Best Budget And Cheap Gaming Laptop – July 2016

One of the most common we get asked is which are the best budget and cheap gaming laptops we can buy under $1000? And following is our updated list of 2018 recommendation for you!

While selecting these gaming laptops, we have considered the minimum hardware requirement as follows – An Intel Core i5 processor, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of SSD or 1 TB hard drive, 2 GB graphics card, and a screen size anywhere between 15 to 17 inch. Based on these minimum requirements, I’ve sorted out 10 laptops which would be able to run most recent games and are available at the lowest possible prices. Ranging from $700 – $1500 you can expect over 60 FPS for gaming like CS:GO, over 30 FPS for games like Witcher 3 on 1080P resolutions and on high settings on these laptops.

1] HP OMEN (Price = $989)

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The HP Omen is a very good laptop for gaming. It has a 15.6-inch FHD IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit display and is equipped with a 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8GHz processor with a turbo boost of up to 3.8 GHz, 8GB DDR4 2133 MHz SDRAM, 128 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB GDDR5 graphics card. It is priced at $989. You can buy it on Amazon.

2] ASUS N705UQ-EB76 VivoBook Pro (Price = $900)

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The Asus VivoBook Pro can be misunderstood as a laptop for only the professionals, but it has enough horsepower under its hood to run any game with ease. It has a 17.3-inch FHD display and is powered by the 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7500U 2.7GHz Processor with a turbo boost of up to 3.5GHz, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB m.2 SSD + 1 TB HDD, and an NVIDIA GeForce 940MX graphics card. This slim yet powerful laptop is priced at $900. You can buy this on Amazon.

3] Dell i7559-763BLK Gaming Laptop (Price = $734)

Cheap Gaming Laptop From DellThis Dell i7559-763BLK gaming laptop comes with the latest and more powerful Intel 6th gen Quad Core i5-6300HQ processor which has 2.3 GHz base frequency with turbo boost up to 3.2 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB GDDR5, 8 GB DDR3L, 256 GB SSD and a 15.6-Inch FHD display. Surely a cheap gaming laptop priced at $734.You can buy it on Amazon.

4] MSI GL62M 7RDX-1096 Gaming Laptop (Price = $999)

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This is a good cheap gaming laptop from MSI. It has a 15.6-inch FHD display and is powered by a 7th Generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8 GHz processor with a turbo boost of up to 3.8 GHz, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 1 TB HDD, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB graphics card. This laptop is priced at a competitive $999. You can buy this laptop from Amazon.

5] Lenovo IdeaPad 15 Y700 (Price = $720)

Lenovo Ideapad Y700 Laptop For Budget Gaming The Lenovo IdeaPad 15 Y700 is one of the best budget laptops as it has the latest 6th gen Intel Core i5-6300 HQ Quad Core 2.3 GHz processor, 8 GB 2133 MHz RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX960M 4GB GDDR5 VRAM graphics card, 128 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD, and 15.6-inch IPS anti-glare FHD display. It is priced at $720. You can buy it on Amazon.

6] MSI GP62 Leopard Pro-661 (Price = $1,456)

MSI Budget Gaming Laptop 2016MSI Leopard Pro has a 15.6-inch FHD display and is extremely thin and lightweight when compared to other gaming laptops. It is powered by an Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2.8 GHz Processor with turbo boost up to 3.8 GHz, 16 GB DDR4 2400 MHz RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3G GDDR5 graphics card. It is priced at $1,456. You can buy it on Amazon.

7] Lenovo Y700 Gaming Laptop (Price = $994.39)

Best Budget and Cheap Gaming Laptops

This is a gaming series laptop by Lenovo. The Y700 has a 6th gen intel core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz processor, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce 960M 4 GB graphics card and 15.6-inch display. Lenovo Y700 is priced at $994.39. You can buy it on Amazon.

8] Gigabyte P55Wv7-KL3 Gaming Laptop (Price = $1,399)

gigabyte cheap gaming laptop

Gigabyte is well known for its great computer components. Now they have decided to make their own laptop. This Gigabyte laptop is a great yet cheap gaming laptop. It has a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display and is powered by a 7th Gen Intel Quad Core i7-7700HQ 2.8 GHz processor with a turbo boost of up to 3.8 GHz, 16 GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM, 256GB M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GDDR5 6GB graphics card. It is priced at $1,399. You can buy this on Amazon.

9] Lenovo Y700 (Price = $1,300)

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This is another good gaming laptop from Lenovo. This laptop has a 17.3-inch FHD display. It is powered by a 6th Gen Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz processor, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4 GB graphics card. This laptop is priced at $1,300. You can buy it on Amazon.

10] Acer Predator (Price = $1,699)

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The Acer Predator series laptops are known for serious gaming. This particular laptop has a 15.6-inch FHD IPS display with Nvidia G-sync technology and is powered by the 6th Gen Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.6 GHz Processor with turbo boost up to 3.5 GHz. It has 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 256 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB GDDR5 VRAM. It is a powerful gaming laptop that can surely satisfy all your gaming needs at a budget price. The Acer Predator is priced at $1,699. You can check it out on Amazon.

All of these laptops have latest hardware configuration, so they are certainly future-proof and will be able to run all the big games like Tom Clancy’s The Division, Far Cry 4 Primal, Call Of Duty at 1080P. Note that there are other gaming laptops in the sub $500 price segment but they won’t be able to play these modern games at high resolutions.