While you may prefer your Thanksgiving turkey overstuffed, you may not feel the same way about your gaming setup. Gaming desktop computers are great for home systems but because of their size, they can be a bit troublesome to transport, particularly for traveling gamers who commute to tournaments and events via public transportation.
These days, it’s hard to get a high-end gaming laptop that costs under $2000. However, any bargain hunter worth their salt knows that the best time to save money on gaming laptops is during Black Friday. Even with the frugality of Scrooge McDuck and the keen eye of Columbo, as a bargain hunter, you’ll still need a little help come Black Friday.
Once again, your friends at Game Gavel are here to rescue you.
Laptop Deals on Black Friday
In this guide, we’ll explore the best places to get laptop bargains from during this black Friday. For those with itchy fingers, we’ve included a list of current pre-Black Friday deals, so you don’t have to wait in long lines come Cyber Weekend. We then finish the article with some of the best tips to make your Black Friday shopping experience go smoothly. Without further delay…
Best Places For Black Friday Laptop Deals
After you know what to shop for, you need to know where to shop for it. So this section is dedicated to showing you where to shop for the Best Friday laptop deals.
Amazon
Amazon along with its partners gives shoppers the widest selection of gaming laptops of any online retailer. You can expect the bulk of the selection to be on sale when November 29th comes swinging around the corner. Amazon Prime members can expect to save the most.
Just as an example of what you can expect, during last year’s Black Friday, Amazon had The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch on sale for $899.99, price slashed from 1099.00. Which means shoppers could have saved themselves $200.
Acer Predator Helios 300 – $1088.49 (Save $111.50)
Acer Predator Helios 300 is one of the best value for money gaming laptops currently available. Right now, it’s on a 10% discount on Amazon.
Asus FX504 – $809.95 (Save $190.04)
Another exciting deal, this time from Asus, let’s you get the FX504 equipped with GTX 1050 for 19% the original price.
Dell G5 15 – $1071.99 (Save $78.00)
While Dell G5 15’s discount isn’t that amazing (7%) it’s still a great chance to get your hands on this gaming laptop if you’ve been eyeing it before.
Walmart
While Amazon may technically be the biggest retailer in terms of revenue, Walmart still has the world’s largest US retail chain. They also have a decent website where socially anxious consumers like myself can conduct all their shopping.
As a taste of what you can expect from Walmart this year, we can look at the last year’s sale on the ASUS VivoBook 15.6. It normally goes for $349.99, but shoppers could get it from Walmart for $249.99. It’s
Best Buy
Best Buy specializes in consumer electronics. What this means is that it’s the perfect spot to shop for laptops this Black Friday because you won’t be surrounded by shoppers hoping to save on groceries. They also have a wonderfully simple website where you can get the latest Best Buy Black Friday deals.
For buyers who were looking for a laptop priced under $500, Dell Inspiron 15.6 for $399.99. It was usually priced at $399.99 before their Black Friday deals took effect.
Dell
Why should you buy Dell products from a third party when you can get them directly from their website? For instance, the Dell Alienware 17 R5 is considered one of the best GTX 1080 laptops on the market and you can get it directly from Dell.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t on sale last year but you could save an entire $400 if you bought the Alienware 17 Gaming laptop directly from dell during Black Friday.
It was slashed to $1599.99 from its regular price of $1999.99.
NewEgg
If for some reason, you find that Amazon’s servers are too slow for your liking or you’re stuck with a scarcity of Black Friday deals, maybe it’s time to check NewEgg out.
Consumers could save a whopping $850 if they bought the HP ZBook 14u G4 laptop from NewEgg during last year’s Black Friday laptop sale. It’s usually priced at $1849.99 but was slashed to $999.99.
Current Pre-Black Friday Laptop Deals
As Black Friday approaches, retailers will want a jump on the competition by unleashing some of their Black Friday laptop deals a little early. You can expect to see price cuts showing up as early as the 22nd of November. If you need a new gaming laptop ASAP and cannot wait for Black Friday, then this section is for you.
ASUS FX505DD Gaming Laptop
- Key Features: 256GB Solid State Drive, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 and 8GB RAM
- Regular Price: $749
- Reduced Price: $584.85
- Retailer: Amazon
Alienware M17 Gaming Laptop
- Key Features: Intel Core i7-9750H, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2060 6GB and 512GB SSD
- Regular Price: $1999.99
- Reduced Price: $1599.99
- Retailer: Dell
HP Envy x360 2-in-1 Touch-Screen Laptop
- Key Features: Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD
- Regular Price: $829.99
- Reduced Price: $679.99
- Retailer: Best Buy
ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR III G731GU Gaming Laptop
- Key Features: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 512GB SSD and 16GB of RAM
- Regular Price: $1,399.99
- Reduced Price: $999.99
- Retailer: Best Buy
Lenovo IdeaPad 330s laptop
- Key Features: AMD Ryzen 5, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD
- Regular Price: $399.99
- Reduced Price: $70
- Retailer: Walmart
*Note: These prices are subject to change.
Black Friday Laptop Deals Tips
Do Your Research
I know this tip may seem a bit useless and obvious. Visiting this guide was probably a part of your research. However, if you’re new to buying gaming laptops, I implore you to go deeper and research the best brands in terms of quality, aesthetics, and price. Your best bet is to shop for laptops by brand first and specs second.
Prioritize
The problem with laptops is their limited customizability and upgradeability. Replacing the CPU and GPU is harder than replacing the hard-drive and RAM. What you need to pay the most attention to while shopping for a gaming laptop this Black Friday is screen resolution, CPU and GPU. You can upgrade everything else later.
Look Out For Bundle Deals
Retailers don’t just introduce price cuts during Black Friday. They also have special bundles and combo offers. For instance, you might be able to get a laptop with a free printer or keyboard and mouse combination.
In addition to this, make sure you look out for bundled rebates on shipping and insurance.
Final Words
There you go. The tips in this guide should help you get closer to the gaming laptop of your dreams using this year’s Black Friday computer deals. Remember to bookmark this guide as well as the retailers listed in it so you’re ready for Cyber Weekend. Overall, I hope you’ve found this guide to be helpful. As always, thank you for reading.
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