The ultimate sub-$1,000 gaming laptop comes from Lenovo with eight cores and an Nvidia RTX 2060

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Looking for a gaming laptop deal this Black Friday? There are some great choices right now thanks to the latest sales from Lenovo with savings of up to $300.

The company's Legion 5 gaming laptop, which is on sale right now for just $999.99 (was $1299.99) (opens in new tab) - getting a tasty $300 discount thanks to Lenovo's jaw dropping Black Friday offer.

This one's got an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H processor, which currently stands as the high-range model to beat for gaming laptops. This is an 8-core processor with 16 threads and 8MB cache; it is easily one of the fastest mobile CPUs on the market right now, so much so that it can seamlessly be used as a mobile workstation or a video editing laptop.

It does come with a trade-off, however, as you're only getting an Nvidia RTX 2060 here, which is a slight downgrade from the 2070. It's still got a 512GB SSD, 16GB of RAM, a 144Hz 15.6-inch full HD display, and a supplementary 1TB hard drive though.

Alongsideh a 60Whr battery, there's Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, four USB ports plus two 2W Harman Kardon speaker system with Dolby Atmos support for headphone support.


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this weekend in the latest Lenovo sale on this AMD equipped Legion 5 gaming laptop. This one's packing the very latest from team red - an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H plus an Geforce RTX 2060 GPU. You're also getting 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and also a generous 1TB hard drive as well. 

Looking for more? Check out our weekly cheap gaming laptops roundup, where you'll find all the best options ranking from just $600 all the way to $1000. We've also got some great cheap laptop deals and MacBook sale prices articles if you're looking for something for more general use.

Alex Whitelock
Deals Editor

Alex is deals editor at Future PLC and an all-around expert at one thing - saving readers as much cash as possible while scoring them the best products for their needs. With content that's always packed full of helpful information, no-nonsense expertise, and of course deals, Alex has also written for other leading sites such as T3 and GamesRadar. At work, you'll find him mostly covering computing, gaming, and advising people on how to save on their cell phone plans. Outside of work, you'll find him playing guitar, indulging his love for music, or down at the local climbing gym mostly hanging off boulders far too difficult for his abilities.