The review unit was provided by Acer Mall, Borivali. As per Acer, it is eligible for Windows 11 upgrade.
On the software side of things, the laptop runs Windows 10 Home. The Acer Nitro 5 holds a 4 cell 57.5 Wh Lithium-Ion battery. On the connectivity front, the laptop offers Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1. As per the product page, it is an In-Pane Switching (IPS) type screen with a 144Hz peak refresh rate.
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The gaming laptop sports a 15.6-inch Full HD LCD. Apart from that, you get 1TB of 2.5-inch HDD with an access time of 7,200 RPM. The laptop houses a 256GB Nonvolatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD, which is the latest interface standard in storage. This particular unit has 8GB of DDR4 RAM that can be expanded up to 32GB via two modules. The processor is paired with Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 GPU featuring 4GB of dedicated GDDR6 VRAM. Our Nitro 5 review unit is powered by Intel’s 11th Gen Core i5-11400H processor clocked at 2.7 GHz.
But is this just an impulse response from the consumers or these machines truly that good? We find that out by testing Acer’s popular Nitro 5 notebook. This is one of the major reasons why gaming laptops including the Acer Nitro series are flying off the shelves. With these developments, now the least expensive way to get access to a powerful computer is buying a laptop. In comparison, laptops and mini PCs haven’t seen such a steep rise in their prices. However, with the ongoing chip shortage and supply chain constraints, the cost of PC hardware components has skyrocketed. If you wanted a powerful computer, building your own PC used to be the most affordable option.