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The best gaming laptop deals from Amazon Gaming WeekGet up to £400 off for some of the best laptop deals going
Get up to £400 off for some of the best laptop deals going
Earlier today we looked at thebest PC peripherals in Amazon’s Gaming Week sale, and now we’re back to examine another piece of the puzzle: the best gaming laptop deals in the same promotion.
There are actually quite a few contenders here, but we’ve narrowed it down to seven of our absolute favourites - and shared what we think you should know about each. We’ll start with the most affordable options and slowly ratchet up the price to the proper top-end stuff, so there should be something to suit all budgets here. Let’s get started!
MSI GF63
TheMSI GF63is the most affordable gaming laptop in our round-up, costing less than £600 after a healthy £200 discount. This 15" thin-and-light notebook is all about balancing power and portability, with an over-engineered cooling system to keep thermals in check despite the super-slim chassis. This particular unit comes with good entry-level specs, including aGTX 1650 Tigraphics card with 4GB of VRAM and aCore i7 9750Hsix-core processor. That’s enough power to deliver a solid 1080p 60fps experience in many titles with some settings turned down, and you can take advantage of Nvidia’s Turing-era media encoder for streaming. The other specs, 256GB of NVMe storage and 8GB of RAM, will suffice for now but could stand to be upgraded down the road. Still, for £600, this is an absolute bargain.
MSI GF63 - £599 (was £800)
HP Pavilion 15-dk1007na
HP’scatchily titledPavilion 15-dk1007nahas the sameGTX 1650 Tias the MSI laptop we looked at earlier, but comes with a more modernCore i5 10300H, a four-core CPU that offers better single-core performance than the GF63. The HP also includes double the amount of storage, with an ample 512GB SSD, and a more modern design with thinner bezels. It’s a sensible upgrade that remains competitive on price.
HP Pavilion 15-dk1007na - £730 (was £799)
Asus TUF FA506
TheAsus TUF FA506marks a big step up from the first two laptops we saw, as it’s the first to boastRTX 2060graphics, aRyzen 7 4800HCPU and a 144Hz refresh rate on its 15" screen. Taken together, that means a big uptick in performance, especially ingames that support DLSS. The design is again quite modern, with slim bezels and a backlit keyboard, but inside you’ll only find a 256GB SSD - something you’d probably want to upgrade down the road. Still, upgrading storage is pretty cheap and easy, and if Ihadto buy one of these laptops I’d probably go for this one as I think it offers the best value. However, there are a few close competitors in the sub-£900 price point you should also consider.
Asus TUF FA506 - £870 (was £950)
Dell G5
Dell’s G5is a classic gaming laptop workhorse, and this 2020 model includes a design refresh that ticks a lot of boxes including cool lighting, a better keyboard and upgraded connectivity. That’s good, because this G5 is a step backwards in terms of the graphics card, with only aGTX 1660 Tion board - so no RT games for you. However, the CPU is the capableCore i5 10300Hand there’s still a 144Hz screen, and the storage solution here is greater than on the Asus laptop with a 512GB SSD. Depending on your preferences, this may well be a better pick, but I’ll go Ryzen every day of the week!
Dell G5 - £879 (was £1099)
Acer Nitro 5
TheAcer Nitro 5is another perennial 15" favourite, and this formerly-four-figure model is well-reviewed. It comes with aGTX 1660 Tigraphics card and 144Hz screen once again, putting it level with the Dell G5, but pulls ahead with aCore i7 10750Hprocessor that will perform better in CPU-limited scenarios like 1080p gaming or content creation. There’s not much extra to this keyboard, just reasonably good specs at this £100 off price.
Acer Nitro 5 - £899 (was £1055)
HP Pavilion 150dk1019na
Our final model in the popular £900 class is thisHP Pavilion 15-dk1019na. It looks very similar to the previous HP model we looked at, and indeed appears identical in the flesh, but comes with higher-class components including a 144Hz screen,Core i7 10750HCPU,GTX 1660 Tigraphics and 512GB SSD, equalling the Nitro 5 in pretty much every respect. I personally prefer HP’s design language to Acer’s at this level of the market, but either should make a performant laptop that costs less than £1000.
HP Pavilion 15-dk1019na - £900 (was £1150)
Asus ROG Zephyrus S15
Asus ROG Zephyrus S15 GX502LXS - £2000 (was £2400)
Alright, that’s it for now. Stay tuned for more PC gaming deals as we find them!
