I've found a cheap RTX 5070 gaming laptop you'll actually want to buy, an increasingly rare thing in these uncertain times

A Gigabyte A16 gaming laptop on a pink PC Gamer Deals background

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This is by far the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop I can find at the moment that you'd actually want to buy. It's got a beautiful chassis design, as our Zak found in his review of the RTX 5060-equipped variant—but like that model, the much more powerful GPU here has also been power limited, in this case down to 85 W. Still, it should deliver more than enough performance to feed its 1200p display, and it's a decently-speedy 165 Hz panel, too.

Price check: Amazon $1,349.99 (32 GB)

It's tough out there in deals land right now. The ongoing RAMpocalypse, combined with drained old stock levels after the holiday sales, has led to a veritable desert of gaming laptop discounts—although I've still managed to come up with several diamonds in the rough.

It's a very pretty machine, too, as our Zak found when he reviewed the RTX 5060 version. In fact, he went so far as to call it "beautiful", which is high praise given how many gaming laptops pass through our doors on a monthly basis.

The main thing to bear in mind with this particular lappy is the power limit of the graphics chip, as it's been reined in to an 85 W TGP. That's not quite as big a deal for the RTX 5070 mobile as it is for the RTX 5060 in our lower-specced review sample, but it's still not the full-fat 115 W variant.

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Gigabyte Gaming A16 gaming laptop — (Image credit: Future)

Still, it's got a 1200p 165 Hz panel to drive, which shouldn't be too taxing on even a power-limited mid-range Nvidia graphics chip. And while the Intel Core i7 13620H CPU at its heart isn't the most powerful, its six Performance and four Efficient cores should still make quick work of modern games.

Finishing out the specs sheet, you get 16 GB of DDR5-5200 and a 1 TB SSD. Nothing particularly interesting to report there, but both are perfectly reasonable in 2026. I'd like to say you might want to upgrade the RAM to 32 GB, but given current prices, I'd say it's a much better idea to hold off.

What goes up must come down, right? Right? Anyway, this lappy is good to go right now, and it's a darn sight cheaper than almost all of its competition. It's got plenty of bang for your buck, all wrapped up in a chassis that might make your friends jealous. Nice.

Best gaming laptop 2026

1. Best overall:
Razer Blade 16 (2025)

2. Best budget:
Lenovo LOQ 15 Gen 10

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 18-inch:
Alienware 18 Area-51

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Andy built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 12, when IDE cables were a thing and high resolution wasn't—and he hasn't stopped since. Now working as a hardware writer for PC Gamer, Andy spends his time jumping around the world attending product launches and trade shows, all the while reviewing every bit of PC gaming hardware he can get his hands on. You name it, if it's interesting hardware he'll write words about it, with opinions and everything.

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