hey guys taylor here and welcome to my review of acer's nitro 5 17-inch rtx 3050 ti gaming laptop
we're really happy with the new upgrades and changes from previous versions
and some of the body changes and in this review we're going to tell you about those and as you
know we always like to start out the video with do we recommend this product and who is it for
so in this case for the acer nitro 5 gaming laptop we definitely recommend it but first
before you pull the trigger on that purchase there are some things that you should know about it
and i've got to say acer really outdid themselves on this laptop it's lightning fast which is what
you'd expect with a top of the line nvidia graphics card and it's definitely one of the
best budget laptops out there compared to similar laptops so with that being said we're calling
this one acer's powerhouse laptop on a budget now that's not to say that you have to be a gamer to
buy this laptop if you're into gaming definitely yes but it suits so many different situations
for people who do photo editing video editing live streaming videos zoom calls presentations
and just general daily use this laptop will work exceptionally well for you too and it's going to
last for years to come so just keep that in mind during this review however with that being said if
you're watching this review chances are you're looking for a laptop that's going to be able
to handle your gameplay without breaking the bank so that's what i'm mostly going to be focusing on
in this video overall what you get for buying this laptop is great speed performance build quality
and price with plenty of onboard memory and ram which just goes to show how this acer nitro 5
really packs a punch for the price so feel free to stick around for those details and the rest
of our review if you like so you can find out more and decide if this laptop is right for you
and as always i'll add any helpful links in the description below so you can check out the latest
price on this or any other products referenced in this video so let's jump right in now this
mostly solid black 17.3 inch gaming laptop comes with an nvidia geforce rtx 3050 graphics card
so what does that mean for you it means it's going to be pretty darn fast and with this acer 5 you're
not really giving up much if anything for the speed compared to other budget laptops this one
was our favorite because other laptops we tested out had some problems and we couldn't really
recommend those the 3050 graphics card is quite a step up from its predecessor and it's super fast
we were really impressed with the performance of this laptop as we put it through its paces for our
gaming tests and it was mostly due to this nvidia graphics card however the overall performance was
pretty amazing thanks to its combined features so the laptop itself is made of heavy duty plastic
and in the past acer typically had red leds around the edges but in recent years they've been getting
away from those little by little so you'll find on this model that it's mostly all black save for
the little red glow along the back and some red plastic along the back as well other older models
have beveled edges and we're glad to find they did away with those for smoother sleeker edges
you see now another cool change is that instead of having the power port on the side it's in the back
which i believe the previous model had this change as well but compared to older models that had the
power plug on the side it's a great feature it's just so much better and easier to have
the plug-in in the back instead of the side now one of the issues we wanted to bring to attention
here is that while acer claims it gets about 8 hours of playing time on a fully charged battery
it actually gets closer to about 4 hours on a full charge but that's actually pretty decent
and right about where you'd expect for a laptop like this to get with this kind of hardware
and that's with full brightness the red backlit keyboard in use and better settings in play
also along with that red backlit keyboard the touchpad used to have a red outline but we're kind
of happy to see they've done away with that we didn't really feel it was necessary to have it and
it saves battery life without it as well okay now the screen is about 270 nits of brightness which
is a really comfortable level of brightness for a computer screen and maybe even a little too bright
so you can adjust this if necessary and also the screen is pretty easily visible from all
angles without any issues and while we recommend this laptop for everything from gameplay to video
editing due to its pretty large size of 17.3 inches if you're going to be working on finer
details for long hours i would recommend a much larger external monitor just to be a little easier
on your eyes but for a few hours here and there it might not even be a problem for you at all so
let's break down a few of the technical specs for you its resolution is 1920x1080 pixels and it has
a fast 144hz refresh rate which is perfect for any game the cpu is an 11th generation intel core i7
11800h processor with 4 gigabytes of dedicated ram to help keep your processor running fast
it also has a base processor speed of 2.4 gigahertz and a turbo boost max at a whopping
4.6 gigahertz and never even unleashes the full potential of the nvidia graphics card
now what that means put simply is that it has some of their latest technology on board
this processor has 8 cores and 16 threads and it's designed to process at a faster rate
so that it won't slow down your gameplay which is the goal right less lag means more wins
and it also comes with 16 gigs of on-board ram not the greatest amount of ram however it's
upgradable so that's definitely a plus for those of you who enjoy upgrading your laptops or just
like having your specs maxed out normally a decent amount of ram for game playing speeds is 32 gigs
but with this graphics card you can definitely get away with these 16 gigs without ever taxing your
graphics card but in our tests we had clean crisp smooth gameplay without any problems and that was
without any upgrades so really it's just optional and we even tested out games with high frame rate
requirements of 185 frames per second like when we played valorent some of the other games we
tested and enjoyed were gta 5 at 120 frames per second world of tanks at 155 frames per second
and minecraft at 135 frames per second and never had any lag choppiness or any other issues but if
upgrading your system is something you'd like to do this laptop maxes out at 32 gigs of ram which
is two 16 gig chips so that's something to know if you're interested now the next awesome feature
about this acer nitro 5 is the onboard storage and upgradeability it comes with which we were
super impressed with for this price point it comes with a terabyte of onboard m.2 nvme ssd memory so
what this laptop has is one nvme slot that can be upgraded to two terabytes of memory in this slot
but it also has the ability to connect an external hard drive as well so the memory options alone
were impressive this more than surpassed my needs in a computer for the foreseeable future
but with that being said it should last anyone a good long time which is one of the reasons we
highly recommend this laptop and for those with business needs you can store all kinds of videos
and presentations with those storage capabilities i mean it just makes sense the more years you get
out of your machine the more money you're gonna save and if you can do that without emptying your
wallet all the better next up reports we have an rj45 for fast cable internet a usb second
generation thunderbolt type c hdmi 2.1 port which you can use for powered off charging two regular
usb type a generation one ports and a combo audio jack for both headphones and microphone
and something else to keep in mind that you're probably thinking if this laptop is so great
what am i giving up for the price and as i mentioned in my intro there are a few things
that you should know about this laptop before you confirm that purchase so let's get started
on those and i'll just say right up front that none of those were deal breakers for us
so for one thing this laptop weighs close to six pounds which is a little heavy to lug around
so yeah a little heavy to carry around in your backpack or your laptop bag sure
but how much weight are you really gonna shave off really a pound or two maybe and the size isn't too
bulky really it still has a pretty slim design so compared to its more expensive counterparts it's
a little heavier than most but we found it worth it for what you get and if you're not really the
grab it and go type then this probably won't be an issue for you the next thing is it has
cool boost technology which is great and usually keeps the acer 5 from overheating but i wanted to
talk about this here for a second we found that when you put this on best performance settings
the fans are not kicking in often enough to keep the cpu cool all the time in heavy gameplay it
does have a more streamlined cooling design in the back as well for better cooling but the fans are
also kind of loud which is totally expected and again not a deal breaker for us we were expecting
that from this type of model but i know some people have a pet peeve of loud fans so i figured
it was worth mentioning but that being said you're going to want to have your settings set to better
performance not best performance so your fans will kick on as needed and help you keep your cpu
cooler so that's just something important to keep in mind now another thing is this laptop is also
vr rated which we thought was excellent for this price point if vr is something you're into let me
assure you that you'll have no trouble with this laptop it also comes with wi-fi 6 and bluetooth
5.0 so you should have no trouble connecting and staying connected at higher gameplay speeds
you can play any and all games with all the accessories you can think of without any trouble
including external monitors keyboards printers and more and the only thing that's missing from
this laptop is the sd card reader and optical drive so i think that's worth mentioning as well
that being said though most laptops these days don't come with an internal cd slash dvd drive
and you can always buy an external one as this laptop has plenty of ports you can use for those
so with that to sum up our review of the acer nitro 5 rtx 3050 ti overall we were very impressed
with its performance and we'd recommend it to anyone there are a few issues to keep in mind like
the fact that it's a little heavier than most and you want to make sure you're keeping your settings
to better performance to keep it cool and also the fans kicking into high speed is a little loud
but none of those things were deal breakers for us for us we couldn't believe the specs and features
of this laptop combined with the brilliance of the screen quality for this price and to top it all
off it's super fast with a lot of room to expand on the memory but it's really not even necessary
save for the fact that you're going to get a lot of gears out of a budget laptop not to mention
it's vr recommended and you can play every modern game known to man and i have to say i played a lot
of games on this laptop and it was a fantastic experience but you know i watched some netflix
and youtube and did some video editing on it and i recommend it for everyday use and for video
editors as well the value you'll find in this laptop really can't be beat for its purposes you
can do anything with it from business to pleasure so that's it for this review we appreciate all
the feedback and comments and if you have any questions or any products you'd like to see us
review then let us know in the comments because we always love responding to those and we're
always happy to help otherwise thanks so much for watching and i'll see you again in the next video