Aside from the odd exam or forgotten homework nightmare, back to school season is firmly behind me—but that doesn't mean I'm not still looking over my shoulder for a tasty gaming laptop deal come September. Thankfully, Razer's only too happy to oblige with its delectable selection of Back-To-School Specials.
Razer offers a lot of customization options for its gaming laptops. If you want to keep your costs down, you'll want to go for the black colourway—I don't know why, but the white colourway adds $300 to the price! After that, you'll want to select the RTX 5060, 1 TB of SSD storage, and 16 GB of RAM. To quote a forgotten pop song from my youth, that's what I go to school for.
At the risk of overstating the obvious, the experience of using a gaming laptop extends far beyond just how many frames you can squeeze out of the GPU—real or courtesy of DLSS upscaling which all of Nvidia's 50-series cards enjoy. Fan noise is a not-so-silent-killer when it comes to the overall experience of using a laptop; for me personally, just because I can whack all the settings up to ultra doesn't mean I will if the fan protests loudly enough. So, while this deal's offering of a RTX 5060 is not the most powerful mobile GPU you could get, within the aluminium chassis of the Razer Blade 14, you'll still be flying.
1. Best overall:
Razer Blade 16 (2025)
2. Best budget:
Gigabyte G6X
3. Best 14-inch:
Razer Blade 14 (2025)
4. Best mid-range:
MSI Vector 16 HX AI
5. Best high-performance:
Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10
6. Best 17-inch:
Gigabyte Aorus 17X
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