Cheap gaming laptop deals for all budgets this week

Our weekly roundup of the best cheap gaming laptop deals is here to help you score a bargain on your next machine - be that strictly on a budget, or whether you've got a little more to spend. On both accounts, you'll find plenty of options here that we've picked out from the nation's top retailers due to their overall value. This week's gaming laptop deals are especially good if you're looking for something a little cheaper - we've got options as low as $589 right now in fact, which you can view just down below.

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You'll find machines from all the top brands featured on our list this week - Acer, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, and MSI to name just a few. We always find our cheap gaming laptop deals recommendations from trusted retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, and Newegg, and we're also very careful to curate only the top picks so that you won't get a machine that isn't worth your hard-earned cash here.

the Best Gaming Laptops for Those On a Budget

Prices start at $589 but we're going to be ranging all the way to $1,000, for those of you looking for something a little beefier this week. We've also thrown in a few honorable mentions just beyond our $1,000 budget too - many of which we've reviewed on our best gaming laptop buyers guide, just to give you some high-end options. While we're still waiting for those RTX 3000 cards to become commonplace on laptops, you'll find plenty of recent graphics cards and processors in abundance here alongside generous helpings of RAM and fast SSD storage. We've heavily curated our list to show only good gaming laptop deals for the price, so feel confident when browsing.

Just below the list of our top picks, you'll also find some recently updating buying advice. This leverages our expertise here at TechRadar and aims to give you a little more guidance if you're unsure about what laptop to buy or how much to spend. It'll also give you a quick overview of which retailers offer the best deals, and which times of the year are especially good for sales.

In the UK? You'll just need one more click to find the best UK deals under £1,000.
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Lenovo Legion 5 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $849.99 at Walmart
The combination of a Ryzen 5-4600H, GTX 1660 Ti, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD makes this Lenovo Legion 5 a really solid mid-range gaming laptop deal. If you're looking for something with a powerful CPU and big drive for all those games, then this is a very good option indeed.

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HP Pavilion 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $589 at Walmart
For those really on a budget this week, you'll find a cheap and cheerful HP Pavilion 15 at Walmart that can handle a spot of casual gaming for under $600. With an Intel Core i5-9300H processor, GTX 1650 graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD, you're not getting the latest specs here, or the fastest, but they will load up a surprisingly large library of games and play them with lowered settings.

HP Pavilion 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $699.99 $619.99 at Best Buy
Save $80 - If you can make that budget stretch a little further, however, then you'll definitely want to go for this HP Pavilion at Best Buy. With an Intel Core i5-10300H processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB SSD, and a GTX 1650 graphics card, this one's a little bit more recent than the Walmart deal above and slightly more powerful too.

Lenovo L340 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $649 at Walmart
This Lenovo at Walmart packs in an Intel Core i5-9300HF processor, 8GB of RAM, a GTX 1650 graphics card, and most impressively a 512GB SSD. These specs are a little older now, especially the processor, but that is one very large capacity SSD for the money, and makes this one a good option for those really on a budget this week.

Lenovo IdeaPad 3i 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $724.99 $688.74 at Lenovo
Save $151 - If you're looking for something with a more recent processor, however, you could also consider this gaming laptop deal at the official Lenovo store this week. With an Intel Core i5-10300H, 8GB of RAM, GTX 1650, and 256GB SSD, this one's not packing the same space on the drive as the Walmart deal above, but its more recent processor should give a bit more performance.

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HP Pavilion 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $909 $719.99 at Newegg
Save $190 - Newegg has just reduced this HP Pavilion down a further $80 this week making it one of the better cheap gaming laptop deals on our list. Alongside a 512GB SSD, you're getting a GTX 1650 Ti here, as well as an Intel Core i5-10300H, and 8GB of RAM. The combination of the larger drive plus a slightly more powerful graphics card (as opposed to the standard 1650) means this one's a good buy right now.

Lenovo IdeaPad 3 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $809 $719.99 at B&H Photo
Save $90 - Here's another good cheap gaming laptop deal featuring a GTX 1650 Ti graphics card - this time at B&H. With a 256GB SSD, this one doesn't have quite the same drive space as the HP above, but its Intel Core i5-10300H and 8GB of RAM are otherwise identical performance-wise.
Dell G3 15 gaming laptop: $964.98 $734.99 at Dell
Save $129 - With an Intel Core i5-10300H, GTX 1650 Ti graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD, this Dell G3 15 has a nice balance of power to price this week. It's ever so slightly more expensive than the other gaming laptop deals in this price bracket, but again some may prefer the aesthetic here and you can also customize upgrade your CPU to an Intel Core i7 for just $98.

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Dell G5 15 SE gaming laptop: $934.98 $832.99 at Dell
Save $97 - This Dell G5 15 packs in exclusively AMD components and because of that you're getting your hands on an extremely well-rounded and great value machine. With a Ryzen 5 4600H, RX 5600M graphics card, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD, this one's going to be capable of great frame rates at 1080p.

Lenovo Legion 5 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $849.99 at Walmart
The combination of a Ryzen 5-4600H, GTX 1660 Ti, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD makes this Lenovo Legion 5 a really solid mid-range gaming laptop deal. If you're looking for something with a powerful CPU and big drive for all those games, then this is a very good option indeed.

Gaming laptop deals under $1,000

Acer Nitro 5 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $999.99 at Microsoft
You'll bag yourself an RTX 2060 graphics card, Intel Core i7-9750H, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD with this upgraded Acer Nitro 5 at Microsoft. Those are slightly older components now but make no mistakes about it, this is one fast machine for the money, and one that'll handle most games at 1080p no problem.

Asus TUF 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $999 at Walmart
This Asus TUF is a little older now, but if you're looking for a powerful gaming laptop deal that'll handle relatively high settings, it'll definitely still do the job. With an RTX 2060 graphics card, Ryzen 7-3750H, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, this one's capable of pushing out some serious frames per second.

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Lenovo Legion Y540 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $1299 $1084.94 at Walmart
Save $210 - This Lenovo Legion sure is pricey, but a huge discount from Walmart manages to bring it down to our budget this week. With an RTX 2060 graphics card, Intel Core i7-9750H processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD, this machine is a little older now but still capable of pushing some very high performance on all those latest games - and should do for some years to come too.

Lenovo Legion 5 15.6-inch gaming laptop: $1,099.99 at Newegg
While there's no saving this week on this Lenovo legion 5, it's a really powerful machine and a worthy contender if you've got the cash. With an RTX 2060, Ryzen 7-4800H, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD, this one's definitely got a ton of power under the hood and while not the latest spec anymore, is still great value.