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Asus ROG Ally is $150 off for Best Buy’s Cyber Monday sale

Cyber Monday Deal Asus ROG Ally with the Windows lock screen.
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Want to take your PC games with you everywhere? Then listen up! Gamers can take advantage of some great Cyber Monday deals,  as there are a lot of great gaming console deals with which to score some savings. One of them is a deal on the Asus ROG Ally (Best Buy) with a Z1 Extreme processor. It’s marked down to $500 at Best Buy. This is a savings of $150 from its regular price of $650. That’s a fantastic deal and might we remind you this is one of the better Steam Deck alternatives out there.

Why shop this Asus ROG Ally Best Buy Cyber Monday deal?

There are a couple of models of the ROG Ally, with the Asus ROG Ally Z1 being the more affordable option and this Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme model having some additional performance specs. We consider both models among the best handheld gaming PCs, though it’s likely more intense gamers will prefer this Z1 Extreme model.

It features the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor with eight cores to handle a groundbreaking 8.6 teraflops of computational power. While you might not know the numbers or specs, understand that’s a ton of power for a handheld PC. It will keep you going even through the most intense graphics processing loads. The ROG Ally Z1 Extreme also comes with 512GB of storage space for housing your gaming library.

And all of the best PC games are in play with the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme, as it allows you to game on almost any platform. This includes Steam, Xbox Game Pass, and Android apps. Any platform that can play Windows games can be played on the ROG Ally, including cloud gaming services. The ROG Ally has a 1080p Full HD display for full gaming immersion. Get HD visuals even on the go. Fast-charging technology will take you from a dead battery to a 50% charge in just 30 minutes should you happen to run it dry while out in the wild.

The Asus ROG Ally (Best Buy) Z1 Extreme typically costs $650. But thanks to Cyber Monday it’s marked down to $500 saving you $150. If you’re a you can save an extra $50 on top of this deal bringing the final price down to $450.

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