Deals are flying around this week, thanks to Amazon’s upcoming Prime Day sale and the 4th of July – and if you’re eyeing up a move for an Nvidia RTX 5000 series-powered gaming laptop, I think I might have just found one of the best ones, and it’s not at Amazon.
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Best Buy’s 4th of July sale has Dell’s Alienware 16X Aurora RTX 5070 gaming laptop now available for $1,649.99 (previously $2,099.99) on Best Buy, saving you a significant $450 on a gaming laptop that can provide great mid-range gaming performance. While I wouldn’t normally recommend an 8GB GPU in 2025, DLSS 4 will come in handy at tackling the 2560×1600 resolution, so don’t fret.
It also comes equipped with Intel’s powerful Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, so there’s more than enough to dive into CPU-intensive applications, thanks to its 24 cores and 24 threads.
It may not seem like the biggest discount ever, as it’s still quite costly at over $1,000, but it’s definitely worth keeping an eye on; I hardly see many RTX xx70 (or above) gaming laptops fall below $2,000, so it’s a surprise to say the least.
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4th of July deal: Alienware 16X Aurora
Let’s get one thing straight: at the original $2,099.99 price, I would absolutely not recommend the Alienware 16X Aurora. An 8GB laptop GPU isn’t the end of the world (although undesirable), no, but at that price, I would expect at least an RTX 5070 Ti (12GB of VRAM) system.
However, at $1,649.99, it becomes a lot easier to recommend as it falls within the same price range as a pre-built desktop gaming PC, and even cheaper than some.
I’ve been lucky enough to use high-end gaming rigs for a long time now, but if I were just starting and diving into the gaming PC ecosystem, it would make sense to opt for the 16X Aurora or a desktop build that acts as an equivalent.
And yes, I’ve heard the Multi Frame Generation memes of “fake frames”, but I can assure you that after using the MSI Vector A18 HX A9W, it’s a great tool for smooth performance – only when your base frame rate in-game is high enough, and I have no doubts that the 16X Aurora will do just that across several titles.
