Inside Acer Nitro 7 (AN715-51) – disassembly and upgrade options

Acer Nitro 7 (AN715-51) was the first laptop with a GTX 1650 we ever tested. As a such, we really didn’t know what to expect from its cooling and how the actual design was going to look like. Now we took it apart and you can see everything on its inside.

Check out all Acer Nitro 7 (AN715-51) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-depth Review.


1. Remove the bottom plate

After we take all of the 11 Phillips-head screws from the aluminum bottom plate, we only need to pry it open. However, first, we can take a good look on the plate itself. As you can see there are numerous “Hot surface” stickers around it and they are no joke. They match the heat pipe path almost perfectly.


2. Battery

Nitro 7 (AN715-51)’s battery is held in place by two Phillips-head screws mounted diagonally for maximum support. The rest is just plastic brackets. Remember to unplug the cable (located beneath black tape) and be careful with doing so, because it is very fragile.


3. Memory and storage

Acer has decided to up their game with the Nitro laptops. In addition to having a dedicated SATA connector, they provide you with not one, but two M.2 PCIe ports, that support RAID 0 connectivity. Memory-wise you can crank it up with a maximum of 32 GB of DDR4 RAM with speeds up to 2667 MHz.


4. Cooling system

Opposing the improvements in the memory department, we didn’t see any significant change (compared to last year’s Nitro 5 laptops). It utilizes a total of three heat pipes, two are shared between the CPU and the GPU. There is an additional one only connected to the graphics card but in general, it is not a very good design. Since all the heat that comes from the CPU is going to inevitably travel through the GPU, manufacturers (through the firmware) have to emasculate the CPU’s performance in order to give enough headroom for the GPU to breathe.

Intel Core i7-8750H (45W TDP)0:02 – 0:10 sec0:15 – 0:30 sec10:00 – 15:00 min
Acer Nitro 7 (AN715-51)2.92 GHz (B+33%) @ 64°C2.65 GHz (B+20%) @ 69°C2.62 GHz (B+19%) @ 73°C
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 2 min)GPU frequency/ Core temp (after 30 min)
Acer Nitro 7 (AN715-51)1633 MHz @ 61°C1599 MHz @ 67°C

Check out all Acer Nitro 7 (AN715-51)prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-depth Review.

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jejehehhehegzjauegjhjh6980
4 years ago

could you make this same rewiew for the new helios 300?
please

Mahroos
Mahroos
4 years ago

What is the speed of the ram that is already installed on this laptop?

pranav mokashe
pranav mokashe
4 years ago

Acer nitro 7 i7 9th gen 1660ti 8gb ram 1tb hdd+256gb ssd this variant
does it come with ram installed in single Chanel (8×1) or in dual channel (4×2)

Sourav Sarkar
Sourav Sarkar
4 months ago
Reply to  pranav mokashe

It’s a single channel (8×1)

Brent Liber
Brent Liber
4 years ago

Thanks for the description and review. I have this laptop, minus the hard drive, just the SSD memory. Can you tell me what part number I need to add a hard drive or where I can buy the cable needed?

greengiant
greengiant
3 years ago

Would you know how I’d go about changing the firmware to take the bottleneck off the cpu? I’ve changed the thermal paste to a liquid metal thermal conductor in my nitro 7 to improve temps significantly.

Pranjal Singh
Pranjal Singh
3 years ago
Reply to  greengiant

Hi, could you please tell which thermal paste you have used?

Eck
Eck
3 years ago

Can the nitro 7 be upgraded the GPU from GTX to a RTX?