Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-58) review

Acer is ready to conquer the budget gaming market once again. This time, the Nitro 5 brings changes on the outside, as well as the mandatory update in the hardware department. Instead of making it more appealing to the thin and light purists, Acer has decided to go all-in and battle the TUFs and IdeaPad Gamings of the world.

We are pretty confident that the Nitro 5 will at least be close to winning. In fact, the AN515-58 version now comes with the beastly 12th Gen series from Intel. It puts back AMD where it belongs (at least from Intel’s point of view) – at a distant second place.

The CPU is paired with an Ampere graphics card from NVIDIA. Surprisingly, the modest TGPs are now gone, and you get a 20W boost for the RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti, where the maximum TGP is now 95W. The more impressive upgrade is that in the high tier model – there, you go from 100W, all the way up to 150W, and an RTX 3070 Ti. Not to mention the 165Hz QHD IPS panel.

To be frank, it feels like Acer is trying to drag the Nitro out of the low-budget territory. This is why we have a bit more settled-down configurations on our hands. Let’s check it out!

You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/acer-nitro-5-an515-58/

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Specs Sheet

Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-58) - Specs

  • Panda LM156LF-2F01 (NCP004D)
  • Color accuracy  4.6  3.4
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 8000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
  • RAM
  • up to 64GB
  • OS
  • Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11
  • Battery
  • 59Wh, 57.5Wh, 4-cell
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate
  • Dimensions
  • 360.4 x 271.1 x 25.9 - 26.9 mm (14.19" x 10.67" x 1.02")
  • Weight
  • 2.50 kg (5.5 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 1x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
  • 1x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)
  • HDMI
  • Card reader
  • Ethernet LAN
  • 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.2
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5mm Combo Jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Microphone
  • Speakers
  • Speakers by DTS X: Ultra Audio
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot
  • Kensington Lock

All Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-58) configurations

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