Playing PC games on a tight budget can be challenging. If you’re looking for a laptop for gaming, you may have twice as many problems. However, Staples is currently offering an Asus TUF laptop with an AMD Ryzen processor and RTX 4060 graphics card for just $649.99, which is a significant savings on a dependable low-cost option.
At $900 retail, the TUF A15 is already reasonably priced, especially considering the popular AMD/Nvidia combination. That includes a GeForce RTX 4060 discrete GPU with 8GB of RAM and a Ryzen 5 7535HS processor with six cores. This is in addition to the laptop’s 16GB of DDR5 RAM and 512GB of storage, all of which are readily upgradeable with a simple screwdriver.
With a thickness of 0.88 inches (22.4 mm) and a maximum weight of nearly five pounds (2.22 kg), this is a fairly standard budget gaming design. In addition, it has a powerful 90-watt-hour battery and a 15.6-inch 1080p screen with a refresh rate of 144 Hz, which should make it easy to use on most games at medium settings, given its specifications. If you’re gaming on it, that won’t win any marathons, but the 100-watt charger should rapidly restore it to full capacity.
All of your port requirements should be met by the full-sized HDMI, full-sized Ethernet, and two USB-C (one USB 4) and USB-A ports. All the information you require about this specific model (the 2023 version) is available.
Gaming laptops with a solid graphics card at this price tend to sell out quickly, so hop on the sale fast if you’re in the market.