Black Friday gaming laptop deals are closing out as the clock turns to midnight on the east coast, but there are still some great offers still available for those night owls hunting for a bargain.
And while Black Friday deals might be coming to an end over the next couple of hours, early Cyber Monday deals are starting to roll out on gaming laptops for every budget from major retailers like Amazon and Best Buy, while Black Friday laptop deals on gaming devices from MSI, Gigabyte, and Razer linger on.
Since gaming laptops can be very expensive even on the lower end, we're sticking it out all weekend long, hunting down the best deals still available and pulling out those that just come online as we find them, many with absolutely huge discounts, seeing as Cyber Monday is the largest ecommerce day of the entire year.
Whatever it is you're looking for, we're hunting down the best offers and bringing them to you on this page while they last, but don't forget to check out our Cyber Monday gaming laptop deals as well now that we're pivoting into the last big holiday shopping day of the year.
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Black Friday gaming laptop deals: FAQs
When will the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals start in 2023?
Black Friday starts on November 24 this year, which is today! Although the Friday-Monday period is generally where the biggest price discounts land, there's been a visible trend in recent years where retailers kick off their Black Friday sales early and don't necessarily reduce prices any further.
So if you spot a great deal on Black Friday - we advise you go for it! There's no guarantee that the deal will still be live after midnight tonight.
Where can I find the best Black Friday gaming laptop deals?
Shockingly, you can find them in this article! On Black Friday and through until Cyber Monday and beyond, we're gathering all the best deals on gaming laptops and adding them to this page as soon as they become available, with our thoughts and links for you to easily purchase one.
Below is a brief list of the best retailers to check out; our advice is to shop around on some of these sites in advance, to get a good idea of what sort of gaming laptop you want to buy as the sales roll in.
US:
Amazon: the biggest inventory, but also flooded with third-party sellers
Best Buy: huge selection, with compelling choices for all budgets
Walmart: super-cheap options, watch out for third-party sellers
Dell: good if you're on a budget, plus powerful Alienware laptops
HP: great budget Pavilion machines, plus high-end Omen laptops
UK:
Amazon: large inventory, but beware of upmarked third-party sellers
Currys: exceptionally competitive choices for all price ranges
Dell: excellent budget options, as well as hefty sales on Alienware laptops
Box: a large inventory of Asus, Acer, and HP laptops at competitive prices
Laptops Direct: often has great clearance sales, but watch out for old stock
What specs should I look for when buying a gaming laptop on Black Friday?
As a general rule of thumb for any modern gaming laptop running Windows 10 or 11, we would recommend the bare minimum of 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, with an Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 3 CPU. That's the absolute baseline; if you want to do anything remotely more demanding than surfing the web and running Microsoft Office, we strongly recommend more.
When it comes to gaming, you'll want a discrete GPU (also called a graphics card). This could be from Nvidia's GeForce line or AMD's Radeon series - both are good and broadly speaking, larger numbers in the name of the GPU mean better performance. The Nvidia RTX 3050 is what we would currently consider the minimum for a good gaming experience at 1080p resolution, but more powerful GPUs like the higher RTX 3000-series and 4000-series will net you better performance.
You're also going to want at least 8GB of RAM, ideally 16GB, for playing the latest games, as well as an Intel Core i5/AMD Ryzen 5 processor. i7/Ryzen 7 is also good, but anything more powerful than that is likely to be overkill.
The only reason you might want to splurge on a super-powered system with tonnes of RAM, a high-end graphics card, or an Intel Core i9 CPU, is if you need your gaming laptop to be able to carry out demanding, resource-intensive tasks. This could be editing 4K videos, or running 3D animation rendering software. In this situation, be sure to do your research in advance regarding what programs you'll be running and the recommended system requirements for those.
Regarding how old the components are, you may want to tread carefully. We'd recommend against choosing anything more than two generations old; that means you can go back as far as an 11th-generation Intel or a 5th-generation AMD CPU. Some of the deals that crop up on Black Friday might seem great, but upon closer inspection have some seriously outdated components that won't stand up in the long run.
Lastly, if you're considering something like a MacBook, you'll have a much easier time. The variation of components here is far smaller than that found in Windows-powered gaming laptops; broadly speaking, we'd recommend opting for one with Apple's excellent M2 or M3 chips, rather than the older Intel-powered models.
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