Monthly brief - gaming laptop prices, United Kingdom
What gaming laptops cost in the United Kingdom in October 2026, and whether prices were rising or falling, from the real prices we tracked at retailers. Every figure is in GBP.
Brief - October 2026, revision 1
Publication
- Region: United Kingdom. Currency: GBP (never converted).
- Period: October 2026 (closed month), revision 1.
- Published 1 November 2026 at 03:01 UTC; source data cutoff 1 November 2026.
- Methodology version 3.0.0, mapping version 2.
- Compared against September 2026 (revision 1).
Headline findings
- Of 6 GPU tiers with a published matched one-month change, 1 fell, 4 rose and 1 was unchanged.
- NVIDIA RTX 4050 - 6GB: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability not published; sample 2 families / 2 configurations (matched 1 / 1); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- NVIDIA RTX 5050 - 8GB: typical £1,367; matched 1-month +5.1%; 5 of 25 matched configurations got cheaper, 17 got pricier and 3 stayed the same price; availability 90.6%; sample 20 families / 33 configurations (matched 17 / 25); typical in September 2026 £1,267.
- NVIDIA RTX 5060 - 8GB: typical £1,699; matched 1-month +3.6%; 20 of 58 matched configurations got cheaper, 30 got pricier and 8 stayed the same price; availability 76.0%; sample 38 families / 70 configurations (matched 32 / 58); typical in September 2026 £1,584.
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti - 12GB: typical £2,799; matched 1-month +1.2%; 4 of 26 matched configurations got cheaper, 11 got pricier and 11 stayed the same price; availability 82.5%; sample 25 families / 30 configurations (matched 22 / 26); typical in September 2026 £2,550.
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 - 12GB: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability not published; sample 2 families / 2 configurations (matched 2 / 2); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- NVIDIA RTX 5070 - 8GB: typical £2,225; matched 1-month +2.0%; 9 of 31 matched configurations got cheaper, 12 got pricier and 10 stayed the same price; availability 76.1%; sample 30 families / 38 configurations (matched 25 / 31); typical in September 2026 £2,199.
- NVIDIA RTX 5080 - 16GB: typical £3,400; matched 1-month 0.0%; 13 of 27 matched configurations got cheaper, 8 got pricier and 6 stayed the same price; availability 76.9%; sample 25 families / 34 configurations (matched 20 / 27); typical in September 2026 £3,350.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 - 24GB: typical £4,499; matched 1-month −0.8%; 11 of 22 matched configurations got cheaper, 5 got pricier and 6 stayed the same price; availability 82.4%; sample 19 families / 27 configurations (matched 15 / 22); typical in September 2026 £4,265.
- All GPU tiers: typical £2,424; matched 1-month +1.8%; 62 of 194 matched configurations got cheaper, 86 got pricier and 46 stayed the same price; availability 79.4%; sample 86 families / 238 configurations (matched 76 / 194); typical in September 2026 £2,287.
By brand
- The same laptops again, grouped by brand: each brand covers every GPU tier, so these figures do not add up to the tiers above.
- Acer: typical £2,447; matched 1-month +2.6%; 7 of 26 matched configurations got cheaper, 11 got pricier and 8 stayed the same price; availability 85.5%; sample 15 families / 37 configurations (matched 14 / 26); typical in September 2026 £2,375.
- ASUS: typical £2,839; matched 1-month −0.8%; 19 of 43 matched configurations got cheaper, 12 got pricier and 12 stayed the same price; availability 81.7%; sample 13 families / 47 configurations (matched 13 / 43); typical in September 2026 £2,749.
- Dell/Alienware: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability 53.6%; sample 4 families / 6 configurations (matched 2 / 2); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- Gigabyte: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability 77.9%; sample 7 families / 15 configurations (matched 6 / 14); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- HP: typical price not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); matched 1-month change not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.); availability 46.6%; sample 7 families / 15 configurations (matched 3 / 7); typical in September 2026 not published (Not enough distinct laptops were tracked in this group to publish a reliable figure.).
- Lenovo: typical £2,203; matched 1-month +3.2%; 19 of 61 matched configurations got cheaper, 37 got pricier and 5 stayed the same price; availability 90.1%; sample 16 families / 69 configurations (matched 16 / 61); typical in September 2026 £2,133.
- MSI: typical £2,500; matched 1-month +2.9%; 5 of 21 matched configurations got cheaper, 9 got pricier and 7 stayed the same price; availability 73.8%; sample 15 families / 29 configurations (matched 13 / 21); typical in September 2026 £2,350.
- Razer: typical £2,895; matched 1-month +0.5%; 7 of 20 matched configurations got cheaper, 8 got pricier and 5 stayed the same price; availability 86.2%; sample 9 families / 20 configurations (matched 9 / 20); typical in September 2026 £2,649.
Caveats
- Retailer regular prices are self-declared and unverified, so discount depth describes what retailers claim, not a verified saving.
- Amazon is excluded from every figure on this page.
- Prices are list prices before coupons and before pricing errors are removed.
Where the numbers came from
- Permanent page: /united-kingdom/trends/2026-10/r1
- CSV: /united-kingdom/trends/2026-10/r1/download.csv
- JSON: /united-kingdom/trends/2026-10/r1/download.json
About this data
Cite this dataset
GamingLaptop.deals. "Gaming laptop price trends - United Kingdom", October 2026 (revision 1). Published 2026-11-01. Methodology version 3.0.0. https://gaminglaptop.deals/united-kingdom/trends/2026-10/r1
- Publisher
- GamingLaptop.deals
- Dataset
- Gaming laptop price trends - United Kingdom
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Period
- 2026-10
- Revision
- 1
- Published
- 1 November 2026
- Methodology version
- 3.0.0
- Licence
- CC-BY-4.0