$500–$1,000: Cheap lappies
$1,000–$1,500: Mighty mid-range
$1,500+: High-end heroes
UK deals: Best in blighty
The best cheap gaming laptop deals couldn't come at a better time. As an entirely new generation of gaming laptops slowly begin to enter the world, expect to see big markdowns on last-gen systems as retailers try to make space for the arrival of these new kids on the block with their Nvidia RTX 40-series and AMD Ryzen 7000-series GPUs and new Intel 13th Gen and AMD Ryzen 7000-series CPUs.
To find you the very best cheap gaming laptop deal, I've enlisted the help of some deals bots to help me keep track of all the daily price drops on gaming laptops from all the big box retailers and grab the ones worth your hard-earned cash. I usually don't trust bots, but if they can save us money, we can make this partnership work.
Every week, I prioritize systems deals with Nvidia RTX 30-series mobile GPUs since they offer the best frames-per-dollar value. The RTX 40-series is only just arriving now and only inside high-end gaming laptops. So it'll be a while before we see decent discounts on those systems.
You'll notice that good deals on AMD systems don't seem to come up as often as I'd like. Though if one does turn up, this would be the place to look. Below are the best cheap gaming laptop deals from all over the internet curated into one spot. Note that it's not every deal online but the ones you should consider checking out. Check back periodically because some of the best gaming laptops (opens in new tab) often find themselves on sale. Oh, and if you're looking for a desktop, we even put together a list of the best cheap gaming PC deal (opens in new tab). See? We got you covered.
Where are the best gaming laptop deals?
In the US:
- Amazon - RTX 3050 laptops from Acer and Dell starting at $650 (opens in new tab)
- Walmart - cheap Gateway laptops. Remember them?! (opens in new tab)
- B&H Photo - up to $580 off Lenovo, Asus, & MSI gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Target - sub-$1,000 gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Staples - up to $200 off MSI gaming notebooks (opens in new tab)
- Lenovo - $700 discounts on Legion laptops (opens in new tab)
- Newegg - regular discounts on gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Best Buy - save on gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Dell - save up to $250 on Dell and Alienware gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
In the UK:
- Amazon - save on Asus, Razer, and Acer gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Dell - Alienware and Dell Gaming laptops with up to £400 off (opens in new tab)
- HP - save 10% on an HP Omen laptop powered by an RTX 3070 Ti (opens in new tab)
- Overclockers - gaming laptop deals and components (opens in new tab)
- Ebuyer - RTX 3060-powered gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Very - save up to £450 on RTX 3070 MSI gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
- Scan - regular sales on gaming laptops (opens in new tab)
$500–$1,000
$1,000–$1,500
$1,500+
UK laptop deals
Below you'll find laptop deals from across the web that our specialized deal widget has sniffed out.