Best Budget Gaming Laptops For Students 2024. The best budget laptop for students we've tested is the asus vivobook 16 m1605 (2023). The msi bravo 15 is built with an amd ryzen 7 5800h cpu and an amd radeon rx 6500m graphics card.

The rtx 4060 is a reliable, steady pick for 1080p laptops that won’t break the bank, and it appears in machines at either the high end of budget pricing or the low end of midrange pricing. $1339 at amazon $1498 at newegg.