Cheap Gaming Laptop 2019 - For under 1000$? ?

[Mokomoko]

I am buying a Laptop for my girlfriend because she is rocking a 6 year old Macbook (yikes!) and I'd like to play some games with her.

 

Here are my current ideas:

1. It should be able to run Minecraft and more modern titles at around 60FPS+ on medium settings
2. It should NOT contain an extra HDD, just to save some costs
3. It should contain an SSD
4. It should have at least 8GB of Ram preferably in Dual Channel
5. Good Dedicated GPU (no idea what a good mobile GPU would be)
6. Upgradeability does not have to be the best
7. External Mouse and Keyboard will be used
8. No External Monitor will be used (for now, cause she doesn't have one)
9. 1080p Is fine
10. Battery life and Portability doesn't really matter
11. IO doesn't matter
12. Target country is the USA, shop doesn't matter

And the most important thing: Under 1000$, even better if its for around 800$ - 900$

If the pricepoint is not possible, please suggest a different config or pricetag (although money is kinda a limitation).

 

I was looking at the Acer Nitro 5 because Linus was saying it's great back in 2018, although now it seems to be a litte outdated, right?

Maybe we can also use the Intel Gaming days @https://gamerdays.intel.com although the deals seem to be very limited for laptops.

Thank you so much for reading! 

 

[5x5]

The Nitro 5 is good for 600-650$ on sale. Else it's overpriced. I'd look for an Asus GA502 with a Ryzen 7 and 1660 To. If you can stretch a bit, it has an option for a very good 1080p 144Hz display.

[5x5]

Alternatively, if the price of that mod l seems high for you, the Lenovo Legion Y540 is an excellent option.

[Mokomoko]

 

8 minutes ago, 5x5 said:

Alternatively, if the price of that mod l seems high for you, the Lenovo Legion Y540 is an excellent option.

 

Thanks 5x5! looked at that one and I found this review and by looking at the specs alone it seems to be true... Do you think there is more to that story?

@GeneXiS_X maybe you can give your opinion on this one aswell 

[genexis_x]

Legion Y540 with 1660Ti (customize or 81SX000KUS)

[5x5]

30 minutes ago, Mokomoko said:

 

 

Thanks 5x5! looked at that one and I found this review and by looking at the specs alone it seems to be true... Do you think there is more to that story?

@GeneXiS_X maybe you can give your opinion on this one aswell 

Not really, the Helios uses lower quality electrical components and sacrifices chassis rigidity to achieve the same price. The Y540 is almost calertain to last much longer than the Helios models. When something is cheap, it's usually cheap for a reqson

[Mokomoko]

It seems you two seem to be in an agreement then! I didn't even consider that you can customize these laptops on their website, thats really helpful!

So far a customized version of the Lenovo seems to be the choice for around 1000$