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    Acer Nitro 5

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by sicily428, Jun 4, 2017.

  1. sicily428

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    Acer Nitro 5
    https://www.windowscentral.com/acer-nitro-5-hands-gaming-power-budget
    http://www.pcworld.com/article/3192...top-that-lets-casual-gamers-get-reckless.html




    "There are actually two versions of the Acer Nitro 5 to choose from depending on your favored pairing of CPU and GPU. The first has an NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti GPU and seventh-generation Intel Core processors, and there's another with seventh-gen AMD A-series CPUs and RX550 GPUs. For what it's worth, we're looking at the Intel/NVIDIA version here, which was the only one on show at the Acer booth at Computex. On the outside at least, both models should be identical."

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    Unless the RX 550 model is like 600-650$ or less, it would be dumb to even consider it. The 1050 laptops at 800$ offer significantly better performance. Not to mention that the Bristol Ridge CPU they're talking about is still only about 10% better than the i7 7500U. So yeah, if it costs 650$ for the AMD edition, it might be worth a look. Anything more and it's just not good value
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    don_svetlio, Jun 4, 2017
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    sicily428, Jun 8, 2017
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    sicily428, Jul 13, 2017
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    Acer Nitro 5 Review - The Wrong Choice ❌
     
    sicily428, Sep 20, 2017
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    The back of the nitro 5 have a similar heat system layout as the Helios 300 but Helios don't have the heat problem . Is nitro 5 heat problem that bad ?
     
    Ansonlook, Sep 20, 2017
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    Helios 300 also runs hot. Nitro 5 is simply worse.
     
    don_svetlio, Sep 20, 2017
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    tesm1th Notebook Consultant

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    What a letdown from Acer. Hope Nitro 5 Spin has same cooling design as VX15
     
    tesm1th, Sep 22, 2017
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    To be honest, this is what I expected given their history of poor cooling design with the Nitro series starting from the first one - VN7-591G all the way through to the current VN7-593G. The VX15 was probably the first Acer laptop under 1000$ without cooling problems that I've seen in the past 3 years.
     
    don_svetlio, Sep 23, 2017
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    Yep I dont really have any complains with my VX15 cooling wise
     
    Bankfenster, Sep 30, 2017
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    They use a bad thermal compound
     
    sicily428, Sep 30, 2017
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    I wish they'd separate the CPU and GPU and give then their own heatsink/fan setup. Especially on anything with a 1050 or better.
     
    B0B, Oct 29, 2017
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    hmscott, Jul 6, 2018
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