Choosing a gaming laptop is a lot like putting together a well-balanced adventuring party. You need to look at what you’re going to use it for, what kinds of quests you’ll tackle, and try and match their capabilities to your needs—without emptying your coin purse. To that end, weary traveler, we took it upon ourselves to source the latest and greatest gaming laptops from forges large and small. We gathered them in our keep, ran them through a variety of tests to sort the god-rolls from the vendor trash. Here they are, the best gaming laptops for every kind of player.
Be sure to check out our picks for the best overall laptops, gaming mice, keyboards, and headsets.
Updated in November 2019: We’ve included the Alienware M15 R2.
