Amazon is ringing in the New Year with a 15-inch Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop for $500, compared to the usual $670 for the Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptop. If you are looking for a gaming laptop for a student who is starting the next semester with nothing to play Fortnite with, this is a great choice.

This Acer Nitro 5 has a 1st generation Ryzen 5 2500U CPU, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, and a Radeon RX 560X graphics card. If you drop the settings to medium to low (depending on the game), this budget gaming laptop is capable of playing most games at 1080p at frame rates there. While you probably won't be playing "Red Dead Redemption 2" at the highest settings, this is a great laptop for lighter games like "Disco Elysium" or indie titles.

Cheap gaming laptops at this price tend to sell out quickly. Don't worry, we've got you covered. All of this week's deals are conveniently grouped in one place, and if the Nitro 5 isn't enough for you, stepping up to one with a GTX 1650 graphics card should give you a significant performance boost.