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Sub-$1,000 gaming laptops are becoming near impossible to find right now, but this is one of the cheapest we'd actually consider. There are others, but you may well be looking at a 45 W TGP in those cases. For budget gaming laptops, I would absolutely make sure to track down the wattage the GPU is specced to run at before making a purchase. The 75 W RTX 5050 isn't terrible, but it's not the highest you'll find—although it should be pretty capable with the 1080p screen attached to it.

Key specs: RTX 5050 (75 W) | Core i5 13420H | 15-inch | 1080p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR4 | 512 GB

Price check: Amazon $990 (OOS)

This is the cheapest RTX 5070 gaming laptop I can find right now, and it's even got a proper 115 W GPU power limit. The CPU is plenty speedy, and you also get a 240 Hz IPS screen to play with—so there's lots to recommend this machine for at this price. The big drawback, though, is the tiny 512 GB SSD. You can't have everything, I guess.

Key specs: RTX 5070 (115 W) | Core i7 14650HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 512 GB SSD

We reviewed this very gaming laptop, and found its chassis design to be delightful. It's a bit of a shame about the 85 W power limit of the RTX 5060, though, although it'll still deliver decent gaming performance through its 1200p display. It's also got 16 GB of (single-channel) DDR5 and a 1 TB SSD, which are both high-value components with a decent discount. For the price? Yep, this is a tidy machine for tidy sums of cash.

Key specs: RTX 5060 (85 W) | Core i7 13620H | 16-inch | 165 Hz | 1200p | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Best Buy $1299.99

This Lenovo LOQ machine is far more expensive than it used to be (thanks, RAM crisis), but it does have a decent 100 W GPU, a speedy 1080p screen, and the now miserably familiar memory/storage combo of a 512 GB SSD and 16 GB RAM. The memory side wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't for the fact it's single channel, but in our review that didn't actually harm gaming performance.

Key specs: RTX 5060 (100 W) | Ryzen 7 250 | 15-inch | 144 Hz | 1080p | 16 GB DDR5 | 512 GB SSD

Price check: Best Buy $1,313.15

If you like your budget gaming laptops with big screens, this one's got a 17.3-inch 180 Hz IPS panel for reasonable cash. It's only a 1080p display, but that means the 85 W RTX 5060 on board shouldn't struggle too hard to push pixels. It's a shame about the 512 GB SSD, but unfortunately small storage drives are common at this price point.

Key specs: RTX 5060 (85 W) | Ryzen 7 240 | 17.3-inch | 180 Hz | 1080p | 16 GB DDR5 | 512 GB SSD

Once again, this is a power-limited RTX 5070 machine—but you do get 32 GB of DDR5 for your cash, which is increasingly rare in 2026. The processor is decently beefy, too, although you will need to lean on upscaling to make the most of its 1600p 165 Hz screen. The biggest selling point of this laptop, though, is its super-slim chassis design. While the price is higher than I'd like, it's still a good deal compared to the rest of the competition right now.

Key specs: RTX 5060 (85 W) | Ryzen AI 7 350 | 16-inch | 1600p | 165 Hz | 32 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

This Gigabyte lappy has a very stylish chassis, 32 GB of DDR5, a 1 TB SSD, and an RTX 5070 mobile for cheaper than a lot of the competition right now. What's not to like? Well, the GPU has been power limited to an 85 W TGP, but it should still do fine with a 1200p display. Other than that, though, it gets a solid thumbs up from me.

Key specs: RTX 5070 (85 W) | Core i7 13620H | 16-inch | 1200p | 165 Hz | 32 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

I'm a big fan of this mildly anachronistic gaming laptop. It's thick, can be loud, but it delivers on gaming performance and does so for an affordable price tag. The RTX 5070 Ti at its heart is a quality 12 GB mobile GPU, has a 140 W power limit, and if you run it on balanced mode you'll still get good gaming performance without the turbine whine of the fans. This one's got a 1200p screen, which should give the GPU very little trouble, and it comes with a decent-sized SSD, too.

Key specs: RTX 5070 Ti (140 W) | Core Ultra 7 255HX | 16-inch | 1200p | 144 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Best Buy $1,686

The G16 has been a firm favorite here at PC Gamer since Asus started wrapping them in milled aluminium chassis designs, and this one's got that super slim, super sleek feel. What you're getting here for the cash is a very portable form factor, a hyper-premium design, and a 240 Hz OLED. Some of the new models are a little noisy thanks to some saw-toothed fan profiles and hot-running Intel chips, as we found in our review of the RTX 5080 version, but this is still a gaming laptop I'd be happy to call my own.

Key specs: RTX 5070 (105 W) | Core Ultra 9 285H | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz OLED | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

This Vector is still one of the cheapest RTX 5080 gaming laptops you can find right now, even if it does go up and down like a yo-yo. Our Dave reviewed the Vector 16 HX AI last year and likes the value proposition you get when you take into account that mega GPU, although it is a bit of a hairdryer on full whack. Still, stick it in Balanced mode and the noise is much more reasonable.

Key specs: RTX 5080 | Core Ultra 9 275 HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Walmart $2,298.99 | Best Buy $2,319

Okay, so this model doesn't have the properly punchy Z2 Extreme chip of the ROG Xbox Ally X below. As such, it's nowhere near as powerful, and more suited to indie games rather than the demanding stuff. That being said, handheld gaming PCs are rising to silly prices right now, and this one's still got a super-comfortable chassis, a good screen, and the Xbox FSE interface.

Key specs: Ryzen Z2 A | 7-inch | 1080p | 144 Hz | 16 GB LPDDR5x | 512 GB SSD

Okay, there are heaps of more powerful handhelds around, but the original version is still the archetype of what a mobile PC gaming device should be. It's just as powerful as the original model, just with an OLED screen, so all those Steam Deck-compatible games should run well. It's the OG PC gaming handheld, and it still demands respect.

Key specs: 512 GB SSD | OLED | SteamOS

It is a borderline ludicrous amount of cash to drop on a gaming handheld really, but the ROG Xbox Ally X is a truly great device. I thought the design ridiculous until I had my review unit in-hand. It's super comfortable to use, the new library makes Windows usable, and the Z2 Extreme chip is powerful. Could do with a bit of a discount, but this is the cheapest you'll find it today.

Key specs: Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme | 7-inch | 1080p | 120 Hz | 24 GB LPDDR5x-8000 | 1 TB SSD

This laptop is a bit of a chonk, but for this sort of cash it's well worth considering. Our James reviewed a version with a different CPU last year, and found it to deliver good 1080p performance from its RTX 5060 mobile GPU. It's got a slightly dull screen, and the chassis design won't set your heart aflame, but you'll struggle to get more gaming performance for the price.

Key specs: RTX 5060 (115 W) | Core i5 13420H | 15.6-inch | 1080p | 144 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

This little Nitro might not have all the bells and whistles of fancier machines, but it's certainly got everything you need to get gaming. The RTX 5060 at its heart has a 75 W power limit, which is a little on the tight side, but paired with a 1080p screen should do just fine. The CPU is a neat and tidy little 10-core model (six Performance, eight Efficient) and it's got 16 GB of RAM and a 1 TB SSD, which are both good amounts.

Key specs: RTX 5060 (85 W) | Core i7 13620H | 15.6-inch | 1080p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

We reviewed the RTX 5060 version of this laptop late last year, and found it to be good—with one primary caveat. The 85 W RTX 5060 at its core isn't the fastest variant you'll find, and this RTX 5070 version has the same power limit. However, the A16 has an excellent chassis design, a decently fast screen, and a great smattering of budget components that still make it a desirable thing.

Key specs: RTX 5070 (85 W) | Core i7 13620H | 15.6-inch | 1200p | 165 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

Price check: Amazon £1,400

My goodness, a 32 GB, full-wattage RTX 5070 Ti gaming laptop for close to the $1,530. This is one of the best value lappys on this page, as while its still a fair lump of cash to pay, the hardware you receive is pretty darn tasty. The CPU is an eight-core AMD job, the DDR5 is plentiful, the screen is speedy, and the GPU should do well with its 1600p screen. Nice.

Key specs: RTX 5070 Ti (140 W) | Ryzen AI 7 350 | 16-inch | 1600p | 180 Hz | 32 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD

RTX 5080 machines are still eye-wateringly expensive for the most part, but we're big fans of this Vector lappy, especially because of the price. It might not have the prettiest chassis, but it's as fast as a very, very fast thing for a fair bit cheaper than most of the competition—with a speedy 240 Hz IPS panel thrown into the bargain, too. That makes it an excellent value proposition in a laptop market filled with extremely pricey equivalents. It's a smart buy, although I'd stick a touch more RAM in it—if you can find some for anything less than silly money.

Key specs: RTX 5080 (175 W) | Core Ultra 9 275HX | 16-inch | 1600p | 240 Hz | 16 GB DDR5 | 1 TB SSD