VR ready and wallet friendly
If you’ve been quietly waiting all year to finally update your gaming laptop, this Black Friday season is as good of a time as any. Below, you’ll see some of the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals available thus far online, with pricing going from as low as $599 for a VR-ready rig, to as high as over a thousand if you’re looking for machines with a higher-end GPU and CPU combo.
Almost everything below is at their lowest ever price – and unsurprisingly, some of the best deals are actually at third-party retailers such as Walmart and Microsoft Store instead of the manufacturer’s own web store. If you spot a gaming laptop deal that’s noteworthy – let us know and we’ll add it to the list below.
Don’t want to scan or read everything below? Our top pick is the $799 Lenovo Y7000 sporting a Core i7-8750H and a GeForce GTX 1060 with SSD and plenty of RAM. It’ll run everything for well under $1,000. For the budget pick, we’ll go with the $599 Dell G3 which comes with a Core i5-8300H and a GTX 1050 Ti – this will run almost all titles at decent middle-ish settings without breaking the bank.
Black Friday Gaming Laptop Deals
MSI Gaming Laptops
- MSI GL63 Core i7-8750, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD + Free COD Black Ops 4 — $999 (list price $1,499)
- MSI GP73 Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD + Free COD Black Ops 4 — $1,399 (list price $2,000)
While not cheap, the MSI GL63 is VR ready thanks to it GTX 1060 6GB, and the pricier GP73 is one of the few gaming laptops sporting a high-end GTX 1070 we’ve spotted that’s actually sporting a good discount. (Note: GL63 has been going in and out of stock).
Dell G3 Laptops
- Dell G3 15 Gaming, Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, FHD 1080p, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $599 (list price $799)
- Dell G3 15 Gaming, Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1050, FHD 1080p, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 16GB Optane Memory — $649 (list price $799)
- Dell G3 15 Gaming, Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $699 (list price $899)
- Dell G3 17 Gaming, Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1060, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $1,049.99 (list price $1,200)
Dell G5 Laptops
- Dell G5 15 Gaming, Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $749 (list price $1,099)
- Dell G5 15 Gaming, Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $849 (list price $1,099)
Perhaps the best Black Friday deal thus far is the Dell G3 15 gaming laptop listed above for $599 from Microsoft Store. This laptop s configured with a Quad Core i5-8300H and a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti – making it a VR-ready title (albeit at slightly lower resolution).
A good balance of performance and price is the $699 offer from Walmart, which gets you a faster CPU (Core i7-8750H) and an SSD combo for an extra $100. Another great pick is the $849 G5 15 gaming laptop which sports a GeForce GTX 1060, and this is one of the cheapest gaming laptops you can pick up with a GTX 1060.
Lenovo Legion Y730 Laptops
- Lenovo Legion Y7000 15 Core i7-8750H GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD — $849 (list price $1,299)
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- Lenovo Legion Y730 17 81HG000TUS Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $1,025.99 (list price $1,280)
- Lenovo Legion Y730 17 81HG0004US Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD — $1,125.74 (list price $1,500)
Lenovo Legion Y530 Laptops
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- Lenovo Legion Y530 Customizable Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1050, 8GB RAM — $712.49 (list price $950)
- Lenovo Legion Y530 81FV0013US Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1050, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD — $759.99 (list price $1,030)
- Lenovo Legion Y530 81FV0014US Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 16GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $982.77 (list price $1,350)
- Lenovo Legion Y530 81LB000CUS Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1060, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $1,168.49 (list price $1,330)
- Lenovo Legion Y530 81LB000BUS Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $1,272.99 (list price $1,440)
In terms of deals for the Lenovo Legion gaming laptops, the best one is actually at Walmart with the Y7000 listed above. For $799 you’ll get a Quad Core i7 machine powered by a GTX 1060. At well under $1,000 – we actually think this is the best gaming laptop deal this Black Friday.
HP Omen 15 Laptops
- HP Omen 15t Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p IPS, 16GB Intel Optane, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD (Late-2018) + Free Black Ops 4 — $749.99 (list price $1,000)
- HP Omen 15t Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 1080p IPS, 16GB Intel Optane, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD (Early-2018) + Free Black Ops 4 — $899.99 (list price $1,200)
- HP Omen 15t Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p IPS, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD (Late-2018) + Free Black Ops 4 — $1,099.99 (list price $1,300)
HP Omen 17 Laptops
- HP Omen 17t Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + Free Black Ops 4 — $799.99 (list price $1,100)
- HP Omen 17t Core i7-8750H, GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p IPS 144Hz, 16GB Intel Optane, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + Free Black Ops 4 — $1,149.99 (list price $1,500)
HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop
- HP Pavilion Gaming 15-cx0077wm, Core i7-8750, GeForce GTX 1060, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 16GB Optane Memory — $749.99 (list price $999)
- HP Pavilion Gaming 15t, Core i5-8300H, GeForce GTX 1050, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 16GB Optane Memory + Free Black Ops 4 — $699.99 (list price $850)
HP isn’t offering anything groundbreaking this Black Friday season, but their Omen laptops are discounted slightly more than usual (about $50 to $100 cheaper). All machines above will get a free copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 as an added bonus (about a $40 street value as of today). While prices are ok for all the models above, the Omen with the most discount is the $899 model, except this particular config is an older model with a slightly different chassis. If you prefer the newer model styling, we’ll go with $799 Omen 15 instead (which has a GTX 1050 instead of a GTX 1050 Ti).
Update 11/23/18: Prices dropped by $50 on select HP Omen models, added in some MSI goodies from Walmart and the Pavilion Gaming Laptop lineup from HP which are budget friendly gaming laptops.
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