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This Alienware gaming laptop with RTX 4050 has a $500 discount

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The Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop on a desk.
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Dell and Alienware have some of the best gaming laptop deals today. Right now you can buy the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop for $1,200, which means you’re saving $500 off the regular price of $1,700 and snagging yourself a great looking laptop for the price. Sure to appeal to anyone who wants a good gaming laptop without spending a fortune, we’ve got all the insight you need before you hit that buy button.

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Why you should buy the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop

As one of the best gaming laptop brands around, Alienware is great for style and power. A premium brand, it’s even more appealing when you’re dealing with a laptop on sale. With the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop, you get a 13th-generation Intel Core i7-13620H processor, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of SSD storage. As one of the core elements of a gaming laptop, the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop also has an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card with 6GB of dedicated VRAM.

That’s a pretty good set of specs for the price. There’s also a great display with a 14-inch QHD+ screen with 2560 x 1600 resolution, 165Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, and 300 nits of brightness. The screen also has DCI-P3 100% color gamut so it’s going to look great, and there’s built-in support for Dolby Vision too.

This may not be one of the best gaming laptops overall, but at this price the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop is a good all-rounder. It has great attention to detail, like its RGB backlit keyboard, set of Thunderbolt 4 ports, and HDMI 2.1 port.

The laptop is also considered to be the world’s thinnest 14-inch gaming laptop. That’s all while still keeping cool thanks to its advanced thermal design.

A great laptop for gamers on a budget, the Alienware x14 R2 gaming laptop is usually priced at $1,700, but right now you can buy it for $1,200 at Dell. Check it out now by clicking the button below before the deal ends soon.

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Jennifer Allen
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