Laptops in this range are plenty that are not too far from providing good performance and not too heavy on the pockets. Whether you are looking for a good 14-inch laptop or a laptop for gaming, you can find one in this price range.
There are plenty of good options depending on your preferences and use cases. If you need a laptop for daily work, a decent processor is good enough for you, but if you need a laptop for productivity, you can’t overlook good performance.
It can be confusing to choose a laptop, but it will help you if you understand what your primary requirements are. Having said that, this list considers all the categories of laptops and lists the best in them.
Here is the list of the best laptops under, 60000 in India.
Asus Vivobook K15 OLED (KM513UA-L511WS)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Ryzen 5 550U
- GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon
- Display: 15.6, 1080p. OLED with 100% DCI-P3 colour coverage.
- RAM: 8GB / 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 256GB SSD + 1TB SSD / 512 GB SSD
- Battery: 42WHr, 65W charger
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard, Fingerprint Sensor
- OLED display and accurate colour reproduction
- 16 GB RAM
- Thin and light (1.8kg)
- Battery life could have been better
This is a wonderful laptop whose USP is its colour-accurate OLED display. Asus VivoBook K15 OLED is a 15-inch laptop powered by Ryzen 5500U processor and integrated AMD Radeon graphics.
The performance of this laptop is excellent for this price. The display features a bright, glossy OLED display with 1080p resolution and 100% DCI-P3 colour coverage. This makes it perfect for photo/video editing which requires good colour reproduction.
It features 8 GB RAM and hybrid storage with a 1 TB HDD and 256 GB SSD. The SSD storage is a little underwhelming, but you can upgrade the storage and RAM as well. But you get the advantage of hybrid storage.
If you can stretch your budget a little, you can get the variant with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD, which is fully worth the extra price.
Overall a great laptop with a good build design, great display, decent battery life and good performance. This laptop is perfect for professional content creators.
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 – Ryzen 5 5500U (14ALC05)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Ryzen 5 550U
- GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon
- Display: 14-inch, 1080p. IPS LCD with 45% NTSC colour coverage. Touch
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 52.5WHr, Quick charge
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard, Fingerprint Sensor
- Stylus include in the box and writes well
- Convertible
- Thin and light (1.5kg)
- Brightness is not high enough
This is one of the few convertible laptops in this price range but this is not at all a budget, full-of-compromises laptop. There are several variants for this model but the one below 60000 is powered by Ryzen 5 5500U.
Even under this price range, it makes use of Ryzen 5 5500U which has a good performance. If you want a good experience with touch (stylus included in the box) and a tablet-like experience, this Lenovo convertible does it.
The touch works well even with a touch pen. Although you can’t expect true-pen experience, it does a great job coming close to it. The hinge which allows you to swivel the laptop 360 degrees is smooth.
You can use it in various orientations and being a 14-inch laptop, it is lightweight which makes it easy to carry around.
The battery life is not great but not bad either. For RAM and storage, it features 8GB DDR4 RAM and 512 GB of SSD storage. You get the option to upgrade both RAM and storage.
Overall, a great convertible laptop that is not expensive and does what it says. This is perfect for people who want a compact laptop with a tablet-like experience.
HP Pavilion Ryzen 5 5600H (15-ec2004AX)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Ryzen 5 5600H
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650
- Display: 15.6-inch, 1080p. IPS LCD with 45% NTSC colour coverage. 144 Hz refresh rate
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 52.5WHr, 150W AC power adapter
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.2, Wi-Fi 6
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard,
- Dedicated graphics card
- Powerful processor
- Underwhelming battery life
This is an entry-level gaming laptop which is powered by the Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics card. 1650 is quite old at this point and it is not powerful enough to run demanding games at the highest quality.
But, it is more than capable of running e-sport titles and less demanding games at 1080p. It is equipped with AMD Ryzen 5 5600H which is a great processor at this price segment. It offers you 8 GB of DDR4 RAM and 512 GB RAM which can run out pretty quickly if you play a lot of games at once.
Like many other laptops in this price range, you get the option to upgrade the RAM to 16GB and storage to 1TB SSD.
The display is a standard 1080p resolution IPS panel with a 45% NTSC and 144Hz refresh rate for a smoother gaming experience.
Having a dedicated graphics card is also good for heavier tasks like video editing, 3D rendering, content creation, etc and is not just for gaming. While it is only meant for casual gaming, it can also be used by someone who wants to use it for tasks mentioned before.
Acer Aspire 5 (A515-56-51EV)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Intel Core i5-1135G7
- GPU: Integrated Intel Iris Xe
- Display: 15.6-inch, 1080p. TFT LCD
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 48WHr, 45W power adapter
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 6
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard
- Lightweight for a 15.6-inch laptop
- Great battery life
- Good build quality
- Storage upgradeable up to 2 TB
- TFT display is not as good as IPS for colour reproduction
Acer Aspire 5 is a thin and light, 15.6-inch laptop powered by the Intel i5-1135G7 and integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics.
Being a 15.6-inch laptop, it is thin and lightweight, coming around just 1.69 kg. The lightweight factor makes it easy to carry around and is perfect for students or working professionals.
The performance is not bad either and with 8 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD storage, this laptop is great for daily drivel. The display is a standard TFT screen and is not the best, but it works fine for things like media consumption and standard use.
Battery life is an important consideration for laptops like this, and it delivers around 6-7 hours with background tasks, browsing and downloading in the background.
The build quality is good with a backlit keyboard and allows you to upgrade your RAM and storage. Overall, this is a great budget, daily drive laptop perfect for work or school.
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5 Ryzen 7 4700U (81YM002TIN)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Ryzen 7 4700U
- GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon
- Display: 14-inch, 1080p. IPS LCD with 45% NTSC colour coverage.
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 56.5WHr, Quick charge
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 6
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard, Fingerprint Sensor
- Excellent battery life
- Powerful 8-core processor
- Good build quality
- RAM is not upgradeable (no empty second slot)
- Underwhelming speaker
This is the fastest 14-inch laptop in this price segment. Not only that it is an overall good value laptop with a powerful processor, good display and build quality.
Nothing about this laptop is particularly bad and ticks all the boxes for being a good laptop. Featuring an 8GB DDR4 RAM and 512 GB SSD storage, it can also handle relatively heavier tasks like coding, content creation and rendering.
It has a sleek design and is lightweight making it good for people who want to carry around their laptop for work. The battery life is excellent and the display is decent enough.
Overall, a laptop that is decent in all areas and does not sacrifice anything to do something special.
Lenovo IdePad 3 Ryzen 5 5500U (15ALC6)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Ryzen 5 550U
- GPU: Integrated AMD Radeon
- Display: 15.6-inch, 1080p. TN panel with 45% NTSC colour coverage
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 52.5WHr, Quick charge
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard, Fingerprint Sensor
- Good processor for the price
- Good battery life
- Good design and build quality
- TN panel does not work as well as IPS panel
Lenovo IdeaPad 3 is the best value laptop considering its performance and price. While not costing much, at just ₹47,500, it provides a relatively powerful processor and does not cut down much on other aspects like display or build quality.
It features 8GB DDR4 RAM and 512GB SSD storage which you can upgrade. It features a standard 1080p display but has a TN panel which might not be the best but does the job well.
Battery life is really good in this laptop which can last you around 8 to 9 hours.
If you want a laptop for daily work and decide between laptops and on a budget, this is the best laptop for such cases.
HP 15s – i5 12th gen (15s-fq5010TU)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Intel i5-1240p
- GPU: Integrated Intel Iris Xe
- Display: 14-inch, 1080p. IPS LCD with 45% NTSC colour coverage.
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 52.5WHr, Quick charge
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 6
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard
- Dual-channel RAM configuration gives an extra performance boost
- Great performance with Intel 12th gen processor
- Lightweight and slim
- Average keyboard and build quality
The only laptop in this price range with the latest 12th Gen Intel processor. HP 15 always has a variant which gets the most powerful processor in that segment. The i5-1240p is an amazing processor which drowns all the competition.
With 12 cores, 16-threads, you can throw any task at it. Although, since it lacks a dedicated graphics card, it will struggle a bit in graphics-intensive tasks like gaming or 3D rendering. But for all CPU-bound functions like coding, it is absolutely great.
12th Gen Intel processors support DDR5 memory (RAM) but HP has chosen to keep DDR4 memory, which is the reason it costs less. You can upgrade the RAM up to 16GB and storage to 1 TB NVMe SSD.
With an anti-glare display and 1080p resolution, the display is not the best but it is expected in this price range. Battery life is average with 6-7 hours of battery life.
If you are looking for the fastest laptop in this price range, look no further. While it is not bad in other departments, it could have been better in some aspects.
Bonus
Acer Aspire 7 (A715-75G-50TA)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Intel i5-10300H
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650
- Display: 15.6-inch, 1080p. IPS LCD with 45% NTSC colour coverage
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 52.5WHr, 135W power adapter
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 6
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard
- Dedicated graphics
- Well calibrated display
- Great performance
- Cooling is not great for relatively weaker graphics card
The cheapest gaming laptop on the market right now. While it performs roughly the same as the HP Pavilion, it costs significantly less. You can buy this one for entry-level gaming and upgrade the RAM to 16GB.
Effectively, you will be getting more value out of this laptop when you compare it to the HP Pavilion listed here.
MSI GF63 Thin (10UC-607IN)
Quick Specs
- Processor: Intel i5-10500H
- GPU: Nvidia RTX 3050 (40W TDP)
- Display: 15.6-inch, 1080p. IPS LCD with 45% NTSC colour coverage. 144Hz refresh rate
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
- Storage: 512GB SSD
- Battery: 51WHr, 120W power adapter
- Connectivity: Bluetooth v5.0, Wi-Fi 6
- Extra features: Backlit keyboard
- Stylus include in the box and writes well
- Convertible
- Thin and light (1.5kg)
- Brightness is not high enough
While it costs 64,990 it is often in the sale and the price comes below 60000. It features the Intel i5-10500H and is paired with RTX 3050.
If you are looking for an entry-level gaming laptop under budget, getting this laptop on sale is great from a value perspective. It should be noted that it does not use RTX 3050 at full power but only at 40W which reduces the overall performance.
But it is faster by 18 to 20% on average compared to the GTX 1650 laptop GPUs. Plus, you get the benefit of DLSS which is a significant advantage over laptops with 1650.
It features a standard 1080p IPS display with 144Hz and decent battery life. If you are not gaming, you can definitely use this laptop for work or content creation.
Conclusion
While this list has all the best laptops in each category, many of you might want a laptop that is an all-rounder and does good in all areas. For such a laptop, you can opt for a laptop with dedicated graphics if you don’t mind bigger form factors and a heavier laptop.
If you are looking for something lighter and more portable, you can’t go wrong with Asus Vivobook K15 OLED or Lenovo Ideapad SLim 5.
Overall, each laptop listed here is great, and the one you pick depends on your primary usage and budget. If you need further advice with picking a laptop, you can click here for the ultimate laptop buying guide.
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