Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 Laptop Review
The Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52 is one of Acer’s pocket-friendly gaming notebook laptops. The laptop is an entry-level gaming PC that is built with Intel’s Core H hardware and Nvidia graphics.
The Acer Nitro 5 laptop is built with a powerful Intel Core i5-8300H quad-core processor and outstanding graphics that makes it great for playing games with high settings.
The laptop has excellent performance and is affordable. The Acer Nitro 5 laptop is built with a 15inch screen and comes in an all-round plastic casing. The design is very simple compared to other gaming notebook PCs.
Features
Keyboard and Touchpad
The keyboard is standard sized and has very comfortable keys. The keys are properly spaced to make typing easy and very fast. The laptop’s touchpad is very comfortable to use. It is precise and will allow you to navigate your system accurately.
Display
The 15inch screen uses a reasonably good IPS panel. It has a resolution of 1920 x 1080p, and the colors are excellent. The screen is also very bright. The display, however, is not a touchscreen. The Acer Nitro 5 will be great for your movies and games.
Performance
The Acer Nitro 5 is made with the Coffee Lake Quad-Core processor and uses 8GB of RAM combined with the Nvidia 1050 graphics series.
The Intel Core i5-8300H processor is potent, and combined with its solid graphics software; the laptop can perform well when playing games with high settings. The Acer laptop also comes with dual memory capacity. It uses 512GB SATA M.2 SSD and a 1TB hard drive.
The device offers a lot of storage space for your documents, audio, video, and game files. The processor is high-speed and will be able to handle multiple tasks all at once without causing your system to lag.
The Nvidia graphics also promises an excellent gaming performance. It can handle a high range of games. The games run smoothly all through without any hiccups. You can play games on this device, and the temperature level will still be normal.
Cooling
The Acer Nitro 5 laptop comes with two fans and two heat pipes that keep the system running at normal temperature. The cooling system is very useful because no matter how long the laptop stays on, it remains cool.
The fans, however, get noisy and may disturb you when listening to the audio. The exterior of the laptop remains cool all the time, but you will only notice heat coming out at the top left corner of the laptop
Connectivity
When you look at the connectivity components on this laptop, you will find it has everything you need. The laptop has a wireless AC, and Bluetooth 4.1 installed.
On the sides of the laptop, you will find two USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, a USB Type C 3.1 port, an HDMI port, an Ethernet jack, and the headphone port.
What Do We like
Performance
The Acer Nitro 5 laptop has a very powerful processor that can keep you playing games for long hours without slowing down the system.
Audio
The speakers on this device have a decent sound, which can work well when placed in a medium-sized room. The volume is not so loud, and you will need to get an external accessory for better sound quality.
What We Don’t Like
Battery
The battery life of the Acer Nitro 5 is on a very low end. The laptop can stay for a maximum of 4 hours and 35 minutes when surfing the web. If you were to play games on this device, the battery would barely last for up to 2 hours.
Conclusion
The Acer Nitro 5 laptop is worth buying, especially since it comes at an affordable price. The full HD display quality also makes it great for watching movies.
It has a fast wireless connection that allows you to connect to the internet without any delay.
