From my personal experience, when it comes to gaming, there are no alternatives to a desktop. But everyone has a different taste. If you are interested in laptops and want to play games on it too, a fancy gaming laptop can be expensive as $3000 USD. But, wait, it’s the era of technology and there are enormous alternatives. Thanks to some well-known manufacturers who think about average people and makes budget gaming laptops. So, Yes! You can buy a gaming laptop in 2018 with the limited budget. Here are our top picks of Best Cheap Gaming Laptops in 2018 under $1000.
- Acer Aspire VX 15: Acer Aspire VX 15 is one of the best and premium looking gaming laptop with the Black color body and red-silver clad. It comes with 7th Intel Core i5 processor. This beast also has a 1920x1080p resolution display and Nvidia 1050 Graphics Processing Unit with 4GB of VRAM which is perfect when you mention the term “Gaming”. And, its well balanced and powerful speakers also makes the sound nice and clear. For best audio and gaming experience, you should hand on Acer Aspire VX 15 which is available from around $900 USD.
- Key Features:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-7300HQ 2.5 GHz
- Display: 15.6 inch, 1920 X 1080
- RAM/Storage: 8GB/256 M-2 SATA SSD
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 with 4GB of VRAM
- Key Features:
- Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming laptop: Dell announced their Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming laptop with the most compromising and longest battery life which lasted over 7 hours on various battery tests. Imagine playing games on a laptop for 7 hours without even remembering about power cables, and that’s from $800 It has 7th generation core i5 processor which is also capable of doing better multitasking. Dell Inspiron 15 7000 is truly the first deal under $1000 USD which is VR ready. It also has Nvidia 1060 GPU and 1080p display and everything without making a hole in your wallet. So, from our perspective, Dell Inspire 15 7000 should be at or near the top of your list of best and cheap gaming laptop.
- Key Features:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-7300HQ 2.5 GHz
- Display: 15.6 inch, 1920 X 1080
- RAM/Storage: 8GB/256 SSD
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB of VRAM
- MSI GL62M: Like Acer aspire VX 15 and Dell Inspiron 15 7000, MSI GL62M also comes with 7th generation core i5 processor at just under $800 USD. You can throw any games at this laptop which will gladly power through them without sacrificing the medium level performance.
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- Key features:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-7300HQ
- Display: 15.6 inch, 1920 X 1080
- RAM/Storage: 8GB DDR4/256GB SSD
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
- Razer Blade Stealth 12.5-inch: Razer has the record for the most unique, ultra-lightweight and portable gaming laptop to offer. To maintain that, they have introduced Razer Blade Stealth 12.2-inch Gaming Laptop with 7th generation core i5 processor. It has a quad-HD 2560×1440 resolution 12.5 –inch display which will show you every single detail. Though it doesn’t have a discrete GPU, yet Intel HD Graphics 620 is enough for lite gaming.
- Key features:
- CPU: 7th Gen Intel Core i5-7200U 2.5GHz
- Display: 12.5-inch, 2560 x 1440
- RAM/Storage: 8GB DDR4/128GB SSD
- GPU: Intel 600 UHD
- Acer Predator Helios 300: Acer predator Helios 300 is just under the painful 4 figure price range. It comes with Intel 7th gen i7 processor and 1080p led display. It also has 16GB of RAM and GTX 1060 GB VRAM which will be the best pick for multitasking and high-level gaming. Not to mention the VR ready and backlit Keyboards.
- Key features:
- CPU: 7th Gen Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU
- Display: 15.6-inch, 1920x1080p led display
- RAM/Storage: 16GB DDR4/256GB SSD
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 with 6
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