Want a gaming laptop that's got some kick, but not particularly interested in dropping the humungo bucks on one? We can help. In fact, on this auspicious Cyber Monday, we can help twice, because there are actually two very solid choices to pick from.
HP Victus | RTX 4070 | Ryzen 7 8845HS | 16.1-inch | 1080p | 144 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 5600| 512 GB SSD | $1,399.99$879.99 at Best Buy (save $520)
This Victus might not be perfect, but the headline news here is that you get a 115 W RTX 4070 gaming laptop for RTX 4060 prices. It's only got a 1080p display, and that 512 GB SSD will fill up very quickly, but slam a cheap 1 TB SSD in there and this becomes a bit of a budget bargain.
First up, going for $879.99 at Best Buy, the HP Victus 16, an AMD Ryzen 7-8845HS-powered machine with 16GB DDR5 RAM and the kicker, an RTX 4070 GPU driving a 16.1-inch HD display. The 512GB SSD is a little on the puny side (okay, a lot on the puny side) in this era of 100GB+ install sizes, but there's another SSD slot in the back of the machine so you can easily chuck in another one—and if you could use some guidance on that front, there are also some very sweet Cyber Monday SSD deals to choose from.
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