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Black Friday gaming laptop deals 2023: Acer, MSI, more

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The best Black Friday gaming laptop deals include discounts on the Razer Blade 14, the MSI GF63, and more.
Person using a Razer Blade 15 gaming laptop

UPDATE: Nov. 8, 2023, 4:00 p.m. EST This article has been updated with the latest gaming laptop deals from Black Friday 2023.

Best gaming laptop deals for Black Friday 2023:
Best overall deal

Razer Blade 14 Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)

$1,999.99 at Best Buy
(save $1,500)

Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop

Best budget deal

MSI GF63 15-inch Gaming Laptop (Intel i5-11400H, NVIDIA RTX 3050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)

$479 at Walmart
(save $220)

MSI GF63 15-inch Gaming Laptop

PC gaming isn’t an easy hobby to get into. Complicated parts and big upfront costs create a pretty big barrier to entry for people looking to dip their toes into the medium. Thankfully, PC gaming laptops exist, and serve as a great introduction to PC gaming without requiring you to commit thousands of dollars to something you may not even end up liking. (Gaming laptops are also really good supplemental devices for already experienced PC gamers.

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And with Black Friday around the corner, a ton of gaming laptops are discounted across a wide array of price ranges. If you were at all thinking about trying out a gaming laptop, now is the time to get one.

We scoured through all the gaming laptop deals we could find ahead of the big event, and put together a list of all our favorites for you. Check them out below, and keep checking back throughout the holiday season — we’ll be updating this page with new deals as they go live.

Black Friday gaming laptop deals


Razer Blade 14 gaming laptop

Credit: Razer


Our pick: Razer Blade 14 Gaming Laptop (AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD)

$1,999.99 at Best Buy (save $1,500)

Why we like it

Razer’s line of gaming laptops contains some of the best portable PCs on the market. This 14-inch version packs a powerful punch with its AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti GPU combo, and it’s a whopping $1,500 off ahead of Black Friday. This is a steal, so snag yours before it jumps back up to $3,499.99.

Gaming laptops under $500

Gaming laptops under $1,000

Gaming laptops $1,000 and up

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Best Black Friday Walmart laptop deals: Save up to $551

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Walmart’s first Black Friday Deals event includes a selection of laptops from HP, Lenovo, MSI, ASUS, and Acer. Here’s are the deals worth your money.
an MSI GF63 Thin gaming laptop against a blue abstract background

UPDATE: Nov. 8, 2023, 12:55 p.m. EST This story has been updated with additional laptop deals from Walmart’s first Black Friday deals event.

A quick look at the best early Black Friday laptop deals at Walmart:
Best traditional laptop deal

Lenovo IdeaPad 1 (AMD Ryzen 3 7320U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD)

$249
(save $90)

the Lenovo IdeaPad 1

Best gaming laptop deal

MSI GF63 Thin (Intel i5-11400H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD)

$479
(save $220)

the MSI GF63 Thin

Walmart generally isn’t the best place to score laptop deals. (That title goes to Best Buy.) But when the holidays roll around, shoppers in search of cheap PCs should keep their eyes on the big box store: It’s offered $79 Chromebooks during Black Fridays past.

While we’re not seeing Walmart’s laptop prices dip that low quite yet, it just rolled out some solid deals on traditional and gaming models online as part of its first Black Friday Deals event on Wednesday, Nov. 8 — including a $479 MSI gaming laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 3050 graphics. The sale started at 12 p.m. ET in early access for paid (non-trial) Walmart+ members and opens to the public at 3 p.m. ET; if you’re worried about anything selling out, you can score a one-year subscription for half off through the end of the day.

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Keep reading for a rundown of the best deals worth adding to your cart ASAP, and check back often: We’ll be updating this story with additional laptop deals from Walmart as we find them.

Traditional laptops


the Lenovo IdeaPad 1

Credit: Lenovo


Lenovo IdeaPad 1

$249 at Walmart (save $90)

Why we like it

Lenovo’s IdeaPad 1 is a 15.6-inch laptop that’s billed as a lightweight and modern-looking entry-level pick; it’s best suited for basic tasks like web browsing and schoolwork. Its 14-hour battery life is the only thing on its spec sheet that’s relatively notable, though it does punch above its early Black Friday price point with last year’s AMD Ryzen 3 7320U processor, 8GB of memory, and 256GB of SSD storage — most budget laptops we find for less than $300 have puny Intel Celeron N Series CPUs, 4GB of RAM, and slower eMMC storage that maxes out at 128GB.

More traditional laptops on sale at Walmart

Gaming laptops


the MSI GF63 Thin

Credit: MSI


Our pick: MSI GF63 Thin

$479 at Walmart (save $220)

Why we like it

Sleek and slim, the MSI GF63 Thin is a portable gaming laptop with a 15-inch 144Hz display. This configuration comes with an 11th-generation Intel Core i5 H-Series processor, a high-performance CPU from a few years ago, as well as last year’s NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card. It’s not cutting-edge by any means, but it should still be plenty capable of running newer games. (Several Walmart.com reviewers say it can easily handle Baldur’s Gate 3 and Diablo IV, which is super impressive and honestly kind of surprising. Expect it to get a little hot under the hood.) It also packs 16GB of memory and 512GB of SSD storage, which are specs we rarely see in laptops under the $600 mark.

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Asus ROG Ally deal: Save $80 at Best Buy

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Best Buy shoppers can save $80 on the Asus ROG Ally gaming handheld device today, Nov. 6. My Best Buy members can claim additional savings.
Man sits in a chair playing a game on the Asus ROG Ally

SAVE $80: Today, Nov. 6., the Aus ROG Ally handheld gaming system is on sale for $619.99 in an early Black Friday deal. That’s $80 off the regular list price of $699.99. For My Best Buy members, there are even more savings to be had: members can take an additional $20 off the sale.


Asus ROG Ally

Credit: Asus


Asus ROG Ally

$619.99 at Best Buy (save $80)

PC gamers, rejoice. Early Black Friday deals are already here at Best Buy, and this is one you won’t want to miss.

The Asus ROG Ally’s price has dropped from $699.99 to $619.99. That’s $80 (or a little over 11%) off in savings. If you’re a My Best Buy member, you can take this deal one step further and claim an extra $20 off, which would take the price down to $599.99. This is the lowest price available since the handheld was released earlier this year.

In the lead-up to the Asus ROG Ally’s release, Mashable’s Dylan Hass broke down how it compares with the Steam Deck, noting that while both devices are portable gaming PCs, they have important differences when it comes to power. Haas wrote, “The Ally is way more powerful on paper than the Deck. It comes equipped with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU, as well as an AMD Radeon RDNA 3 GPU — if that’s gibberish to you, all you really need to know is that it’s a pretty beefy setup for such a small device.” We also love the Ally because it lets you access any PC game, whereas the Steam Deck only lets you access the Steam Library.

Start your Black Friday shopping early when you score the Asus ROG Ally for $80 off today.