Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a great entry level laptop for newcomers and experienced gamers alike. It will play current triple A titles at medium to high settings and most older games ranging from 2016 or before maxxed out. I wasn't even looking for a gaming laptop honestly. This baby was on sale for $579 dollars. Best deal I've ever seen for a laptop with these specs. I couldn't pass up the deal. Best buy is trying to get rid of its 7th gen stock for the newer 8th gen model that just came out. Specs: *i5 7300hq 7th gen ( quad core no hyperthreading) Does the job. *8gb of ram ddr4. Ok for a laptop, Ram is upgradable. *256gb m2 ssd. 1500 MB/s Read and 600 MB/s Write speeds. *Secondary 2.5 inch extra bay for additional storage....awesome! *Backlit keyboard. One brightness settings. That's ok. *1080p ips display. Not the best, but it isn't bad at all. *Internal speakers.....blow chunks. They suck. Gaming laptops are known for having bad speakers, but these are one of those why bother scenarios. I'd rather just not have them installed. The internal fans can overpower the speakers....by a lot lol. But what gamer doesn't use a headset or his own sound system? No one. :) Touchpad is alright. It has a soft touch feel to it which I like. The touchpad goes haywire in games though, but again who uses a touchpad for gaming? Only me....when my mouse it too far away from my reach. #lazy The keyboard is a bit on the soft side, but otherwise it is actually above average. The backlight has one brightness setting as mentioned above. No complaints. I am typing in the dark right now, so it is doing the job. I like having the full numepad. They had to shift the keyboard a bit to get it to fit, but still nice to have. Now, on to the real reason you are here. What kind of temps am I seeing on the cpu and gpu? It's not terrible, but it is something to watch out on for any gaming laptop. Mine idles at around 40 Celsius. Playing PUBG for about 2 hours will get the keyboard a bit warm around the top function keys, but overall the casing does well to not hold heat. You could game with the laptop on your lap as the heat comes out the back not the bottom and sides. I've seen temps reach upwards of 84 celcius on the cpu and around 76 celcius on the gpu when pushing it hard. There are vents on the bottom to suck in air. A laptop cooler would totally help the longevity of the device. The cpu cooler fan is a little freaking jet engine. It can get upwards of 50 DB and pumps out some serious air. Acer should have separated the cpu and gpu more inside the laptop. This would dissipate the heat better. All of the heat pipes are positioned to come out the left back side. It's like putting a small knot in a water hose. The same pressure is being applied, but the water coming out is now turned in half. Could have been designed better. Applying high quality thermal compound like Arctic Silver might help the temps lower a bit. Most manufacturers use low quality paste at these cheap price points. Just a thought. For the price, what can I say? Do I even have the right to complain? I feel like I stole the dang thing. The overall build quality feels above average. It has been a pleasant experience thus far. P.S- For all World of Warcraft players, I recommend putting your settings at a preset of 7 and turn off shadow quality and disable sunshafts. I get about 40 to 50 fps in SW and Dal. Around 90-110 fps in open world questing. That is all from me, This gamer is signing off.

I bought this for my college age daughter, but it also works well for gaming.

Good budget PC opt in for another side drive for more gaming potential

Great value to buy. Fantastic graphic, clear picture and amazing sound

very quick and smooth, starts right up and the screen is sweet. There are lots of bells and whistles for the price, there is nothing like it out there, it was a steal

A smooth buy from bestbuy. Can not wait to receive.

Works exactly as expected. Does get hot and mildly loud fans will kick on, but that should be expected anyway.

GOOD ACER COMPUTER, IT IS A GAMING COMPUTER, GOOD SETTING AND CONFIGUATION!ESPECIALLY GTX 1050 Ti , GOOD FOR GAME!

Good laptop for budget gaming. I have had no problems and have played some pretty demanding games.

This computer exceeded my expectations! The graphics are stunning and it can handle multiple programs at a time.

super laptop//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Bought laptop for my son to play league of legends online. He loves the quality and game play.

RECEIVED THIS LAPTOP AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT ANF I LOVE IT!

I bought cause it was cheap and when I tried cleaning the key caps the keys broke on me I was even using proper tools and when I tried contacting acre support they said to replace 5 keys and hinges it is gonna cost me 399 and while I was taking the guy he just left the chat cause he said he answered my questions and is not supposed to be staying any more and was so rude. Never buying acer again

IVe only had it a few weeks. Seems like what I need. I really like the lit keyboard.

Nice laptop , good size , processer is pretty fast, good picture quality.

Does really well with AAA titles. It's a really good laptop with games

It works as expected; it is not slow. I like the light on the keyboard.

Worked as expected and meets the expected standard for running vMix.

Pleasure doing business at Best Buy quality convenience thank you