Amazon's not the place for a cheap Black Friday gaming laptop deal when Best Buy has these two on sale for at least $300 less
Gigabyte G5 | Core i7 12650H | RTX 4060 | 16GB DDR5-4800 | 512GB SSD | 15.6-inch | 1080p | 144Hz | $1,099.99 $799.99 at Best Buy (save $300)
This is a lot of laptop for not very much money. To start with, you're getting a 10-core, 16-thread CPU that will easily cope with pretty much any game you throw at it. There's an RTX 4060 Mobile graphics chip too, that supports DLSS upscaling and frame generation. The storage is a bit disappointing, and you'll probably want to upgrade it at some point with a large SSD. For portable gaming and school work, though, this Gigabyte G5 laptop will keep you and your wallet happy.
Price check: Newegg (8GB version) $750 | Amazon $1,149
Asus TUF A16 | Radeon RX 7600S | AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS | 16GB DDR5 | 512GB SSD | 16-inch | 1200p | 165Hz | $1,099.99$749.99 at Best Buy (save $350)
For a gaming laptop with close to RTX 4060-level gaming performance the TUF A16 feels like a genuine bargain. That 512GB SSD is a bit miserly, but everything else seems like excellent value for money. That RX 7600S GPU is a rare AMD mobile GPU, and sits above the RTX 4050 and a bit below the RTX 4060 in terms of performance. For a $750 gaming laptop, that's a good place to be.
Price check: Amazon $1,139.99 | Newegg $1,029.99
Angling for a cheap gaming laptop doesn't make the hunt for a good price any easier—especially when every seller's yelling for attention on your search engine of choice. Good thing you've got us, eh? Especially when we might just wind up saving you $300. That's a lot of dough to save when you're hunting for budget builds like the Gigabyte G5 or the Asus TUF A16, sporting the latest Nvidia and AMD GPUs respectively.
First things first—the Gigabyte G5. This thing's packed with a 10-core,
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