Acer ALG budget gaming laptop launched under Rs 60,000

Budget gaming laptops don’t get the credit they deserve. Not all of us can afford high-end gaming laptops, which leaves the market wide open for laptops that have just the right combination of specifications and features that keep the price low. The new Acer ALG is one such laptop.

With an Intel Core i5 processor and NVIDIA RTX-series graphics, the Acer ALG is targeted at gamers who don’t want to burn a big hole in their pockets for their next gaming laptops. Priced under Rs 60,000, the laptop has an interesting mix of features. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

Acer ALG gaming laptop: Specifications and features

The new Acer ALG laptop comes with a 15.6cm FHD display, along with 16:9 aspect ratio and 144Hz refresh rate, with the latter helping the laptop offer smooth frame rates on first-person shooters and other competitive games.

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The laptop is powered by an Intel Core i5 12th-gen chipset, along with 8GB/16GB LPDDR4 RAM and a 512GB SSD storage. This is clubbed with either an NVIDIA RTX 2050 or RTX 3050 GPU, depending on the variant you choose. The laptop is also fairly upgradeable, with the RAM being able to go up till 64GB, while the storage can be upgraded to up to 2TB.

Coming to the ports, the laptop also features multiple USB 3.2 Type-A and Type-C ports, along with an HDMI port, an audio jack and an RJ45 Ethernet port. Other features here include a backlit full-size keyboard, stereo speakers, as well as support for Bluetooth 5.1 and Wi-Fi 6.

The Acer ALG laptop is available in a single Metal-Steel Gray finish, and is priced starting at Rs 56,990 for the base model. The laptop will be available on the Acer website, as well as with leading retailers in India.

While the Acer ALG offers an impressive set of features and specifications keeping the price in mind, some other options in this price that you can look at include the Asus TUF Gaming F15 and the HP Victus 15.