If you are completely determined for a brand new gaming laptop computer and might’t stand to attend one other second to purchase one, I’ve simply the ticket. This Lenovo LOQ comes with a Ryzen 7 7435HS processor and an RTX 4070 for $900—that is a worth the RTX 50-series will not doubtless be capable of beat for some time.
It’s a deal over at Walmart. We’ve famous it earlier than, truly a little cheaper at $880 via Black Friday, although I’m fairly stunned to see it nonetheless alive and kickin’ in 2025.
I’ve received the complete specs up in entrance of me (this is the database entry), and this Lenovo machine would not skimp on something necessary. The AMD processor is powered by eight Zen 3+ cores and 16 threads, which might enhance as much as 4.5 GHz, if the cooling and energy options on this laptop computer enable it. All these cores are good for each gaming and different duties, resembling mindlessly scrolling via spreadsheets or slides. Unfortunately even us writers at PC Gamer nonetheless should do a number of the latter, so I respect the flexibleness this chip affords.
Then onto the RTX 4070, which options the complete 115 W TGP afforded this mannequin. The RTX 4070 Mobile included right here comes with 4,608 CUDA cores, which is a few core clusters underneath the full-fat desktop mannequin at 5,888. In our testing over its lifetime, in numerous laptop computer designs, we have usually thought it to be a very good decide for the cash forward of the weaker RTX 4060. That’s very true when paired with a 1080p display as it’s right here. That’s not pushing the RTX 4070 massively however you may hope to benefit from the 144 Hz refresh fee a bit extra usually. Also this laptop computer has G-Sync for when the GPU cannot muster sufficient frames for completely easy gaming.
There are two 8 GB DDR5-4800 sticks inside this machine, that are SO-DIMM and subsequently replaceable. You needn’t improve from 16 GB, nonetheless, but it surely’s good to have that door open to you need to you ever need a bit enhance later on this laptop computer’s life.
The greatest flaw I can discover with this laptop computer must be the one 512 GB NVMe SSD put in inside it. That’s a meagre quantity of storage for right this moment’s Windows 11 set up paired with even a handful of recent Triple-A video games. There’s house for one more NVMe drive on this laptop computer, nonetheless, so an inexpensive SSD deal and also you’re sorted.
The chassis is fairly normal by reasonably priced gaming laptop computer requirements in 2025—sleeker than a few of you is likely to be imagining however not notably skinny in comparison with an Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 or the model new Razer Blade 16 (2025). Those two additionally value a lot greater than this. You get what you pay for in lots of regards.
At its core, nonetheless, this can be a mighty machine for the cash. And I do imply that and never simply saying it for the illiteration alternative. Considering it is cheaper than many RTX 4060 laptops proper now and fairly properly balanced moreover that SSD, you will not see an RTX 50-series to match this for a very good whereas. At least that is extremely unlikely—I’ll fortunately be confirmed mistaken on that one.
