ASUS has announced their new gaming notebook, the ASUS Gaming X560 that is aimed at gamers at a budget especially those casual gamers and students who love to play games. The ASUS Gaming X560  features an 8th Generation Intel Quad-Core processor and of course, a discrete GTX 1050 GPU that can still run most games at a decent frame rate.

ASUS Gaming X560UD Specs

• Processor:
  • Intel® Core™ i7 8550U 1.8 GHz (8 M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz) Processor
  • Intel® Core™ i7 7500U 2.7 GHz (4 M Cache, up to 3.5 GHz) Processor
  • Intel® Core™ i5 8250U 1.6 GHz (6 M Cache, up to 3.4 GHz) Processor
  • Intel® Core™ i5 7200U 2.5 GHz (3 M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz) Processor
• Memory: 
  • 2 x SO-DIMM socket, up to 16 GB SDRAM
• Display:
  • 15.6″ (16:9) LED backlit FHD (1920×1080) 60Hz Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC with 178˚ wide-viewing angle display
  • 15.6″ (16:9) LED backlit FHD (1920×1080) 60Hz Anti-Glare Panel with 45% NTSC
• Graphics:
  • Nvidia GTX 1050 GPU with 4GB GDDR5 VRAM
• Storage:
  • Hard Drives:
    1TB 5400RPM SSH-8GB
  • Hard Drives:
    1TB 5400RPM SATA HDD
    500GB 5400RPM SATA HDD
  • Solid State Drives:
    256GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
  • Solid State Drives:
    128GB SATA3 M.2 SSD
• SD Card Reader
• VGA Webcam
• Wi-Fi
• 1x headphone jack
• 1x Type-A USB 3.1
• 2x Type-A USB 2.0
• 1xHDMI
• 3 cells 36 Whrs battery
• 1.97kg

This is the most affordable notebook with a GTX 1050 inside so for those people who are looking for a budget gaming notebook then maybe this one will be a good choice for you. However, I strongly suggest that you upgrade its RAM and also its hard disk in the future for better performance.

The ASUS Gaming X560UD starts at Php39,995 and it’s available at Complink, Gigahertz, & PC Express.