Lenovo LOQ 15 (RTX 4050): was $1,009 now $728 @ Best Buy This is one of the best RTX 4050 gaming laptop deals you can snap up right now for Prime Day. This configuration of the Legion LOQ 15 packs an RTX 3050 GPU, an Intel Core i5-13420H CPU, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, alongside a 15.6-inch FHD panel.

Early Amazon Prime Day laptop deals are already live ahead of the retailer's massive two-day fall sale. Right now, you can save on everything from super cheap Chromebooks to high-end Windows Ultrabooks with excellent price cuts across a wide range of machines. Put simply, it's a great time to be shopping for a brand-new laptop.

Not all gaming laptop deals are built the same - and you can easily cheapen your way out of a playable system by shopping in the budget category and not paying attention to your spec sheet. While this most frequently happens with older RTX 3050 systems these days, it's more often the RAM that you need to watch out for.