But because Acer included a 90º connector for its power jack and there’s this piece of plastic embellishment, the power jack cannot be rotated from left to right once it’s connected. There is also a GTX 1650 Ti model, but that goes for about $1,000 USD and honestly that’s a poor value … Acer also included a “HDD upgrade kit” like the older ASUS VivoBook laptops, so you can slot in another 2.5-inch HDD or SSD if you want to. It uses Windows Precision Touchpad drivers and all the gestures work well. Nice to meet you! Anyway, this Acer Nitro 5 – the exact variant that we have here, packs in a powerful list of hardware. While using the trackpad itself though, it’s quite decent. That’ll make more sense since those are the ports that we just leave them plugged in. There is no taper or curvature between the keyboard deck and the edge of the laptop. Discussion Why my newly bought Acer Nitro AN515-54 (1660 Ti 6GB) is Giving Low FPS at every game. Speaking of the typing, the Acer Nitro 5 comes with a nearly edge-to-edge keyboard with number pad, and they also managed to retain the full arrow key size too. Plop this on your desk and use it as a makeshift desktop – you’ll get a great experience out of it. I consistently have to pay attention to where the cursor is because I already accidentally deleted paragraphs of text because of this trackpad. Search results for: 'Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-54) (GeForce GTX 1660 Ti)' | Acer Singapore Official Store And of course, the ports. As far as gaming is concerned, expect high framerates and possibility of max settings at Full HD. There’s no fast charging here, which is why the entire charging curve is quite linear. But then again, I’d say that’s a good price if you’re buying it because of the specs. Introducing, the new Acer Nitro 5. When I play games like Onepiece Pirate Warriors 4 or GTA V roughly an hour the CPU temp rises up to 96. It’s not uncommon to see such designs in a laptop with number pad, but it’s just something to take note of. It’s priced at RM4,899. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. The second M.2 SSD slots is a little… dangerous since it mounts across from the motherboard to the sisterboard. Free delivery for many products! And adding storage bays – which is one of this laptop’s highlight feature – will void your warranty. This laptop also comes with a 180W power supply, and chargers from 15% to 100% in about 2 hours. The trackpad position is definitely going to bother me a lot, so I’ll have to bring an external mouse with me. - Windows 10 Home- Intel Core i7-10750H Processor- 15.6" FHD Acer ComfyView IPS LED LCD- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660Ti with 6GB- 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe NVMe SSD- 802.11a/b/g/n/acR2+ax wireless LAN- DTS® X:Ultra Audio- 2.3Kg, Upto 9 Hours Battery Life- USB Type C, USB 3.2, HDMI- 1 Year Pickup & Return Warranty. Anyway, we opened up the laptop to see what’s going on. I highly suggest you watch our video here because we show you what we mean, instead of just describing them. It’s like a rectangular block with its two edges cut off – and that is one thing that I don’t like. To make matters worse, the palm rejection on Windows is still horrible, which makes the cursor dance all over the screen. And it also has 4-zone RGB backlighting as well. It’s just contradicting themselves. But because of how much space this keyboard takes relative to the laptop’s size, the entire alphanumeric cluster – which we type on – is shifted or biased heavily to the left side of the laptop. When I’m typing on this laptop, the 90º edge will bite into my wrist or palm. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. The bezels are relatively thin overall and there’s also a webcam at the top, where it should be. Everything here is can pretty much be upgraded as you like. The AMD model starts at $600 USD, and for that you get a Ryzen 5 CPU and a GTX 1650. The entire laptop is made out of plastic, though the lid has a smooth and brushed look. It’s springy but a little stiffer for my liking, but I think many people will have a generally positive experience typing on this laptop. The Acer Aspire Nitro 5 AN517 is a 17.3-inch gaming laptop and currently the flagship model of Acer’s Nitro 5 series. You’ll have to… do something creative to get around this issue. Surprisingly, the trackpad is relatively large in size too, actually. Its performance is as expected as you can play most games at a comfortable 60fps at a relatively high or maximum graphical quality, but you’ll need to drop the quality a little to make use of that 144Hz. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. I think for a gaming laptop, yes – please put the power jack at the back. Okay, so the exact configuration of the Acer Nitro 5 that we have here is actually the highest-end available on Acer Malaysia’s website. It’s not too bad. Review – Acer Nitro 5 2020 (i7-10750H | GTX 1660 Ti | 8GB DDR4-2933 | 512GB NVMe SSD | 15.6″ FHD IPS 144Hz), This Predator Gaming Chair Massages You While Gaming, Acer Expands its ConceptD Creator Series with new Laptops, Desktop & Monitors, Acer Now Makes Their Own Energy Drink – Predator Shot, Acer Predator Announces New Gaming Systems, AOpen monitors now available in Malaysia From RM289, Acer Swift 3 Lands in Malaysia with both AMD Ryzen 5 4500U and 10th-gen Intel CPU variants, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10Gbps) with offline charging. It’s a good price for its specs, but there are a few glaring issues when it comes to the overall laptop itself. I’d consider this to be a budget gaming laptop – and for the price of RM4,899, it comes with an incredible list of specs. Once again, Acer touts upgradability – but blocks us with that warranty sticker. I have no idea why Acer touts the upgradability, yet deters people from doing it.