If you're looking for a gaming laptop on a small budget, this $449 laptop deal is a winner
Less than $500 gets you a competent gaming laptop
Today's deal arrives before the soon-to-be Prime Day sales and is an absolute bargain if you're looking for one of the best gaming laptops on a budget. With a reasonably-sized 15.6-inch display and 6-core AMD processor, this gaming laptop from HP also features a dedicated Radeon RX 6550M graphics card to power your games. It might not break any records for performance, but at this low low price, it's a great option for a gaming laptop on a tight budget and rewards a lot of bang for the buck.
Available at Best Buy for just $449, the HP Victus 15 (model: 15-fb2063dx) is the perfect option if you're looking to pick up a gaming laptop for an affordable price without emptying your savings account. You're getting a great deal for the price, with this 2024 model featuring a 15.6-inch IPS display with an FHD (1920 x 1080 pixel) resolution, AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS processor, AMD Radeon RX 6550M laptop GPU, 8GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 512GB SSD for your operating system and games library.
We've reviewed the HP Victus 16 - the big brother of this laptop and found the laptop to have excellent battery life, a comfortable keyboard, a bright display, and an attractive design. This Laptop is the smaller 15.6-inch model and features many of the same specifications and the same design, albeit in a slightly smaller chassis.
HP Victus 15 Gaming Laptop: now $449 at Best Buy (was $799)
A compact gaming laptop that contains an AMD Radeon RX 6550M laptop GPU, a 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS processor, 8GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 512GB SSD for storage. The HP Victus 15 (model: 15-fb2063dx) uses a 15.6-inch display with a bright 300-nit IPS panel. The screen has a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels and a smooth 144Hz refresh rate - perfect for high-motion gaming.
The only negatives to this budget gaming laptop is the smaller-sized 512GB SSD and the fact the HP Victus 15 only has 8GB of RAM, but the laptop is user-upgradeable and can support up to 2TB of SSD storage and 16GB of memory in a 2 x 8GB single-channel configuration. So there are options to upgrade should you find you need more memory or storage in the near future.
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Stewart Bendle is a deals and coupon writer at Tom's Hardware. A firm believer in “Bang for the buck” Stewart likes to research the best prices and coupon codes for hardware and build PCs that have a great price for performance ratio.
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HideOut Anyone that recommends 8GB of RAM for a gaming rig in 2022 shouldnt be allowed to publish, but the end of 2024? But hey, you get a cut of the sale if someone buys it from the link so its all good...Reply -
Notton I checked crucial and it looks like it has user replaceable RAM, so toss in another 8GB module and you're set.Reply
(or slap in a 32GB kit for overkill)
Although I think the real shortcoming of this laptop is the RX 6550M, which only has 4GB of RAM.
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I wouldn't recommend 8GB for the average gaming setup and listed it as a negative, but maybe you missed that part. 8GB however, is perfectly serviceable for most games, and especially for a budget laptop deal that only costs $449 bucks it's easy to add in another 8GB.HideOut said:Anyone that recommends 8GB of RAM for a gaming rig in 2022 shouldnt be allowed to publish, but the end of 2024? But hey, you get a cut of the sale if someone buys it from the link so its all good... -
Lamarr the Strelok I'm not a laptop gamer but this is really cheap.You're not gonna run the latest and greatest on ultra but there are plenty of games you could play with it.I thought the price was a typo considering how overpriced laptops generally are, especially nowadays.Reply -
Geef HideOut said:Anyone that recommends 8GB of RAM for a gaming rig in 2022 shouldnt
The low price along with the fact that it has the option of being upgrade-able makes it good. A base model to begin your Laptop usage.
A model like this looks perfect for using 'Remote Play' with Steam. Run big games like CIV 6 or Stellaris. Have all the processing done by your main PC and the laptop handles the game interaction. Not great for fast paced games but oh well.