Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works great with oculus ryft but battery and hard drive both died after a year.

For the price this it's a very nice computer. It has all of the functions that I need. Graphics are good for online gaming.

Was getting this laptop for my son and was so pleased with it. The quality and price that I bought one for me too. I’ve enjoyed it . Fast for online gaming. Had them for about a year now with no problems.

For the price point, it was certainly more than I expected. Graphics are great, processor is great. Definitely worth looking into.

Brought it for my son as a replacement for his chrome book. It has much better graphics more memory better processor than mine

Best Buy has some of the great deals which u never want miss with gaming card it was an awesome package I got and really loved it . It was gift and for the price we got this laptop it was unbelievable

For the capabilities the price was great. $200 less and you get a much less capable machine. For a little more you get bluray.

bought for my husband who is happy with tthe purchase. he does a lot of art stuff online and this works for his needs

GREAT CHEAP GRAMMING LAPTOP, RUN ANYTHING I PUT IT THROUGH ON HIGH SETTINGS. FARCRY 5 IS AWESOME. NO PROBLEMS WITH SKYRIM

This is a decent gaming laptop for the price you pay. However this would have been a better investment for the winter months as it works best as a lap warmer. The laptop gets incredibly hot after about 45 minutes of run time. Even with the fan settings on max it still reaches temperatures high enough to make cookies or eggs. It serves my purposes great but is limited in its performaces.

This laptop has been running great. Does good on games as well as typical computing needs. No complaints so far.

The Acer Nitro 5 is an impressive laptop. It has the looks and design of a gaming laptop, with specs that help it hold up that end of the bargain, but in a package that's a lot more useful. Let me explain: Out of the box, you get this two-tone 15.6 inch laptop. My initial thoughts, this looks pretty cool, is going to have a great wide screen and ugg, be heavy. To my surprise, only 2 of those 3 assumptions was true. Yes, the laptop looks good. Yes, it has a great wide screen, but no, it is not heavy at all. At 4.85lbs, it weighs more on paper (and I'll reluctantly concede, in real life) than one of my ultraportable laptops with detachable keyboard, but the material and weight distribution of the Nitro 5 makes it feel like a machine half that weight. The weight distribution certainly makes an impact but they managed to accomplish the looks using what feels like plastic, rather than a magnesium (or some other high tech metal) body while still making the thing look good. Ultimately, this results in a good bottom line which price conscious buyers will appreciate. First up after the windows 10 setup process was launching a few videos to test out the screen and speakers. The screen is great. In fact, I initially ran into the same problem I have when using devices with great screens for the first time - I watch a 1080p HD quality video, then everything else looks muted by result for some time while I get used to the device. Between short videos, TV shows, and a streaming movie, I satisfied myself that the 15.6" screen made for a good viewing experience. Screen resolution, despite having a discrete graphics card, tops out at 1920x1080 so the PPI can't be that high, still, this someone combines for a great viewing experience. The keyboard is full sized, if a bit on the large side due to the spacing of the keys. There was a slight learning curve to typing on this laptop, despite the fact that I use a full size standalone keyboard for daily work. The WASD keys are highlighted, a pretty big giveaway of the laptop's gaming intent which I felt was a pretty nice tough. The keys are LED backlit, though the jury is still out whether or not I fully like the way it was done. The trackpad is pretty nice and responsive. Instead of being centered on the laptop, it is offset to the left, but I didn't experience anything negative as a result. In fact, I pretty much forgot about it until looking at the laptop again while writing this review. Gaming wise, the laptop holds up for some entry to mid level titles. Doom 2016 for example plays pretty well. Graphics are great and was the first time I noticed or heard any fan activity on the laptop - for anything else, it's incredibly quiet. Initial loading of the game was definitely taxing for the CPU, game play was handled pretty well by the GTX 1050. One couldn't manage the highest frame rates on very intense gaming, but I think there's a broad range of FPS, racing, and other games which will run pretty well on the laptop with a great experience. Battery life was another item that took a hit while gaming. I didn't notice any real performance difference on and off battery, but the battery does run down much faster gaming versus watching HD streaming video over the same time period. To watch the video I connected to my home wifi network and I paired a bluetooth mouse to play some games, both of these connections were made quickly without any issues, so peripheral wise, things are great. It has provisions for an ethernet connection for gamers who need absolute low latency connectivity. In short, I'm pretty happy with the Nitro 5. I'll admit, I prejudged the package and ended up with a pleasant surprise. This gets 4 stars from me for the good all around package of looks, weight distribution, performance, and price.

Bargain deal, bought as a gift. Opened it up in pans swapped the hdd for a Samsung 1TB 960 evo installed windows and repackaged it. Super fast performance for the price.

Best laptop I’ve purchased it’s amazingly fast boots up fast very quiet and smooth but the battery life isnt that good

Laptop has been reliable and fast at getting done the work I have, plus allows me to do some decent PC gaming.

I loved the backlit keyboard, but the laptop response was slower than I expected considering this is a gaming computer.

Bought for my son’s birthday and he was excited to finally own a gaming laptop. Sure there are alot of high end gaming laptops in the market but I’m not really trying to spend more than $700 for a laptop that probably won’t last more than 5 years. So I found this one on Best Buy for about $650 because it was on sale at that time. So far everything looks good, my son only plays a couple of game on this (Counter Strike, League of Legends) and I haven’t heard any complaints of game lagging. This laptops can handle game of this type as long as you have the correct game settings. Overall I’m satisfied with this purchase and would recommend this to any one looking for a good reliable gaming laptop.

First laptop. Bought it for my wife but I use it more than she does. It is fast and has a lot of great options

Bought during the Black Friday sales. Computer runs most games on High to Ultra. Playing Sea of Thieves, WoW, Destiny, Civ VI, APEX, and Overwatch.

A solid laptop for a casual gamer. Keyboard looks cool as it lights up red color. Battery life is decent.