From VR-ready to budget friendly
If you still haven’t found a gaming laptop to your liking this past Black Friday, you’ll have a second chance of sort thanks to Cyber Monday. We’ve rounded up all the current best (and in-stock) gaming laptop deals for Cyber Monday this year. You’ll find everything from HP Omen lineup, to Lenovo’s Legion laptops, and even value-oriented machines priced from $600 to $650.
In the HP Omen camp, we are in an interesting transition year where the older 2016 models are being cleared out to make room for the 2017 and beyond chassis/styling. Interestingly enough, HP has actually raised the price on the 2016 models listed below by about 7% since Black Friday. Conversely, the newer 2017 models have all gotten an additional price drop, making the base model with a RX 550 only $729.99.
At Lenovo, prices are decent for the customizable configurations, but you should note that these are shipping significantly later than the quick-ship model (2-3 weeks out). Because of this, our pick for the Legion Y520 would be the $749 model with a SSD & HDD combo. For the Y720, the $1,000 model with a GTX 1060 and Quad Core i7 will run most modern games without a sweat.
Further down the list, you’ll see the budget-friendly machines that start at $599 for a Dell Inspiron 15 with GTX 1050, and similarly configured MSI and HP Power laptop for $650. Everything listed below (including the aforementioned budget machines) have 1080p display, though a few of them aren’t IPS panels.
Update: Prices below are updated for Cyber Week promotion, with select few actually going cheaper (e.g. the Pavilion Power is now only $599 flat).
Under $700 Gaming Laptops
- Dell Inspiron 15 5577 Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $599 (list $799)
- HP Pavilion Power Laptop 15t, Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $599.99 (list price $880)
- MSI GL62M 7RDX Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p, 1TB HDD, 8GB RAM — $649 (list price $799)
HP Omen Gaming Laptop Deals
Mid-2017 Omen Laptop Models
- HP Omen 15t Core i7-7700HQ, Radeon RX 550, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD (Mid-2017) — $729.99 (list price $1,000)
- HP Omen 15t Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD (Mid-2017) — $1049.99 (list price $1,300)
- HP Omen 17t Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD (Mid-2017) — $849.99 (list price $1,100)
- HP Omen 17t Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD (Mid-2017) — $1,149.99 (list price $1,400)
- HP Omen 17.3-inch Core i7-7700HQ, Radeon RX 580, 1080p IPS, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD + 128GB SSD — $1,199.99 (list price $1,600)
2016 Omen Laptop Models
- HP Omen 15t Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD— $729.99 (list price $950)
- HP Omen 17t Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD— $809.99 (list price $1,030)
Lenovo Legion Gaming Laptop Deals
Legion Y520 (15-inch)
- Lenovo Legion Y520 Customizable Core i5-7300HQ, Radeon RX 560, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD — $699 (list price $829)
- Lenovo Legion Y520 80WY000NUS Core i7-7700HQ, Radeon RX 560, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD — $749.99 (list price $1,100)
- Lenovo Legion Y520 Customizable Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $829.99 (list price $920)
- Lenovo Legion Y520 Customizable Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $999.99 (list price $1,149)
- Lenovo Legion Y520 80YY0060US Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 2TB HDD + 256GB SSD — $1,099.99 (list price $1,600)
Legion Y720 (17-inch)
- Lenovo Legion Y720 80VR0077US Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 128GB SSD — $999.99 (list price $1,398)
- Lenovo Legion Y720 Customizable Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $1,099.99 (list price $1,320)
- Lenovo Legion Y720 80VR00CJUS Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD + 512GB SSD — $1,299.99 (list price $1,800)
Dell Inspiron and Alienware Gaming Laptop Deals
- Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Gaming Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM — $699.99 (list price $850)
- Alienware 15 Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 180GB SSD + 1TB HDD — $1,371.99 (list price $1,750)
Expired
- Alienware 15 Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD — $1,199.99 (list price $1,550)
- Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming, Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, 1080p IPS, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 16GB RAM — $999.99 (list price $1,350)
- Alienware 17 Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1070 8GB, 1080p IPS 300-nits, 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 16GB RAM, Killer Wifi — $1,599.99 (list price $2,075)
Microsoft Store Gaming Laptop + Mixed Reality Headset Combo
- Acer Aspire Nitro 5 Core i5-7300HQ, GeForce GTX 1050, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD + Acer Mixed Reality Headset & Controllers — $798 (list price $1,198)
- Lenovo Legion Y720 80VR0064US Core i7-7700HQ, GeForce GTX 1060, 1080p IPS, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD + Lenovo Explorer Mixed Reality Bundle — $1,198 (list price $1,598)
If you scan the list above, you’ll see a quick pattern emerging where GPU choices are dominated by the GeForce GTX 1050 and GTX 1060. Both are popular picks among OEMs and both will run modern games well, whereas machine with a GTX 1060 areclassified as VR-ready. To get a better idea of the performances on the GPU choices above for its corresponding laptop, check the list below for benchmark and details.
Gaming Laptop GPU Details
Suffice to say, the higher model numbers give you more performance but will also cost you quite a bit more in the price tag. We think the sweet spot is the GTX 1050, while for those with the budget, picking a GTX 1060 equipped gaming laptop lets you expand your gaming choices and most likely adds more life to your machine.
There are actually GTX 1070 and 1080 laptops available “on sale” during Cyber Monday, but many of these machines are approahing or eclipse the $2,000 price tag and to be honest, we don’t really consider any discount on these to be deals as you’re paying a significant price premium for a gaming laptop with a high-end GPU (due to the bulk and the cooling that usually accompanies such a machine).
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