Best early Black Friday gaming laptop deals in 2025: Alienware, ASUS, MSI, and more

There's no better way to celebrate the holidays than getting an awesome Black Friday deal on a gaming laptop and ignoring the entire family. I'm only half joking, but Black Friday really is the best time of year to upgrade your gaming setup. And if you don't fancy having a big gaming PC dominating the corner of your front room, a gaming laptop is a perfect alternative.

Not only is it a space saver, but it can still work alongside gaming monitors, keyboards, mice, and all the other essentials you'll need if you decide you prefer a desktop setup down the line. You can even extend your laptop display for some dual screen action, because two screens is always better than one. How else will you watch YouTube whilst working?

I've had both gaming laptops and gaming PC setups, so I know a thing or twelve about a decent setup. Here's my breakdown of the best gaming laptop deals I've found for Black Friday so far:

Why we like it

So you're not getting a 5000 series RTX card, but DLSS 3 is still brilliant at generating frames, and there's some great workarounds out there to run DLSS 4 on 4000 series GPUs if you surf github. 8GB DDR5 RAM is enough for 1080p gaming and so is the i5 processor. In all honesty, a gaming laptop for $579.99 isn't going to run Cyberpunk 2077 at full settings with ray tracing, but who cares at this price point. It's more than capable and you can simply upgrade the RAM down the line if you fancy.

More budget Black Friday gaming laptop deals

• MSI Thin: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4050, Intel Core i7-13620H, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SSD — $699.99 $899.99 (save $200)

• ASUS TUF Gaming F16: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, Intel Core 5 210H, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD — $749.99 $1,099.99 (save $350)

• Acer Nitro V: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, Intel Core i7-13620H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $749.99 $1,099.99 (save $350)

• MSI Thin A15: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050, AMD Ryzen 7-7735HS, 16GB DDR, 512GB SSD — $839.99 $892.53 (save $52.54)

• Alienware 16 Aurora: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, Intel Core 7-240H, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD — $839.99 $892.53 (save $52.54)

• ASUS TUF Gaming F16 (2025): Nvidia RTX 5050, Intel Core i5-13450HX, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD — $839.99 $892.53 (save $52.54)

• ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025): Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, Intel Core i5-13450HX, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $839.99 $892.53 (save $52.54)

Best early Black Friday mid-range gaming laptop deal

Why we like it

It looks like an RTX 5060 is the sweet spot for mid-range gaming laptops, which is absolutley fine. You're always going to get less performance from a gaming laptop GPU compared to it's full-fat desktop alternative, but you have the power of native DLSS 4 to generate those extra frames you're looking for and best-in-class image upscaling. That simply means you can set your games to a lower resolution, then RTX 5060 pumps up the resolution artificially so you're getting more performance. The AI side of this laptop will help with that, too. The Ryzen 7 260 is built to handle the extra load and a massive 32GB DDR5 RAM is overkill. This is a cracking Black Friday deal for a gaming laptop that won't break the bank (much).

More mid-range Black Friday gaming laptop deals

• ASUS V16: Nvidia Geforce RTX 5060, Intel Core i7-240H, 16GB DDR5, 512GB SSD — $1,049.43 $1,249.99 (save $200.56)

• MSI Cyborg A15 AI: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, AMD Ryzen 7 260, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,069.99 $1,299.99 (save $229.01)

• ASUS TUF Gaming F16 (2025): Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, Intel Core i7-14650HX, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,078.99 $1,299.99 (save $221)

• MSI Cyborg 17: Nvidia RTX 5060, Intel Core 8-240H, 16 DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,078.99 $1,299.99 (save $221)

• MSI Katana A15 AI: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, Ryzen 9-8945HS, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,279.99 $1,564 (save $284.01)

• MSI Crosshair A16 HX: Nvidia RTX 5060, AMD Ryzen 9-8940HX, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,329.99 $1,599.99 (save $270)

• MSI Katana 15 HX: Nvidia RTX 5070, Intel Core i9-14900HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,369.99 $1,679.99 (save $310)

• ASUS ROG Strix G18 (2025): Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,379.99 $1,699.99 (save $320)

Best early Black Friday high-end gaming laptop deals

Why we like it

I picked this deal as the extra you'll be paying to get into RTX 5080 territory simply isn't worth it. This is a perfect 1440p gaming machine, which if we're being honest is the sweet spot for PC gaming right now. If you're looking for 4k 60 FPS+ gaming, you're going to save a fortune just buying or building a gaming PC. The 3ms response time and 240Hz refresh rate on this 2.5k screen means you can push well over 200 FPS at 1440p for most games, and RTX 5070 alongside the Ultra 9 275HX processor will get you there. With DLSS 4 tech baked in, there's no reason why you can't play the biggest and best games on max settings at 1440p with this setup, with possible headroom left over for decent ray tracing performance on some titles.

More early Black Friday high-end gaming laptop deals

• ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025): Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,613.99 $1,999.99 (save $386)

• MSI Vector 16 HX AI: Nvidia RTX 5070Ti, Intel Core Ultra 9-275HX, 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,659.99 $2,099.99 (save $440)

• Razer Blade 14 (2025): Nvidia RTX 5070, AMD Ryzen AI 9 365, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD — $1,659.99 $1,799.99 (save $140)

• ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025): Nvidia RTX 5070, AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,699.99 $2,099.99 (save $400)

• ASUS ROG Strix G18 (2025): Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX, 16GB DDR5, 2TB SSD — $1,709.99 $1,899.99 (save $190)

• GIGABYTE AORUS Elite 16: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD — $1,879.99 $1,999.99 (save $120)

• Lenovo Legion Pro 7i: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD — $1,879.99 $1,999.99 (save $120)

• ASUS ROG Strix G16 (2025): Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD — $1,999.99 $2,299.99 (save $300)

• MSI Stealth 18 HX AI: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, Intel Ultra 9-275HX, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD — $2,439.99 $2,899.99 (save $460)

• Alienware 18 Area-51: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, Intel Ultra 9-275HX, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD — $2,799.99 $3,499.99 (save $700)