Acer Nitro 60 Beats Steam Machine on Price — RTX 5060 Prebuilt for $898

Walmart is offering the Acer Nitro 60 gaming PC for $898, a discount of $551.99 from its usual price. The deal makes this prebuilt desktop noticeably cheaper than Valve’s compact Steam Machine, while packing more conventional desktop hardware for gaming.

The Nitro 60 on sale includes an Intel Core Ultra 5 225F (Arrow Lake) CPU, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, 16GB of DDR5 memory and a 1TB SSD. Acer’s 35‑liter chassis also brings Wi‑Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 and a 2.5Gbps LAN port, matching modern connectivity expectations for a midrange gaming rig.

Specifications and connectivity of the Nitro 60

The Core Ultra 5 225F in this Nitro 60 features six performance cores and four efficient cores (10 total), with performance clocks from 3.3GHz up to 4.9GHz and an NPU rated up to 13 TOPS. The RTX 5060 is the GPU highlight, and HotHardware notes this is currently the cheapest prebuilt system shipping with that GPU.

On the I/O side the desktop includes 1x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type‑C (rear), 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type‑A (rear), four USB 2.0 Type‑A (rear), two USB 3.1 Gen1 Type‑A (top), three DisplayPort 2.1b ports, one HDMI 2.1b, PS/2 keyboard/mouse legacy port and multiple audio jacks. The system also features addressable RGB lighting.

How the Nitro 60 compares to Valve’s Steam Machine offer

HotHardware contrasts the Nitro 60’s price with Valve’s new Steam Machine, which starts at $1,049 standalone. Although Valve’s cube‑style Steam Machine targets a compact, plug‑and‑play SteamOS experience, Acer’s Nitro 60 provides a more traditional desktop form factor with higher core counts and discrete NVIDIA Blackwell‑based RTX graphics at a lower price.

Best Buy listings for systems with the same RTX 5060 generally start above $979.99, according to HotHardware, which positions the discounted Nitro 60 as one of the most affordable prebuilt options with that GPU while also offering upgradable components inside its 35‑liter case.

For shoppers prioritizing raw PC hardware and upgrade potential rather than a compact console‑like design, the Acer Nitro 60 on sale at Walmart represents solid value for the current Prime Day period.