Top 5 reasons to BUY or NOT to buy the Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57)
The Nitro laptops from Acer are some of the most popular ones, despite not being the best that you can get. That is because they have a big name like Acer behind, them, offer decent hardware, while not asking for much when it comes to the pricing. The newest Nitro 5 features Tiger Lake H45 and RTX Ampere GPUs, which are the latest technology from Intel and NVIDIA.
Today we are presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57).
Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57): Full Specs / In-depth Review
3 reasons to BUY the Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57)
1. Input devices
The keyboard here is of good quality. It has large keycaps, including a NumPad, making it comfortable for both gaming and typing. Furthermore, the package includes long key travel and clicky feedback. The keyboard also includes a backlight, which glows in Red, with there not being an RGB option. The WASD and Arrow keys are also highlighted in Red. The touchpad has a large size and smooth gliding, but it could have been more accurate. All in all, this is a good setup for the money.
2. Upgradeability
The laptop offers a very high degree of upgradeability. There are two SODIMM slots, which can handle up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM running at 3200MHz. Storage-wise, you get two M.2 PCIe slots, with RAID 0 support, with an additional 2.5-inch SATA drive bay.
Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to access both the RAM and SSD slots.
3. Display quality
The 15.6-inch IPS display that is used here is far from the best, but it is more than suitable for gaming, especially on a budget device. It comes with an FHD resolution, comfortable viewing angles, a maximum brightness of 306 nits in the middle of the screen, and 278 nits as an average for the whole area, with a maximum deviation of 14%. The panel is PWM-free, meaning that it is usable for prolonged periods of time, while the 144Hz refresh rate will deliver smooth gameplay.
In terms of color coverage, the panel covers only 57% of the sRGB color gamut.
Moving over to the color accuracy, the unit delivers similar dE values both with the factory settings (left) and with our Design and Gaming profile applied (right).
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Office Work
Office Work का उपयोग ज्यादातर उन उपयोगकर्ताओं द्वारा किया जाना चाहिए जो अपना अधिकांश समय टेक्स्ट के टुकड़ों, तालिकाओं को देखने या सिर्फ सर्फिंग में बिताते हैं। इस प्रोफ़ाइल का उद्देश्य एक फ्लैट गामा वक्र (2.20), मूल रंग तापमान और अवधारणात्मक रूप से सटीक रंगों को रखकर बेहतर विशिष्टता और स्पष्टता प्रदान करना है।
Design and Gaming
यह प्रोफ़ाइल उन डिजाइनरों के लिए है जो पेशेवर रूप से रंगों के साथ काम करते हैं, और गेम और फिल्मों के लिए भी। Design and Gaming डिस्प्ले पैनल को उनकी सीमा तक ले जाता है, जिससे वे वेब और HDTV के लिए sRGB IEC61966-2-1 मानक में, व्हाइट पॉइंट D65 पर यथासंभव सटीक हो जाते हैं।
Health-Guard
Health-Guard हानिकारक पल्स-विड्थ मॉड्यूलेशन (PWM) को समाप्त करता है और नकारात्मक नीली रोशनी को कम करता है जो हमारी आँखों और शरीर को प्रभावित करती है। चूंकि यह प्रत्येक पैनल के लिए कस्टम अनुरूप है, यह रंगों को अवधारणात्मक रूप से सटीक रखने का प्रबंधन करता है। Health-Guard कागज का अनुकरण करता है जिससे आँखों पर दबाव बहुत कम हो जाता है।
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2 reasons NOT to buy the Acer Nitro 5 (AN515-57)
1. Battery life
The budget nature of the laptop is seen when we take a look at the battery unit, which has a size of 57Wh. Its results aren’t perfect either, with the laptop lasting for 2 hours and 34 minutes of Web browsing and 2 hours and 38 minutes of videos and that’s a disappointing result. Now, we conduct the battery tests with Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
2. Design and build quality
At this point, Acer should invest some money into creating a new design for its Nitro laptops. The laptop does look outdated, with the red accents on the lid and aggressive lines. Overall, it looks too gamer-y, in a world where minimalism is currently the trend. We are not saying that they should completely scrap the gamer aesthetic, but we are sure they can find a new and interesting way to embrace it. Built entirely from plastic, it does have some bends and creaks to it, but it is nothing to worry about.
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Author: Severin Kolakov
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I purchased the Nitro AN515-57, upgraded to 32g 3200 ram, added 500gb m.2 drive and a 1TB SSD. Upgraded to Window11 as well. It’s fast, display is excellent, I like the lighted keyboard especially at night. You can also change the colors of the keyboard. Play a few games on it with no issue, graphics and speed are excellent. use it more for surfing, excel, word and running blueiris security software and 5 PoE Cams. No issues, no complaints about this laptop. It’s well worth the $$ compared to other laptops I have owned. I would recommend this laptop to… और पढ़ें »
I got this for my son for gaming in 2021. Screen went black like 2 months in, store wouldn’t do anything about it. So 3 years later, recently, I got it repaired. Works OK. Womdering if you have any answers why this would happen? Also how do I get the upgrades you mentioned and then how do you download or add those to it? Technologically inept….lol. Mahalo