After having to use an old Dell laptop and a mac, I finally got my first gaming laptop! Acer Nitro 5 with Ryzen 5 4600H and GTX 1650. For $620 this was
2020 Acer Nitro 5 15.6" FHD Gaming Laptop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5-4600H Processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD+256GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1650, Backlit Keyboard, HD Webcam, Windows 10, Black, 32GB Snow Bell USB
Amazon.com: Acer Nitro 5 15.6" FHD Gaming Laptop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5 3550H Quad-Core Up to 3.7GhZ, NVIDIA GTX 1650, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD+1TB HDD, Windows 10 Home HDMI USB-C WiFi RJ-45