Save $100 on the Gigabyte Aero X16 — Best Buy drops the price on a RTX 5070 laptop for creators you can actually future-proof

If you’ve been waiting for RTX 5070 laptop for editing photos and photos, I've found a great deal on the Gigabyte Aero X16, now $1500 (was $1600) at Best Buy.

This one caught my eye for content creators and students who need desktop-class graphics performance in a slim 16-inch chassis - it's one of the strongest RTX 5070 deals I've seen.

The Aero X16 pairs AMD’s Ryzen AI 7 350 — an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 5 chip with a dedicated NPU for AI acceleration — with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5070 laptop GPU with 8GB VRAM, 32GB of DDR5-5600 RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It’s also a certified Copilot+ PC, meaning it meets Microsoft’s on-device AI performance requirements for the latest Windows 11 features.

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Gigabyte Aero X16: was $1,599.99 now $1,499.99 at Best Buy

Ryzen AI 7 350 | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB SSD | RTX 5070

Specs here are excellent, so if you're a power user prioritizing performance, the Aero X16 ticks a lot of boxes. I especially like the fact that memory and storage are expandable. Unlike a lot of laptops of this price, these components aren't soldered. So, it's a great way to future-proof your machine.

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Expect top-line performance from this laptop, from clock speeds to frame rates - which is why I'm championing this as a creator-driven laptop.

The 165Hz WQXGA display is a genuine highlight. At 2560×1600, it offers meaningfully more screen real estate than a standard 1080p or even 1440p panel, and the factory color calibration makes it a credible option for creative work. The only point I'd note here is that it has 100% sRGB color accuracy, which won't be broad enough for professional video editors using it as the main machine.

A standout feature for this creator laptop in this category is upgradeability. Both the RAM and SSD are user-accessible, meaning the 32GB/1TB configuration here is a genuinely solid starting point rather than a ceiling — if your needs grow, you can add storage or memory down the line rather than being locked into the original spec.

The Ryzen AI 7 350’s integrated NPU and Copilot+ PC certification mean this machine is built for the next wave of on-device AI features in Windows 11 — Recall, Click to Do, Live Captions with translation, and Cocreator in Paint, among others — all processed locally without relying on the cloud. For buyers who want a machine that’s positioned for where Windows is heading rather than where it’s been, that’s a meaningful bit of future-proofing on top of the immediate gaming and creative performance.

At $1500, the Gigabyte Aero X16 offers a genuinely well-rounded package for creators.

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HP Victus 15.6in: was $1,474.99 now $874.99 at Best Buy

AMD Ryzen 7 7445HS | 16GB RAM | 512GB | RTX 4050

A solid budget video editing laptop that's particularly good for beginners. Specs are good for the price, but they're not top-end as you'd expect. There are two HPO Victus deals on Best Buy right now, and this is the one I recommend. The other, priced at $729, is an RTX 3050 machine with only 8GB of memory. That's going to struggle with a lot of creative work and gaming.

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Asus ROG Zephyrus G16: was $2,149.99 now $1,649.99 at Best Buy

Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | RTX 5070

We've always found the ROG Zephyrus G16 to be an awesome blend of power, portability, and style - and this model has all the specs content creators need for photo and video editing on the go.

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