I Found the Single Best Gaming Laptop Deal For Black Friday

I've been sorting through Black Friday laptop deals all week, including discounts on gaming laptops. There are a lot of decent options out there, but when it comes to the best bang-for-your-buck value, this $300 off sale on the Alienware 16X Aurora has to be the best. It's the closest laptop with an Nvidia RTX 5060 graphics card that I've seen get to $1,000. For $1,100, you get 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB of storage, and the aforementioned RTX 5060.

In contrast, another gaming laptop I love, the Razer Blade 14, has an RTX 5060 configuration on sale for $1,450. Similar specs for a lot more money. That's a far thinner and more portable laptop, though, so it's not exactly a fair comparison.

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  Photograph: Luke Larsen

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  Photograph: Luke Larsen

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  Photograph: Luke Larsen

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  Photograph: Luke Larsen

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