This RTX 3060 MSI gaming laptop is just $1,049 after rebate at Newegg

The MSI gf65 thin with Black Friday deals in the top left corner on a blue background — (Image credit: MSI)

Should you be on the lookout for a gaming laptop with a latest generation GPU under the hood, it has to be said this is a pretty great deal. After the rebate, you can get this 10UE model of the MSI GF65 thin for a fanciful $1,049.

It's changed a little since we gave the earlier 9SEXR model a pretty nice score of 74 in our review, but it's only been getting better since then. For just a little more than the RTX 2060 model's RRP, this one packs a current-gen RTX 3060, along with a 10th Gen Core i7 Intel GPU to round it off it nicely.

There's more where that came from on our Black Friday gaming laptop deals page.

It's one of those made for competitive games, and with that hardware combination it should be able to handle many top games at high settings with the screen maxing out at 1080p. Still, it could struggle with some games on ultra, so don't push it too hard. It's still a pretty nice gaming laptop for just over a grand.

Sure it's a not packed with heaps of storage, but there is space for another NVMe PCIe drive in there if you're feeling handy. You can check out some of our Black Friday SSD deals for a bit of extra space, if need be.

Either way, you're getting a good amount of RAM for the config—much more would be overkill—and that's topped by a not-horrendous 144Hz panel for smooth frames while you're gaming.

Having been obsessed with game mechanics, computers and graphics for three decades, Katie took Game Art and Design up to Masters level at uni and has been writing about digital games, tabletop games and gaming technology for over five years since. She can be found facilitating board game design workshops and optimising everything in her path.