Acer Predator model is based on a high-resolution 16-inch display and RTX 4060 graphics. The display offers a WQXGA resolution with a 165Hz refresh rate and an impressive 500nits of peak brightness, making it the perfect middle-ground in terms of display quality. Along with that, you get the mid-to-high-end Intel i7-13700HX, which is perfect for gaming and productivity, while the 16GB of DDR5 RAM will give you a smooth day-to-day experience.

You get a slightly more powerful gaming performance with the RTX 4070 that will let you play more recent games at higher graphical settings. The 16-inch QHD+ 165Hz gives you some leeway in what you want to prioritize, and the Intel Core i713700HX gives excellent mid-to-high-end processing performance. You'll also be happy with the 1TB of storage.

If you're looking for a great mid-to-high-end gaming laptop at a good price, this configuration of the G16 is perfect. It comes with the RTX 3070 Ti, which can easily handle the 16-inch 2560x1600 resolution, potentially at the 165Hz refresh rate, assuming a couple of graphical compromises. As for the processor, you get the Intel Core i9-12900H, which is one of the best in the market and gives this laptop a lot of versatility. You also get a massive 32GB of DDR5 RAM and 1TB of storage space.

This Alienware m16 gaming laptop has a 16-inch QHD+ 240Hz display powered by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GPU, one of the top 5 powerful GPUs on the market. You also get the high-end Intel Core i9-13900HX processor, 1TB of storage and a great 16 GB of DDR5 RAM. The whole thing even comes in a color dubbed Dark Metallic Moon. How cool is that?