It's a great time to buy a gaming laptop - Best Buy's sale ahead of Labor Day offers up to $700 off

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Best Buy has a superb array of gaming laptop deals this weekend ahead of the Labor Day sales - some of the best we've seen all year, in fact.

By far and away the best right now is this absolutely superb deal on an RTX 4050-equipped 15.6-inch MSI Cyborg for $699.99 (was $999). Yes, it's not the highest-end machine on the market, but it is the cheapest we've ever seen to feature the new RTX 4050 graphics card. Pound for pound, this MSI Cyborg takes some beating when it comes to performance on a budget.

For a slightly higher-end gaming laptop, the bad news is we've just missed an incredible deal on this Asus TUF 15 with an RTX 4070 for just $999. Understandably that one sold out within hours - but the good news is there are some great alternatives that are well worth checking out at Best Buy today.

For example, take this heavily reduced HP Omen for $999.99 (was $1,699). It's relatively pricey for a gaming laptop with an RTX 3060 graphics card but the Core i9 processor, 1TB SSD, and 1440p display are outstanding for the price - not least because of the $700 discount at Best Buy today.

We've rounded up a few more gaming laptop deals to check out just down below. Also, feel free to bookmark our Labor Day laptop sales page for more coverage as we head on through into September.

Gaming laptop deals at Best Buy

HP Omen 16.1-inch gaming laptop: was $1,699 now $999.99 at Best Buy
This HP Omen is a little on the pricey side for a machine with an RTX 3060 these days but it's absolutely packed with fantastic components and a 165Hz 1440p display. Backing up your RTX 3060 here is a beefy Core i9-12900H processor, 16GB of RAM, and an expansive 1TB SSD - particularly handy to have regardless of your requirements. Put together, this is a superb machine that is worth every penny thanks to a whopping $700 discount at Best Buy.

Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 gaming laptop: was $1,649 now $999.99 at Best Buy
Another superb premium RTX 3060 gaming laptop deal from Best Buy this weekend. This Asus Zephyrus M16 features a gorgeous design that's closer to a high-end Ultrabook than a gaming laptop. Inside, its potent combination of an RTX 3060 graphics card, Intel Core i7-12700H processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD should afford plenty of gaming chops. Note, however, that it doesn't feature a 1440p display like the HP Omen above (we prefer the look of this Asus, however).

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Alex is TechRadar's deals editor, specializing in getting our readers the best bang for the buck on the tech that we know and love. He's a dab hand at covering retailer events like Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day having over seven years of e-commerce experience at Future PLC; including bylines at our sister sites T3 and GamesRadar. Alex's expertise touches on most areas of TechRadar but he has a particular love for phones, laptops, and cameras, being an avid photographer. Outside of work, you'll find him indulging his love for street and travel photography, at home working on music, or down at the local climbing gym.