Acer Nitro 5 AN515-57-79TD Gaming Laptop | Intel Core i7-11800H | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU | 15.6 FHD 144Hz IPS Display | 8GB DDR4 | 512GB NVMe SSD | Killer Wi-Fi 6 | Backlit Keyboard

There is a lot to like about this gaming laptop.

Returned and received a replacement....same issue with the replacement....finally just went to Best Buy....

This ACER Nitro 5 I received is a terrific laptop; granted, Im not super hip on all the latest and greatest on a laptop, but what this laptop does do is the keyboard feel is good, the build quality is fairly solid, theres a separate numerical keyboard, and it works like it should, meaning no blue screen of death and glitches. The model I bought does have a backlit keyboard, but it is only backlit in red; this model does not have the multiple different colors. Next, the 16 GB of RAM, it is configured in two sticks of 8 GB. So, if one (like I did...) buy another single 16 GB RAM stick expecting to upgrade to a total of 32 GM of RAM, nope. Your final tally will be 24 GB of RAM (8 GB (stock) + 16 GB (new) = 24 GB of RAM). All in all, I am very satisfied with this machine, for the money. Two thumbs up.

I am currently playing Ark on this laptop as well as Sims 4. I can easily run both on decently high settings. Im glad I decided to go with the 16gb of ram instead of the 8. Everything is as expected. My only complaint is the battery does die extremely fast while gaming. Which seems to be a common problem in gaming laptops, although Im talking like 45 minutes from full battery to low playing the Sims, which is even worse then I was expecting. But I mostly just game places where I can plug it in anyways so this isnt a huge issue. But keep that in mind if thats something that would be a problem for you.

Dead on arrival… no power

Dead on arrival

I’m not a gamer but bought this for its fast speed to keep up with my fiber optic internet. Love it and have no complaints. The lighted keyboard is a plus!

I was so excited to see this laptop available for review, as I’ve never used an Acer gaming laptop before. Even though this is using 12th gen Intel and Nvidia 3000 graphics, I still think there are plenty of people who will be fine with this in 2023 (despite it not using the absolute newest internals, as those are more expensive and don’t necessarily deliver the greatest value). To be clear, this is still powerful hardware and it’s very capable of delivering a good experience playing the newest games, just be sensible about your graphical settings and accept that you will need to use reconstruction technologies like DLSS or FSR in some cases. You may even need to run games at a 720p-900p output (rather than 1080p).

I made sure it had backlight keyboard. Yes, it has one, but shuts off every 30 seconds and NO WAY to keep it on or change that length of time. Stupid feature, so you are always having to hit any key to turn it back on. The most annoying feature ever.at. Worse yet, the keyboard is hard to see in even low light when it isnt lit up. The backlight keyboard, while true, is misleading. Would never have bought this computer if I had known that.

Bought the unit about a year ago. Worked fine until a few days ago. Noticed it wasnt charging so I checked the power supply, came back over 19v. Figured maybe it was a bad connection however the board is seeing power. Wont power on and wont charge.