Jump straight to the deals you want...
1. US gaming laptop deals
2. UK gaming laptop deals
As a hobby, PC gaming is an expensive one, more so if you want to go mobile like Bane. That makes the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals all the more important as this discount-laden time of year is the perfect time to bag yourself a new machine without paying full price.
And it's actually a pretty great time to be thinking about buying a new gaming laptop anyway, because all the key players have released their new mobile hardware now. That means stock of the new tech should be solid, and that healthy supply ought to mean competition for your cash, and that means deals. It also means there may well be some last-gen machines, that are still very much worth a considered purchase, available at a hefty discount.
But, as with everything, it's important to make sure you are getting a good deal and that means not being blinded by just a big discount number. A rubbish gaming laptop, is still rubbish however big a discount is, likewise a great laptop can be a great deal if it's only a little cheaper than normal.
First, figure out your budget, think about what you really want to do with your new machine, and be honest with yourself. Do you really need an RTX 4090 laptop to play the new Football Manager? The answer is no. Honestly, the answer would be no to buying an RTX 4090 laptop anyways—a good, cheaper RTX 4080 notebook will generally perform as well in gaming terms.
- We're curating all the best early Black Friday PC gaming deals right now.
It's also worth keeping an eye on the backup specs for a gaming laptop, especially if you're looking at the more affordable end of the spectrum. Many companies look to save cash, or force you into a more expensive purchase, by limiting the amount of RAM or storage in a budget gaming laptop. But even if it only has 8GB installed, it's worth checking around to see how easy an upgrade it is to get that up to 16GB; it might still be cheaper than buying an equivalent laptop with 16GB from the outset.
When is Black Friday 2023?
Black Friday 2023 begins November 24, and we're likely to see gaming laptop deals from heaps of retailers coming in in the run up to the big day.
The main Black Friday deals will run all the way through the weekend over November 25 and 26, and into Cyber Monday on November 27. Once the initial panic is over, you can bet you'll see leftover discounts spilling into Cyber Week, too.
So, buckle up for some great Black Friday gaming laptop deals, as we're expecting a bunch of the best gaming laptops from 2023 to go on sale.
Where are the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals?
In the US:
- Amazon - RTX 3050 laptops from Acer and Dell starting at $650
- Asus - high-end ROG Zephyrus 14 with Ryzen 9 and RTX 3060 at Best Buy
- MSI - RTX 3080 gaming laptops up to $200 off at Newegg
- Gigabyte - up to 50% off Gigabyte gaming laptops at Newegg
- Walmart - cheap Gateway laptops. Remember them?!
- B&H Photo - up to $500 off Lenovo, Asus, & MSI gaming laptops
- Target - sub-$1,000 gaming laptops
- Staples - up to $300 off MSI gaming notebooks
- Lenovo - $1,000+ discounts on Legion laptops
- Razer - discounts on Razer Blade laptops, our favorite notebooks
- Newegg - $500+ off RTX 30 series gaming laptops
- Best Buy - save up to $500 on gaming laptops
- Microsoft - up to half price on last-gen laptops
- Dell - save over $300 on Dell and Alienware gaming laptops
- RTX 4060 - Gigabyte G5 KF |
$1,099$860 at Newegg (save $229) - RTX 4070 - MSI Crosshair 15 |
$1,699.99$1,389.90 Amazon (save $310.09) - RTX 4080 - Lenovo Legion Pro 7i |
$2,749$2,564 at Lenovo (save $285)
In the UK:
- Amazon - save on Asus, Razer, and Acer gaming laptops
- Dell - Alienware and Dell Gaming laptops with up to £500 off
- HP - Save £450 on HP Omen laptop powered by an RTX 3070 Ti
- Overclockers - gaming laptop deals and components
- Ebuyer - RTX 3060-powered gaming laptop for just £799.98
- Very - save up to £450 on RTX 3070 MSI gaming laptops
- Razer UK - Discounts out PC Gamer's favourite gaming laptops
- Box - Just £1,916.99 for a Razer Blade 15 Base gaming laptop
- Scan - up to £400 off gaming laptops from different manufactures
- PC Specialist - An RTX 3070 gaming PC for just £1,499
- RTX 3060 - Medion Erazer Deputy P25 |
£999.99£798.99 at Ebuyer (save £201) - RTX 4060 - Gigabyte G5 |
£1,198.97£897.97 at Laptops Direct (save £215)
Black Friday gaming laptop deals in the US
Our magic Black Friday price bots are searching the web, constantly tracking down the best gaming laptop deals.
Black Friday gaming laptop deals in the UK
Our magic Black Friday price bots are searching the web, constantly tracking down the best gaming laptop deals.
What should I look out for in a Black Friday gaming laptop deal?
The best Black Friday gaming laptop deals will deliver high-performance hardware for a knockdown price, or at the very least not come with an overly inflated price tag.
But it doesn't automatically scan that just because something has a three-figure discount that it will be worth the money. You need to keep an eye on what parts are being used, what else you get for your cash, and whether it's actually right for you.
Things are tough for PC gaming hardware, as it stands today. But companies are still aiming to shift stock so expect some discounts on current-gen kit. Don't be fooled into parting with money for anything beyond the last generation of GPUs, however. It's unlikely there'll be a laptop with an Nvidia 10-series graphics card inside it that's worth buying this Black Friday, unless you can find a wonderfully cheap deal.
Keep an eye out for storage, and memory size too. That's most true at the low end of the market, where manufacturers may aim to keep prices low by using single sticks of memory and therefore halving the potential memory bandwidth. That might not be a problem in the very cheapest of gaming laptops, however, where the GPU will make the most difference to your experience.
