Acer - Nitro 5 15.6" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - 256GB Solid State Drive - Black

I first purchased this laptop to because I needed to run some virtual machines for school as I am learning about Information Technology. I needed something with power and speed at a low cost. The GPU would help with penetration testing tools. I also game quite a bit so the GPU really delivers. The Intel core i5 is great because it allows the use of Intel Turbo Boost. This lets the cpu run at higher speeds. It ran my virtual machines smoothly and there is enough RAM for use of multiple applications. The Wireless card allows for use of multi user- multi input/multi output technology. I am going to probably add a new stick of RAM. I don't know if it allows dual channeling I hope it does. The upgrading process looks user friendly enough as there are slots on the bottom to add/upgrade the RAM and add a second storage slot. Some might say if you are going to upgrade why not just by a better one at the time. Well, I didn't have enough money at the time so having easy upgrades on a computer this low price is a blessing. I well update the review after I have upgraded the RAM. Acer throws in a nice bundle of software for keeping the computer tuned. My favorite is nitro sense. It lets you control the fan speeds for the cpu and gpu. The only gripes I have is that the build is a little too plasticity and bendy and that the battery even when not gaming only lasts like two hours. It must be plugged in most of the time while gaming. I would have purchased a Desktop but I don't have much room for a desktop and I needed something I could take to school.

I bought this laptop last year sometime and it’s been great for playing high end PC games. My only complaint is that the ‘Oculus Ready’ feature is misleading. This laptop doesn’t even have a display port for the Oculus Rift S and it doesn’t have a miniport either. This isn’t on BestBuy, but on Acer for advertising it as ‘Oculus Ready’. Oculus could have done a better job to branch out their availability for adapters as well, I only received a miniport to Displayport adapter and it doesn’t fit the laptop. So, to get this laptop working with an Oculus Rift S you’ll need to buy a usb-c adapter. Otherwise if you aren’t keen on playing VR with this laptop, by all means go ahead and purchase it.

Didn't have the chance to give it a lot of use but until now working good, I have to say that this laptop have such a nice design that everyone is in love with her, strongly recommend to add another hard drive because I guess 256 GB is not enough, very fast, screen with beautiful colors, I noted that the mouse pad sometimes is a bit too sensitive, the only thing that I don't like(until now) is the absence of the USB 3.1 port, the computer have two 3.0 and one 2.0, is weird considering that this design is recent. I will update in case that something happens.

This coupled to My Acer SA230 Monitor has changed the time I spend on computer work. The speed and dual screens has been a work changer for me. I highly recommend this economic combination. I have 1,25 TB of memory having put a 1 TB into the second drive space.

Great graphics and easy to use excellent for my son that loves to game. Will continue to look at this brand if ever need another laptop.

Fast delivery with care. The laptop was not broken in any way, also the packaging looked perfect.

I bought this laptop with the intention of gaming on the go and this laptop has managed to meet my needs

The computer can run most of the softwares & games smoothly. It is reliable and useful for versatile tasks.