Gaming laptops to kick start your dream gaming room setup

Building the ultimate gaming room involves a lot of steps if you want to do it right. While you don’t need blood, sweat and tears, your gaming room will likely have a great gaming machine at its core. You will have to choose either gaming PCs or gaming laptops, and if your choice is the latter, we’re here to help you out. Here are five great gaming laptops that you can build a cool gaming setup around.

Note that all of these laptops come with the high-end specifications you’d expect from a modern gaming laptop. This includes a combination of processors, GPUs and storage that can play most newer AAA titles at higher graphic settings, and can even easily handle upcoming games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage and EA Sports FC 24.

HP Omen 16

The HP Omen 16 comes with all the bells and whistles you’d expect from a powerful gaming laptop, but what it also brings to the table is a stealthy look and feel. Just a hint of RGB, surrounded by a dark grey form factor, the HP Omen 16 is a powerhouse built for the minimalist setup.

It’s not all style-over-substance either. The Omen 16 features a 13th-Gen Intel Core i7 chip, a 16-inch WQXGA IPS Display, 144Hz refresh rate, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU.

Asus ROG Strix G16

The second 16-inch laptop on this list, the ROG Strix G16, doesn’t pull its punches when it comes to the signature gaming design. The laptop comes with sharp edges, a lot of RGB, including an RGB lighting strip on the underbelly. Thunderbolt connectivity also lets you take your gameplay from the laptop screen to a larger external display in seconds.

The Asus ROG Strix G16 also comes with the 13th-Gen Intel Core i7 chipset, and packs a 16-inch FHD Plus display, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD storage and the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 GPU.

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Dell Inspiron G15

If dark laptops with RGB isn’t exactly your cup of tea, and you prefer a more regal, white setup to build on, take a look at the Dell Inspiron G15 laptop. The machine features a look that could fit well in a white-themed setup, but also stand out in a setup with darker tones. It also features some neat extras like rear-facing ports and vents.

The Dell Inspiron G15 comes with a regular 15.6-inch FHD display, coupled with an AMD Ryzen 9 6000 series chip, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD storage and a full-size keyboard, which is ideal for games that require a lot of key mapping.

Asus TUF Gaming A16

The Asus TUF Gaming A16 laptop provides yet another option to users looking for a gaming laptop that stands apart and performs. For those looking for a gamer-meets-rugged design, the TUF Gaming A16 offers a great option to consider, especially in its sandstorm colour variant.

Coming to specifications, you get an AMD Ryzen 9 7000 series chip, along with 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD storage and an FHD Plus IPS display with 165Hz refresh rate. An AMD Radeon RX 7600S under the hood takes care of all graphical needs. Apart from a relatively cleaner design, the laptop also features a full keyboard layout.

Acer Nitro 5

Prefer going all out on the performance bit, with a little attention given to your RGB-loving aesthetic side? The new Acer Nitro 5 is one of the most powerful laptops you will find out there right now, While an RGB keyboard and an overall boxy design may not look as funky as the other options on this list, the laptop does feature powerful specifications like a 12th-Gen Intel Core i7 processor, a 15.6-inch QHD IPS display with 165Hz refresh rate and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU.

This is coupled with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD storage, and a full-size keyboard ideal for games you wouldn’t play with a controller. The presence of rear-facing ports and a Thunderbolt 4 port also allow the laptop to minimise cable use in your gaming room setup and easily connect to a larger external display when required.

Those are some of our recommendations for laptops that are great at gaming but can also make for an aesthetic centre-piece for your gaming room. Throw in some smart-lighting, a quality external gaming monitor and some comfortable seating and you’re ready to knock enemies out in style.