Forget RAMageddon and the Steam Machine, these 4 RTX-toting laptop deals are absolutely killer

It's a great time to save on a beefy laptop

MSI Raider 16 HX
(Image credit: MSI)

Buying a gaming laptop can be one of the most intimidating purchases you could hope to make. They're really expensive, whatever part of the market you're shopping in, and just like any other laptop, they're in danger of being replaced by newer, better-value versions at any moment.

That's one of a few good reasons why it's always worth waiting for big sales events to buy one, as the discounts tend to be really deep – and with Amazon Prime Day now in full swing, a window has opened up. If you're in the market for a new gaming machine and you want to make some impressive savings, there are oceans of deals to check out.

To help you narrow things down, I've picked out four top deals that I think you'll want to know about, all of which offer impressively low prices for well-specced machines. They also each make the Steam Machine's recently announced pricing look pretty suspect, so check them out below.

MSI Raider 16 HX
Save £500
MSI Raider 16 HX: was £2,349 now £1,849 at Amazon

This is the priciest laptop I've picked out, but it's also the most well-designed and pretty, so if you have a decent budget to play with, it's well worth looking into. MSI's machine has an RTX 5070 Ti GPU, a stonking card from Nvidia, and that gives it the power to crush modern releases, while its 240Hz display makes them look buttery smooth, too.

Asus TUF A16
Save £400.99
Asus TUF A16: was £1,399.99 now £999 at Amazon

This laptop from Asus is far more approachable in price, and thanks to this deal it comes below £1,000 for the first time ever. You get an Nvidia RTX 5060 in a 16-inch frame with 16GB of RAM and an AMD Ryzen 7 260 processor. That's more than enough to be gaming on high settings in many titles, and the laptop also has a nice restrained design, to make it even better.

Acer Nitro V15
Save £186.87
Acer Nitro V15: was £986.86 now £799.99 at Amazon

If you want to spend even less, this Acer laptop is a great way to get an Nvidia card from the latest generation, getting you that RTX 5060 for a really impressive price, along with an Intel Core i7-13620H processor and a full HD screen at 165Hz – albeit the design is a little more utilitarian than the ones above. It's a fabulous deal that makes the Steam Machine look overpriced, frankly.

MSI Cyborg 15
Save £270
MSI Cyborg 15: was £1,199 now £929 at Amazon

My final pick for this round-uo goes back to MSI for another excellent and more affordable laptop, with a slightly more out-there design thanks to that livery on the keyboard section. The Cyborg 15 has an RTX 5060 and an Intel Core 7 240H, but more importantly, it's also sub-£1,000 right now, making it another great option if some of those above are out of stock.

Max Freeman-Mills
Staff Writer, Tech

Max is T3's Staff Writer for the Tech section – with years of experience reporting on tech and entertainment. He's also a gaming expert, both with the games themselves and in testing accessories and consoles, having previously flexed that expertise at Pocket-lint as a features editor.

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