32 Best Laptops For Artists And Gamers in September 2024

Beating the i9-11900H in both single and multi-core performance, the 12-Core Intel i5-12500H with up to 4.5GHz boost is the ideal budget friendly processor for the intelligent gamer who prioritizes actual gaming performance.

Featuring a MUX switch which eliminates a ~9% fps bottleneck in bandwidth with the native display and with 115W of total graphics board power for the RTX 4060, average fps exceeds that of most laptops with less than or equal to 115W RTX 3070.

With 15 preset RGB colors for configuring the backlit keyboard, DTS: X Ultra for surround sound innovation and the next-gen high speed 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 4 port, the latest feature technology is available.

RAM: 16GB DDR4 3200MHz | Hard Drive: 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive | Display: 15.6" FHD 144Hz | Operating System: Windows 11 Home x64

16GB RAM Upgrade | 3-Year Limited Warranty on upgrade components through Computer Upgrade King. Contact Computer Upgrade King for all warranty questions and concerns.

Processor: Intel Core i7-1260P Twelve Core Processor (18MB Cache, 2.1GHz-4.7GHz) 28W

RAM: 64GB DDR4 3200MHz | Hard Drive: 2TB NVMe Solid State Drive

Keyboard: Full-Size Island-Style Backlit Keyboard | Wireless: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.2 Combo | Operating System: Windows 11 Home x64

Graphics: Intel Iris Xe Graphics | Display: 15.6" Full HD, Multitouch-Enabled, IPS, 400 Nits Display (1920 x 1080)

64GB RAM / 2TB NVMe SSD Upgrades | 3-Year CUK Limited Warranty (View warranty section below for more details.)

All-Day Battery Life – Go longer than ever with up to 18 hours of battery life.

Powerful Performance – Take on everything from professional-quality editing to action-packed gaming with ease. The Apple M1 chip with an 8-core CPU delivers up to 3.5x faster performance than the previous generation while using way less power.

Superfast Memory – 8GB of unified memory makes your entire system speedy and responsive. That way it can support tasks like memory-hogging multitab browsing and opening a huge graphic file quickly and easily.

Stunning Display – With a 13.3 inch Retina display, images come alive with new levels of realism. Text is sharp and clear, and colors are more vibrant.

Why Mac – Easy to learn. Easy to set up. Astoundingly powerful. Intuitive. Packed with apps to use right out of the box. Mac is designed to let you work, play, and create like never before.

Simply Compatible – All your existing apps work, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft 365, and Google Drive. Plus you can use your favorite iPhone and iPad apps directly on macOS. Altogether you’ll have access to the biggest collection of apps ever for Mac. All available on the App Store.

Easy to Learn – If you already have an iPhone, MacBook Air feels familiar from the moment you turn it on. And it works perfectly with all your Apple devices. Use your iPad to extend the workspace of your Mac, answer texts and phone calls directly on your Mac, and more.

Fanless Design – Your MacBook Air stays cool and runs quietly even while tackling intense workloads.

AppleCare – Every Mac comes with a one-year limited warranty and up to 90 days of complimentary technical support. Get AppleCare plus to extend your coverage and reduce the stress and cost of unexpected repairs.

Environmentally Friendly – MacBook Air is made with a 100 percent recycled aluminum enclosure and uses less energy for a smaller carbon footprint.

STRIKINGLY THIN DESIGN — The redesigned MacBook Air is more portable than ever and weighs just 2.7 pounds. It’s the incredibly capable laptop that lets you work, play or create just about anything — anywhere.

SUPERCHARGED BY M2 — Get more done faster with a next-generation 8-core CPU, up to 10-core GPU and up to 24GB of unified memory.

UP TO 18 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE — Go all day and into the night, thanks to the power-efficient performance of the Apple M2 chip.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY — The 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display features over 500 nits of brightness, P3 wide color and support for 1 billion colors for vibrant images and incredible detail.

ADVANCED CAMERA AND AUDIO — Look sharp and sound great with a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, three-mic array and four-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio.

VERSATILE CONNECTIVITY — MacBook Air features a MagSafe charging port, two Thunderbolt ports and a headphone jack.

EASY TO USE — Your Mac feels familiar from the moment you turn it on, and works seamlessly with all your Apple devices.

BUILT TO LAST — The all-aluminium unibody enclosure is exceptionally durable. And free software updates keep things running smooth and secure for years to come.

SIMPLY COMPATIBLE — All your go-to apps run lightning-fast — including Microsoft 365, Zoom, and many of your favorite iPhone and iPad apps.

COMES WITH APPLECARE WARRANTY – Every Mac comes with a one-year limited warranty and up to 90 days of complimentary technical support. Get AppleCare+ to extend your coverage.

STRIKINGLY THIN DESIGN — The redesigned MacBook Air is more portable than ever and weighs just 2.7 pounds. It’s the incredibly capable laptop that lets you work, play or create just about anything — anywhere.

SUPERCHARGED BY M2 — Get more done faster with a next-generation 8-core CPU, up to 10-core GPU and up to 24GB of unified memory.

UP TO 18 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE — Go all day and into the night, thanks to the power-efficient performance of the Apple M2 chip.

BIG, BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY — The 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display features over 500 nits of brightness, P3 wide color and support for 1 billion colors for vibrant images and incredible detail.

ADVANCED CAMERA AND AUDIO — Look sharp and sound great with a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, three-mic array and four-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio.

VERSATILE CONNECTIVITY — MacBook Air features a MagSafe charging port, two Thunderbolt ports and a headphone jack.

EASY TO USE — Your Mac feels familiar from the moment you turn it on, and works seamlessly with all your Apple devices.

BUILT TO LAST — The all-aluminium unibody enclosure is exceptionally durable. And free software updates keep things running smooth and secure for years to come.

SIMPLY COMPATIBLE — All your go-to apps run lightning-fast — including Microsoft 365, Zoom, and many of your favorite iPhone and iPad apps.

COMES WITH APPLECARE WARRANTY – Every Mac comes with a one-year limited warranty and up to 90 days of complimentary technical support. Get AppleCare+ to extend your coverage.

The Ultimate Premium Laptop Experience: Don’t sacrifice performance, graphics or battery life…Enjoy superior performance with the Acer Swift 3, based on the Intel Evo platform, it charges fast and lasts and wakes instantly and is super thin and light.

Kick-Start Your Productivity: Now featuring 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H processor with dedicated Intel Iris Xe graphics delivering superior performance where you need it most. With Turbo Boost Technology, get up to 4.7GHz for your high-demand applications

OLED is Everything: Feast your eyes on the brilliance of the 16:10, 2.8K WQXGA+ (2880 x 1800) OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display and prepare yourself to thoroughly enjoy this new screen. 90Hz Refresh Rate | 1ms Response Time | High-Brightness (400 nits) | 16:10 aspect ratio | Color Gamut DCI-P3 100% | Certified True Black HDR500

Internal Specifications: 16GB LPDDR5 memory (maximum 16GB); 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD; Killer Wireless Wi-Fi 6E AX1675 supports dual-stream Wi-Fi in the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands, including 2x2 MU-MIMO Technology; Bluetooth 5.2

Made to Move: At just 3.09 lbs, this Acer Swift 3 laptop is ready to go where you go. The Swift 3 is thin and light aluminum, but packs up to 8 hours of battery life with fast charging capability

Fingerprint Reader on the Power Button featuring Computer Protection and Windows Hello Certification | Back-lit Keyboard | OceanGlass Touchpad

The Full HD MIPI front-facing camera uses Acer’s TNR (Temporal Noise Reduction) technology for high-quality imagery in low-light conditions while the blue glass lens reduces ghosting and flares.

Hear It to Believe It: Stream music, play back videos, and hear it all with optimized bass response and distortion prevention from DTS Audio in the dual front-facing speakers

Ports For All Your Accessories: 2 - USB Type-C Ports - supporting USB4 (up to 40 Gbps), Thunderbolt 4 & USB Charging, 2 - USB 3.2 Gen 1 Ports (one featuring power-off charging), 1 - HDMI 2.1 Port with HDCP Support, 1 - Headphone/Microphone-in Jack

Fast and easy multitasking: experience high-grade Graphics and processing power that meets your gaming and multitasking needs for the latest games including Fortnight, PUBG, and Overwatch

Advanced thermal Management: optimized thermal design and IR sensor keeps your laptop cool to the touch, without affecting acoustics

Fast Processor: 9th Generation intel(r) core(tm) i5-9300h Processor, quad-core, 2.4GHz up to 4.1GHz with Intel's) Turbo Boost

Realistic graphics: nvidia(r) geforce(r) GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated). enjoy new levels of gaming realism and performance with real-time ray-tracing technologies. Vr/mr ready. 15.6-Inch diagonal FHD IPS Anti-Glare micro-edge WLED-backlit Display (1920x1080) with 60Hz refresh rate

Memory and storage: 8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (upgradable with 2 accessible Memory Slots) and Fast boot-up, file transfer and a snappier experience with the internal 256 GB pcie(r) nvme(tm) M.2 Solid State Drive

Bios recovery and protection: automatically checks the health of your PC, protects against unauthorized access, secures local storage and recovers itself from boot-up issues

Ports: USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C(tm), 3 USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A, RJ-45, HDMI, headphone-microphone combo

Battery life: up to 8 hours and 15 minutes (mixed usage); up to 6 hours and 45 minutes (video playback); up to 5 hours and 30 minutes (wireless streaming).

Thin and light (unpackaged): 14.17 inches (W) x 10.08 inches (D) x 0.92 inch (H); 4.92 pounds

Operating System and Warranty: Windows 10 Home and 1-Year Limited hardware warranty with 24-hour, 7 days a week Web support

Escalate your game with up to 8 high-performance cores in the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H processor, 16GB DDR4 RAM, and 512GB NVMe SSD storage

Includes free 3-month trial of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate - Play over 100 high-quality PC games on Windows PC; includes iconic Bethesda games, new day one titles, and the EA Play on PC catalog

With NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics, enjoy the depth and visual fidelity of real-time ray-tracing; the 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display on the Legion 5 gaming laptop delivers speed and color clarity for full-fidelity gaming

Legion TrueStrike keyboard with 4-zone RGB backlight; 2 x 2W speakers with Nahimic Audio for Gamers

Connectivity: Built-in 720p webcam with e-shutter, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, USB-C, 4 USB, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, RJ45 Ethernet

HP - Victus 15.6 Gaming Laptop

Intel Core i5-12450H

8GB Memory

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

512GB SSD

FX506HF-ES51

SUPERCHARGED RTX GRAPHICS - Gameplay graphics are silky smooth with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 4GB GDDR6 at 70W with Dynamic Boost.

READY FOR ANYTHING - Use your gaming laptop to stream and multitask with ease thanks to an Intel Core i5-11400H with 12M Cache, up to 4.5 GHz, 6 cores and 8GB of blisteringly fast 3200MHz DDR4 RAM on Windows 11.

SWIFT VISUALS – Stay one step ahead of the competition thanks to its 144Hz 15.6” Full HD (1920 x 1080) IPS Type Display

AMPLE STORAGE FOR ALL YOUR GAMES - Store all your game library, and load them fast on your 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD to take advantage of the full RTX gaming experience.

MILITARY GRADE TOUGHNESS - Durable MIL-STD-810H military standard lives in the TUF line as the devices are tested against drops, vibration, humidity and extreme temperatures to ensure reliability.

CONNECT TO EVERYTHING - 1x RJ45 LAN port, 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1x USB Type C with Thunderbolt 4 and DisplayPort support