Lenovo LOQ 15

The LOQ for 2026 is a great budget gaming laptop. Much improved over prior versions. It is smaller and lighter, the battery life is much longer, the ghosting issue is fixed, and the trackpad is better. Just be aware the AMD model uses an older Zen 4 CPU. Even though the dedicated GPU is fed full power, the CPU can hold you back a little in some games and creator applications. If you get the AMD model cheap enough, this may not be an issue though.