Acer Nitro 17 Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS Octa-Core CPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 GPU | 17.3" FHD 165Hz IPS Display | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6E | RGB Backlit KB | AN17-41-R8N5, Black

This 16" laptop has the most features, at the highest specs, for the lowest cost. I spent months reading reviews and comparisons to other laptops, and I decided on this model because it offered the best value. So if that is your primary concern, buy this laptop.I'm a creative entrepreneur who also games, so I needed a machine that could be fun while also making me money, yet without looking like a typical gamer laptop. The Nitro will play all of the latest games on Ultra and run them perfectly. The 4070 has 8 GB of VRAM, and in most situations this is plenty. There are a few games that require more for the highest quality textures, but you can toggle a different feature off to compensate, and it'll then run it at a high FPS. The DLSS and RTX on some games help it run even smoother.This laptop has excellent cooling, with multiple vents. The fans are not as loud as I thought they would be. In fact, when you use the included Nitro software, you can toggle it for everyday use and the fan is near-inaudible. There's an even quieter setting for absolute silence. The fan does get loud when playing a few intense games at max, but your headphones can block it out with in-game sound. The same is true for most desktop towers, and is the nature of gaming.The screen is excellent, with vivid colors, high brightness, a 165 Hz refresh rate, and a 16:10 ratio. The extra vertical height serves a valuable purpose when reading documents and editing images in graphic design programs. It's also pleasing to the eye. The thin bezels add to this appeal.Lots of connection ports. Fast Wi-Fi and ethernet. The keyboard is slightly squishy, but it's fine, and I use a full external keyboard anyway. The backlit keys are fun, useful, and can be modified in 4 zones, or turned off. The included webcam isn't stellar, but it works like you want it to.The only concern I had with this laptop is the 16 GB of RAM. They are high-speed sticks from Hynix, but when I multitasked in Photoshop, Chrome, and other editing programs, or while gaming at max settings, it would sometimes use 95% of the RAM. That's not a problem with the hardware, because RAM is designed to be utilized at its fullest for hours at a time, but I knew that I'd be doing simultaneous video and audio editing while browsing that would require more RAM, so I upgraded to 64 GB G.Skill RipJaws. It turns out that this was overkill, and I never utilize more than 32 GB. The 16 GB is fine for most creative people.Similar situation with the built-in SSD. It's a fast model Samsung, but I needed more space, so also upgraded the SSD from 1 TB to two 2 TB Samsung Pro 990s, to fit the extra m.2 drive bay. There is no third bay for a SATA SSD platter, as there was on the previous Nitro model.The laptop battery is huge, but this laptop supports USB-C charging. I purchased a 140 watt portable USB-C battery with a 240 watt cable. When plugged-in, this charger provides all of the necessary energy to run my applications and keep the battery at max. This lightweight charger makes trips to the library easier. However, once plugged in, Acer notifies me with a brief message that the laptop is not receiving the ideal amount of power. Unfortunately there are no 240 watt portable chargers available on the market at the moment. Some day soon they'll have 240 watt chargers and the larger brick will be obsolete.To conclude, this laptop can do everything you need a laptop to do, while also playing games at max, and it provides a tremendous value.---Here is the information I gathered about this machine, from various reviews and the internal readouts after owning it. I wish Acer added this to the sales page to have helped with my initial purchase, but since they didn't, here it is for you, to help with your decision.Acer Nitro 16 (AN16-41-R5KC) 2023Launched: January 2023. Date First Available: June 18, 2023Screen-to-body ratio: ~73.6%Dimensions: 14.18 x 11.02 x 1.1 inches (360.17 x 279.9 x 25.9-27.9 mm). Area: 156.3 inches2 (1008 cm2)Weight: 5.95 poundsCPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS Octa-Core CPU. Base frequency: 2.5 Ghz, Turbo frequency: up to 5.2GHz. AMD Radeon 780M iGPU. Cores: 16. Threads: 32. L3 Cache: 64 MB. Fabrication: 4 nm.GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU. 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM. Memory bus: 192 bit. Memory speed: 16 Gbps. Shading units (cores): 7424. Texture mapping units (TMUs): 232. Raster operations pipelines (ROPs): 80. Performance: 17.1-24.7 TFLOPS. TGP: 140 watts maximum.Display: 16" WQXGA (16:10, 2560 x 1600) 165Hz IPS LCD Display. 189 ppi. Side bezels: 7.8 mm. Matte coating. (No HDR support. No touchscreen. No Ambient light sensor). Response time: 3 ms. Maximum open angle: 165 degrees. No PWM flickering. 475 to 520 nits brightness.Display tests: sRGB color space: 100%. P3: 67.9%. Adobe RGB: 69.9%Memory: 1TB PCIE Gen 4 M.2 SSD (Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR): 7079 MB read / 5161 MB write. 2 slots.Ram: 16GB DDR5 5600 Mhz SODIMM (2 x 8 GB) from Hynix. Max. ram size: 64 GB.Mainboard: AMD Promontory/Bixby FCHWi-Fi: 6E (MediaTek MT7922, can be upgraded). Supports dual-stream Wi-Fi in the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands, including 2x2 MU-MIMO Technology; Killer Ethernet E2600 10/100/1000; Bluetooth 5.1 or above. 802.11ax.Keyboard: 4-zone RGB Backlit chiclet keys, Numpad. Concave keys (letter, number row) and flat keys (function keys, numerical pad).Touchpad: ~12.6 x 7.7 cm. Windows Precision multi-gesture.OS: Windows 11 HomeCode: AN16-41-R5KCAudio: 2W dual speakers. DTS:X Ultra 3D spatial soundscapeFeatures: NitroSense, AMD Adrenaline Edition, AMD FreeSync, NVIDIA G-SYNC, NVIDIA Advanced OptimusCooling: 2-fans, 2-intakes (top and bottom), and a quad-exhaust port design. Liquid metal thermal grease. (No vapor chamber)IO: 1 USB A 2.0, 2 USB A 3.0, 2 USB C 4.0, HDMI 2.1, Micro SD (max transfer rate of 80.3 MB/s), Headphone/Microphone audio-multi-jack.Ethernet: RJ45 Ethernet. Killer/Intel chip (E2600; 1 GBit/s).Battery: Li-Ion, 90 Wh, Fast charging, USB Power Delivery, Charge power 280 2, AC adapter weight: 820 grams. Life: 12 hours of idle, 9 hours of websurfing. Maximum load: 1.75 hours.Webcam: 1280 x 720. 0.9 MP.Warranty: Two-year guarantee.Noise: Idle: 25.7 dB(A). Average: 33.9. Maximum: 62.

This Acer might be the best option for price to performance, right now. The 4060 and 7840hs are more than powerful enough to drive the 1920x1200 resolution at max settings, high refresh rate in every modern game I've tried out. It's really a perfectly balanced set-up, for spec, that should last quite a while. The laptop has solid build quality, stays pretty quiet in all but the Turbo setting (I generally just use Performance. Nearly the same clock/ CPU speeds, but fans aren't maxed out), and has great repairability/ upgradeability (just unscrew the bottom plate, pop it off, and everything is right there). The IPS screen is quite nice, and the extra vertical space you get with the 1920x1200 res, over standard 1920x1080 really benefits the viewing experience. Keyboard is pretty good, and the RGB is solid, if you're into that (I use it as key lighting primarily). Not a huge fan of touchpads without deparated mouse buttons, but this one is overall fine, I just use a usb mouse when I need it. Speakers aren't great (standard for laptops), but, the laptop comes stock with DTS:X, which makes a huge difference. It boosts the sound a ton, and adds a ton more depth and scope to the sound. I'd highly recommend keeping it installed, and running it. I don't even use headphones (as i normally would), it's so good. I've been able to play everything I own at max settings (modern games included), taking advantage of the 165hz Gsync panel. May have to enable DLSS, or frame gen, etc. when dealing with RTX, but the 4060 has it covered. Temps are awesome. In the heaviest loads, GPU maxes out around 70c and CPU gets to the 80s. Overall, I think it's an amazing value for a gaming set-up, and really well balanced in the spec department, and would easily recommend it

Ive been using this laptop for almost 2 years now. I never had any problem with it other than the nitro app and it solved by deleting and installing it again. Im currently playing ARK Ascended wich is a really demanding game and it runs fluid and pretty good. I got zero problems running my games or with the temperature, it does run a little hot but never got any dameges but if that worries you, just go to the nitro app and put those fans really high or just get like a gaming laptop cooling pad. I love this laptop really satisfied with it