The 13th gen and 14th gen Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs are pretty significant improvements over the 12th gen Intel Alder Lake CPU (which itself was a huge upgrade over its precedessors). You may also want to consider upgrading to gaming PC over a laptop if you don't need portability. Prices are better this year as well the supply shortages brought about by COVID have mostly been resolved. The new 13th and 14th gen Intel Core i7 and i9 and AMD R圜PUs, as well as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4000 series GPUs are powerful enough to tackle any game that has been released, and at up to 4K resolution. However, in terms of technical advancements, both the newer CPUs and newer GPUs this time around are significant improvements over any gaming laptop built in 2021 or earlier.
Of course the answer completely depends on your situation. See our guide on what to expect from the Best Buy Black Friday sale. The Best Buy deals have a tendency to sell out very quickly online so you may have to be willing to pick up your item in-store. Best Buy generally offers a wider selection of gaming laptops deals than Amazon or Walmart. Best Buy will run Black Friday deals from Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday, however they have already kicked off an Early Black Friday Sale going on right now.
