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If you're looking for a relatively affordable gaming laptop with discrete graphics, head over to Best Buy and check out Acer's Nitro 15 with a GeForce GTX 1050 GPU inside. While normally priced at $719.99, it's on sale today for $599.99.
That's one of the lowest prices around for a laptop sporting a GeForce GTX 1050, which is tasked with powering the 15.9-inch display's 1920x1080 resolution.
It also has an Intel 8th generation Core i5-8300H processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive (7,200 RPM). You're not going to set ablaze any benchmarking records, obviously, but it's not too shabby for the money.
Connectivity consits of a USB 3.1 Type-C port, a USB 3.0 Type-A port, two USB 2.0 ports, a GbE LAN port, and an HDMI output.
Follow this link to grab this laptop.
If you'd rather have a solid state drive and/or prefer a different brand, there's a 15.6-inch (1920x1080) Dell Inspiron on Newegg (via Adorama Camera) that's on sale for $682.50, down from $799. Specs include a Core i5-7300HQ processor, GeForce GTX 1050 GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD. (Note that you could upgrade the Acer to a 500GB SATA SSD for about the same price.)
It doesn't have USB-C connectivity, but does have three USB 3.0 Type-A ports, an Ethernet port, and HDMI output. Go here to grab the Dell machine.
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Paul has been playing PC games and raking his knuckles on computer hardware since the Commodore 64. He does not have any tattoos, but thinks it would be cool to get one that reads LOAD"*",8,1. In his off time, he rides motorcycles and wrestles alligators (only one of those is true).


