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

Wouldnt turn on. Going with a different company now.

A great deal from a trusted seller, yes please. Got my PC and it works amazing.

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).

The laptop would not charge when it arrived. This was not an issue with inserting the cable incorrectly as others have mentioned, but a battery issue. The laptop ran fine at first when connected to AC power, but would not actually charge the battery and would die when unplugged even after leaving to charge for hours before startup. The computer would think it was charging and the LED charging indicator would be lit, but it was not. I tried all of the typical software fixes like removing and re-installing the batter drivers, but it was a hardware issue. I was able to boot up from AC connection, but after trying to install the first round of software updates the laptop would not turn back on as it required 25% battery reserve to complete the update and turn back on, which obviously was not possible. Not acceptable for a brand new laptop.

I was nervous to buy but it is truly a great laptop.

For gaming the system is in a strange place.

Decent quality for a casual gamer. A little too big and pointy for use as a daily laptop- but it’s great for an gamer/office setup with external keyboard etc.

it wouldnt start or charge.

Item came to me defective with a hardware problem. There wasn’t a replacement option and I had to go back and forth with this for a week and got nowhere. I even received poor service and support through the whole process. Honestly, I’m even too annoyed and frustrated to file a complaint at this point. I’m actually lost for words.

I bought this as a certified refurbish, which Ive had success with. After 2 weeks it bricked, wouldnt reboot. Returned it. No problem so far. I get my refund. $143.10 restock fee. Restock, is it fixed? Or is another unsuspecting customer getting this lemon. Not happy. Fix it, dont restock it.