For a gaming laptop that will be ready for upcoming PC games, go for the HP Omen Transcend 16. It’s equipped with the 14th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card, and 32GB of RAM, and you’ve got plenty of storage ...

The HP Envy is also great for general productivity and creative work, running on a fast Intel Core i7-13700H processor alongside 16GB of DDR5 RAM, promising snappy load times and high-performance multitasking with no lag. It’s capped off with a just-as-speedy 1TB SSD that’s plenty big to store all your photos, videos, apps, and games.

Black Friday is the absolute best time for finding good deals on laptops. (I would know: I've tracked them for Mashable since 2019.) And with retailers taking full advantage of the holiday's abnormally late timing this year, running sales that span most of November, steep discounts are expected to be plentiful all month long.

The HP Victus 15.6-inch gaming laptop is down to $449.99 at Best Buy, saving you $430 as part of Black Friday deals as of Nov. 11.