Customer Ratings & Reviews

I did not buy this laptop for gaming. I bought it for my small home business as I do a lot of word docs and spreadsheets. It is working great, very stable wifi connection, able to efficiently find the printer via wifi, runs smoothly .

Good cheap gaming laptop! the glow-y keyboard isn't my jazz but other than that its been fine and dandy! not too hot either!

I wanted so much to like this, but that simply was not possible. Where to start? First off, the machine is HEAVY. No worries, I'm a big guy, I can handle it. The layout of the keyboard definitely takes some getting used to (the up arrow is right next to the enter button). I was able to see past this, however, as it would just be a little bit of a learning curve. Then, with the red backlight, it actually makes the keys harder to see. But again, I would get used to this. But the real issues started not even 5 minutes after I first turned it on and got into windows. First thing I did was download my mcafee and Google Chrome, then reset my computer, as instructed. Windows started doing updates, then it froze then blue screened. Hesitantly, I did a hard reset by powering it off and on again using the power button. Miraculously, that worked. I should have returned it then and there, but I decided to give it another shot. It actually worked fine. For a couple of days. Then, I wanted to move my machine with me from my living room to my bedroom, so I unplugged it and moved. But as soon as I removed the cable, the wifi disconnected. Tried reseting the router, nothing. Tried finding another network, nothing. So I plugged it back in and it immediately reconnected. Weird. I then updated the drivers and checked for any windows updates and tried again. But lo and behold, as soon as I disconnected, wifi was gone. So I figured the next best course of action was to wipe my computer and reinstall windows. Several hours later, it was done. And I tried again. Guess what, no wifi on battery still. I then contacted Acer who told me to do a system wipe and reinstall windows and the drivers (exactly what I just did). I did it again and still nothing. So being fed up with all of these issues, and giving it chance after chance to redeem itself, I ended up returning it. For all of the money that I paid, would be nice if the machine worked. I read online of other people having the same issues. Maybe I got a lemon, I don't know. But I wasn't about to chance it. The hunt for a new laptop goes on...

Was looking for a laptop to play games for an affordable price. I got exactly that. Battery life is not anything to brag about but what would you expect with a gaming laptop. Very nice unit for the price of under $600.

For the average gamer this is perfect along with a great price. If you are a hardcore gamer, go for a higher model or laptop.

Bought this as a gift for my nephew heading to college. He will be living in the dorms and needed a new notebook. Snagged this on sale during Memorial Day holiday, and it was an instant success! He LOVES it!

My son loves it! Fast enough to keep up w/ the latest and fastest video games. Easy to use and the hard drive works well!

Any graphics-driven application runs very quickly. The keyboard has an excellent touch and feel ad the lighted keys are very handy in dim places. This laptop might make others jealous, so beware.

This laptop is great for both gaming and school/light office. My son uses it for gaming and school. He tried the Acer i5 and didn't see the difference between that and this one. Great purchase.

Was purchased as a birthday gift for my daughter who loves to edit videos and pictures and also love to use roblox! Very well with memory and does not slow down at all. Great product overall

Haven't done a tone of gaming on it, but the little I have done, has been flawless! Graphics are great, battery life when not running full bore is great, and it does amazing at everything else!

well lets see first off its a sharp looking laptop all my friends are green with envy, secondly the speed is remarkable ,and the audio is amazing ..all around Im happy I shopped Best Buy

I needed a true laptop with a lot of onboard memory for my laser cutter /engraving business. This one fits the bill. And the upgraded graphic hardware really helps with my design software.

This is a great budget gaming laptop. Battery is surprisingly good too. I thought that with this much power it’d die fast, but I was wrong. Also, it’s not too noisy when the fans turn on.

This is a nice computer for beginning games. It was easy to set up and start using right away.

Out of the box, this laptop is pretty straight forward, it's heavy and feels pretty solid. The keyboard s backlit and has dedicated keys for gaming. It does come with a nice sleeve to carry it in if you're traveling but outside of that all that came with it is the charger. Getting right to the point .. can it run some of your more demanding games that require dedicated graphics? The answer is most definitely a YES! This would be an excellent machine for someone who wants a good gaming laptop that will last a several years. I was able to test and run World of Warcraft on it's highest settings, with no issues at all. For other games that have some of the most intense graphics wise like Assassin's Creed Origins or Tomb Raider it works with highest settings though does drop frames in the more intense scenes so you have to drop them down a little in order to really be playable. That said, running at 1080p the differences between Very High and High are not great enough that you can't enjoy the game. In short, the quality and performance is a perfect balance on the Good/Very Good settings for most games. Overall, I was very impressed and surprised for what this machine is as it runs games nearly as good as my Desktop with an Nvidia GTX 1060 - amazing! I will say the only thing I didn't like as it made it seem slow is this machine having a mechanical hard drive, though if you can deal with that it'll perform fine and have no effect on gaming performance outside of load times. That said upgrading to a solid state SATA drive was much easier than I expected as it has dedicated doors to access the hard drive and memory for easy expansion. Accessing the M.2 slot is a little trickier with a few more screws but all in all not too bad though I wish Acer would have made it also easier to access. Upgrading or having a Solid State drive has obvious benefits of course. The only downsides I could find with this machine is the camera was just okay quality wise in darker rooms, the mouse touchpad felt a little soft (the clicks) and the battery life wasn't that great. For the touchpad it's no big deal as for my games I would prefer a mouse anyway and you won't find a gaming laptop out there that has too much better battery life as running games requires a good amount of power anyway. The cam is okay and works good enough but I didn't see any of these as negatives where this laptop was designed as a gaming laptop. The display is an HD Display (1920 x 1080) and really does have a pretty good picture with crisp bright colors that look natural though you can adjust it some in the Radeon control panel. The speakers are pretty good and perform well enough for being a laptop. They are loud with decent quality but as you'd expect the bass just isn't there as is the case with most laptops. It does have a headphone jack for easy addition of Headphones to make a great gaming. Last but not least, it does have Bluetooth so you can pair an Xbox or other controller/devices/headphones. It does have your typical USB ports (see the specs) an SD slot and HDMI out. In short, I'd definitely recommend this machine! It performs as expected and does play modern PC games as advertised. It also has basic expand-ability where you can add more ram or replace the hard drive. Even upgrading the M.2 SATA is really not hard though I can't say if Acer officially supports that so I'd check with Acer or Best Buy's Geek Squad first so you don't void any warranties!

Nice laptop, startup is a little slow, but once it's going it works fast and has a decent display.

The price is fair and it works fine. I like the stetic

Do not know much about Gaming Computers, but the Graphic are remarkable!!! My son is extremely satisfied with this purchase. Keep Up Great Work!!!!!! Thanks Leai S. Davis

I would give it a 5, but I haven’t figured out how to make the keyboard stay lit up longer.