New gaming laptops at Aldi: Worth the purchase of the discounters

Medion AG is a German customer electronics company, and a subsidiary of Chinese multinational modern technology company Lenovo. The firm operates in Europe, the United States, as well as the Asia-Pacific area. The company's main products are computers as well as notebooks, yet likewise smart devices, tablet computers, electronic cams, Televisions, fridges, toasters, and also fitness equipment.

Aldi has recently sold gaming hardware for PC players. In addition to a new desktop PC with RTX 3090, two new gaming notebooks are also offered from the coming week - one for just under 1,000 euros, the other is twice as expensive. But worth buying the game laptops? Or does the competition offer more attractive alternatives? We have taken the devices in more detail below the microscope.

Medion Erazer Crawler E25 at Aldi: A gaming laptop for austerity price?

The beginning makes the Medion Erazer Crawler E25 . The gaming laptop is available from September 6th in the online shop of Aldi Nord & Aldi Süd and will cost 999 euros . But what do you get to hardware for your money? Here are the overview:

Display |

• 15.6 inches
• Full HD (1,920 x 1,080 pixels)
• Matte IPS display
• 144 Hz

--- |- Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 5600h (6 cores, 12 threads @ max. 4.2 GHz) graphics card | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti with 4 GB VRAM @ 75 watts RAM | 16 GB DDR4 @ 3,200 MHz SSD | 1 TB PCIE-SSD Operating system | Windows 10 Battery capacity | 41 Wh Connections |

• 1x USB 2.0
• 2x USB 3.2 GEN 1 Type A
• 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C
• 1x Mini Displayport 1.4
• 1x HDMI
• 1x LAN (RJ-45)
• 1x micro
• 1x audio station wagon

Dimensions u. Weight | 36.3 x 3.8 x 25.8 cm / 2.3 kg

To the offer of Aldi Nord

To the offer of Aldi Süd

The Medion Erazer Crawler E25 offers enough performance to play modern games in Full HD resolution in medium detail . However, the hardware combination is not really future-proof the hardware combination because the built-in graphics card offers only 4 GB VRAM. This could be timely to the bottleneck of the gaming laptop.

However, the rest of the hardware makes a solid impression, also falls the weight with 2.3 kilograms relatively low . Only the short-dimensioned battery capacity of 41 WH leaves a thread totter. Although the built-in processor is working energy efficient, yet the laptop itself is likely to go out the puffs at the latest after 2 hours **.

More performance at the same price is currently available at Alternate. The online shop sells the Lenovo Legion 5 for 969 euros, which offers a better graphics card and a larger battery. For this, customers themselves must take care of an operating system and arrange themselves with a more moderate display.

Medion Erazer Beast X20: What has the 2,000 euros expensive gaming notebook on the box?

If you seek something with much more power, you can take a look at the Medion Erazer Beast X20 from September 6th. The gaming laptop offers significantly more potent hardware, but is also more expensive. 1.999 Euro are called as a sales price - the customers can expect the following hardware:

Display |

• 17.3 inches
• WQHD (2,560 x 1,440 pixels)
• Matte IPS display
• 165 Hz

--- |- Processor | Intel Core i7-11800H (8 cores, 16 threads @ max. 4.6 GHz) graphics card | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 with 140 watts RAM | 32 GB DDR4 @ 3,200 MHz SSD | 1 TB PCIE-SSD Operating system | Windows 10 Battery capacity | 91.2 Wh Connections |

• 1x USB 2.0
• 2x USB 3.2 GEN 1 Type A
• 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C
• 1x HDMI
• 1x LAN (RJ-45)

* 1x micro * 1x audio out * Card reader

Dimensions u. Weight | 39.5 x 2.6 x 26.2 cm / 2.3 kg

To the offer of Aldi Nord

To the offer of Aldi Süd

More RAM, better display, faster processor, potent graphics card - on the paper, the Medion Erazer Beast X20 makes a good figure. The performance is sufficient to be able to play yourself Current games on high details in full resolution with liquid frame rates . The battery capacity of 91.2 Wh can also be convinced. Despite the imposing hardware, the device remains very light with a weight of 2.3 kilograms .

However, similar configurations are also a bit cheaper: Computer universe, for example, with the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro offers a similar gaming laptop for the price of 1,799 euros - and also the Acer Nitro 5 with notebook-bearing is a bit cheaper with 1,979.09 euros than the offer Aldi.

Real price breakers are not both discounters gaming laptops who start selling in the coming week. There is currently more worth the view of the offers of competition.