Want to game but don’t have the cash to purchase a premium gaming laptop? No worries, there are a number of great budget options out there. Even budget gaming laptops nowadays can sport some pretty decent CPU and GPU performance. As with any budget option, you can expect to make some compromises such as dialing back those ultra graphics settings in order to hit the 60fps sweet spot.
The important thing is that you make the right compromises. We’ve compiled a list of the best gaming laptops under $1,000 to help you in that quest. (Note that laptop prices can fluctuate and there might be times when the price of one of our picks hovers over $1,000.) We’ll keep adding more budget gaming options as we find them. And in case you’re lucky enough to find some extra money under the sofa cushion, we’ve added a pick for those who can stretch their budget a little bit further.
For more recommendations on gaming laptop, see our roundup of the best gaming laptops across all prices. Additionally, before you buy, take a look at our roundup of the best laptop deals, updated weekly—it could help you save even more!
Acer Nitro 5 AN517 – Best overall
Pros
- Strong CPU/GPU pairing for the price
- Roomy 1TB SSD with room to add second drive
- Decent battery life
- Quiet operation
Cons
- Plastic chassis is bulky and hefty
- Dim display
- So-so keyboard and tiny touchpad
- Terrible webcam
With its spacious 1TB of SSD storage, powerful performance, and impressive battery life, the Acer Nitro 5 has a lot to offer. Typically, gaming laptops have lackluster battery life due to the power-sucking hardware inside. Not the Nitro 5. This machine boasts a colossal 96 watt-hour battery, which lasted eight hours on a single charge. That’s a spectacular number, especially for a gaming laptop with a larger screen. The average battery life for most gaming machines is anywhere from three to six hours. It also runs surprisingly quiet.
The Nitro 5 is no slouch in the performance department, either. It comes armed with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800H CPU, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. It did well in 3DMark’s Time Spy and Port Royal benchmarks, finishing first among the other RTX 3060 machines we compared it against. The laptop also produced a respectable 107 FPS when running the Rise of the Tomb Raider benchmark. Although the plastic chassis is on the chunkier side and the keyboard leaves a little to be desired, if it’s a reliable performer at a reasonable price point you’re after, the Nitro 5 is definitely worth considering.
HP Victus 15 – Best budget option
Pros
- Excellent price
- Good keyboard and touchpad
- Respectable processor performance
- Can handle most games at 30 FPS
Cons
- Generic design
- Disappointing build quality
- Unattractive 144Hz display
- 60 FPS is often out of reach
The HP Victus 15 might not be as powerful as some of the other options on this list, but what it lacks in performance, it makes up for by being extremely affordable. It is one of the cheapest options we’ve seen that still offers discrete graphics—albeit an older GTX 1650 model. Even though 60 frames-per-second might be out of reach on this laptop on most modern games, you can still play them at lower graphics settings. If you’re really strapped for cash but want that boost a discrete graphics card gives you, then the HP Victus 15 is worth your consideration.
Asus Vivobook Pro 15 – Best display
Pros
- Good productivity performance
- Superb display
- Rugged design
- Great battery life
Cons
- Boring aesthetics
- Unimpressive 720p webcam
- Unreliable fingerprint scanner
- Poor port selection
The Asus Vivobook Pro 15 lives up to the “Pro” title with its outstanding price-to-performance ratio. Packed with a Ryzen 7 CPU, an RTX 3050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB M.2 NVMe hard drive, this laptop gives you the power and performance of higher-end alternatives for much cheaper. But the feature that makes the Vivobook Pro 15 stand out from the rest of the pack on this list is the gorgeous 15.6-inch OLED display that offers crisp visuals and a near-perfect contrast ratio.
True, its design doesn’t stand out, but that’s not what this laptop is about. Asus isn’t trying to beat premium laptops on design or build quality here. Instead, they want to load this laptop with so much power that the design doesn’t even matter—and they were successful. The Asus Vivobook Pro 15 gives you the power and features of a much more expensive midrange laptop for the price of a budget-friendly option.
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