Best Prime Big Deal Days gaming laptop deals still available

It’s pretty rare to find a large 17-inch laptop at this price point, but Asus’ TUF F17 is going for just $750 instead of $850. Of course, you do get the slightly older RTX 3050 under the hood, which will still let you play some casual and indie games, and the 8GB might need an upgrade in the future, but overall, it’s a great starter gaming laptop.

This configuration of the Acer Nitro V is what we would consider a modern and capable budget-gaming laptop, especially since it has an RTX 4060 and a WUXGA IPS display that can hit a 165Hz refresh rate. That means you should be able to play most modern games with a couple of compromises, while the 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage will give you an excellent day-to-day experience, and you can snag it with a solid 15% discount.

Moving it up a step, this Asus TUF comes with an impressive RTX 4060 and a 15.6-inch screen that runs an FHD resolution and 144Hz refresh rate, which means fewer overall graphical compromises. The 5% discount is also substantial, especially since you also get 16GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and an Intel i7 processor.

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5i is a solid mid-range gaming laptop with an RTX 4060 and a 16-inch screen, so it’s a great middle-ground when it comes to screen size. You also get a very respectable 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, both of which are pretty good, and the $100 discount is a nice cherry on top.

Even though the ASUS ROG Strix G16 comes with a lower-end RTX 4060, it has a larger 16-inch screen, and it runs a 2560 x 1600 resolution. While that might make the RTX 4060 struggle, it does make it more versatile since you can pick and choose whether you want to prioritize resolution or refresh rate. It’s also really well price at the discounted $1,600 price tag.

Lenovo is well-known for making some great laptops, and this Legion Slim 7i is a great example, as it comes fully loaded with an RTX 4070, 1TB of storage, 16GB of RAM and a large 16-inch screen. Even better, it has one of the latest Intel i9 processors and can even hit a 240Hz refresh rate, which is great even without the $210 discount.

Alienware is quite a famous gaming brand, and for good reason. This Alienware X16 R2 has a lot going for it, such as the RTX 4070, the Intel i9 Processor, and a 1TB SSD for storage, but where it stands out is the whopping 32GB of RAM. You also get a very significant $700 discount for the whole thing, which is relatively rare.

Besides having a massive screen, the Acer Predator Helios 18 also has the very powerful RTX 4080 under the hood, which means you’ll be able to play the latest games with the highest graphical settings. While that doesn’t come cheap, this $250 discount makes it worth considering if you want to get the best of the best.

How to Choose a Gaming Laptop on Prime Day

Besides that, you’ll want to focus on a good amount of RAM. While you can check out our guide on how much RAM you need; ideally, you want to aim for a minimum of 16GB. As for CPUs, both Intel and AMD are on par, although Intel is having a couple of issues with gaming on its latest 13th and 14th-generation CPUs. Those issues are slowly getting fixed, so going for AMD might be the safer choice for the time being if you can find one. Finally, when it comes to space, 1TB is really the least you should go for, given game sizes these days.

How We Chose These Gaming Laptop Prime Day deals

Luckily, the overall quality of gaming laptops has become pretty excellent recently, so now we can more easily find and suggest good deals. Essentially, we can very quickly filter out and exclude the laptops that don’t meet our basic standards, such as having 16GB of RAM or at least 512GB of storage. The same goes for some laptops that have really older GPUs, such as the RTX 20-series, which is outdated at this point, and we’ll only suggest the RTX 20-series or RTX 30-series if the deal is particularly good, such as in the case of a couple of the HP gaming laptops that sometimes go for just $500-$600 on sale with an RTX 3050.