Full Review of the New Budget Gaming Laptop ACER NITRO V15 (2024).
(Intel i5 13420H + RTX 4050 75W)
00:00 Intro
00:22 Specs
01:26 Price and Versions
02:07 Chassis and Build Quality
02:56 Keyboard and Touchpad
03:37 The Display/Screen
04:28 Ports and Connections
05:10 Webcam
05:15 The Speakers
05:25 Performance Modes and Noise
06:28 Performance in Forza Horizon 5
07:05 Temperatures
07:57 The Battery
08:29 Opening the Nitro V15
08:59 Performance Tests: Cinebench, Firestrike, PCMark10, Blender
10:21 Gaming benchmarks
14:24 Conclusion
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ACER Nitro V15 ANV-51-560K
Intel Core i5 13420H
RTX 4050 75W
16GB DDR5 5200 Mhz
512GB M.2 SSD
135W PSU
15" 144Hz IPS Display
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Nice laptops, still keeping the ultimate temperature of Nitros laptops That was the cooling in back 2019/2018, when it was appear on Nitro 5 Could be 4050 75W vs 4050 140W?
Hubwood, what are you expecting out of Strix Point chips? I really want to upgrade to a machine with one of those later this year. But I imagine the first wave will be pricey and it will be made up of systems like Nitros, TUFs and Ideapads.
Hey Bro ! Can you please review Lenovo Legion 5 ( r7 7735HS + rtx 4060)
I’m jealous they got 2 heatsinks I had to tune mine to close to this on one heatsink took a lot but she’s working good now it’s getting 72fps / 144fps every game 1x ray tracing
Will display flickering issue will come after 9 months?
Congratilations.
This type of cooling is so underated, because you can put cpu and gpu right side keyboard. And left side will be always cool on touch. Other thing what i like here is 2kg weight.
It's easy though with only 135w to cool at max 😅 GPU and CPU combined was around 90w-100w
@@Hubwood Sure but it's look like cooling have more headroom too
The drop out of pcie 4 or 5 when on battery
Great review
nice temps and quite decent performance
Hello bro, I have an important question, what do you recommend I buy: the gygabite g5 with 4060 or this laptop? I have a budget of up to 800 dollars in case you want to recommend another laptop instead of these 2. Thank you very much
Can you find a Lenovo LOQ 15 or an Asus Tuf for your budget?
@@Hubwood yes i can find a Lenovo loq. 15 with a 4050 and a 13420H. Do you think that is a good option ?
I can find a Lenovo loq with a 4050 and a 12450h what do you recomend me ?
@@ovalgon0967 the loq would be the better laptop, while the g5 would still be a bit faster and get you 2gb more vram... it's up to you ;) or save alittle more and get a Gigabyte Aorus 15 with the 4060. MUCH better laptop.
@@Hubwood i would buy the loq 15 with the 4050 thanks you for very much .
Would ea fc work great on this? Like what's the comparison with an xbox series s?
Yeah that would work just perfectly fine.
hey dude what do you think of the acer nitro 5 i512450h RTX 4060 i found it for 800. is it a good deal?
Sounds good enough 😅
@@Hubwood between the acer nitro 5 and gigabyte aorus 15 (same specs same price) which one would you choose?
@@baheybayram7584 The Aorus 15!
Hi Hubwood, I am so happy to see . I really appreciate this video, like all others. For my self I have the Nitro V15 i7 13620h for 799€ in Europe ❤😅
What? 800? Where did you get that?
@@Hubwoodit was in FNAC flash sales , according to you was it a good deal?
@@mirrahajarijaona421 For Europe I think that's a good deal, yeah.
Im going to buy my first laptop for gaming, university and for edition in some cases. Im between the Acer Nitro V 15 with a 4060 anda a i7 12700H and the Gigabyte G5 KF5 with 4060 anda a i5 13500H both 16gb ram. Which option would be the best?? I have a PC with a i5 6600k 16gb ram and a rx 6650XT 8gbs (sustitute of an rx 480 8gbs :) )
The Acer in that case!
Bought this laptop from Amazon Refurbished returned it after 4 months of usage wasn't happy with how power limited it was when you play cpu intensive games and bought Gigabyte G5 MF with I7 12650h and rtx 4050 so far my experience is much better than Nitro V thou thermals are definitely on higher side but atleast now I'm happy with the performance.
Just in case, turning off E-Cores in the BIOS is a must to avoid a lot of the CPU throttling. I’m not sure why the Nitro 5 has E-Cores enabled by default.
Bro can you help me decide between macbook air m1 or acer nitro 5 4050 I am an it student
Well are you also a gamer?
@@Hubwood yeah kind of
@@arthurart8847 then the answer is Nitro 5 ;)
Is the display good or bad? In terms of gaming and content consumption indoors?
Well to be honest... It's not good. Depends alot on what you expect and how picky you are. With monitors my opinion is that most people don't care that much or can't really tell the difference, but objectively it's not good.
It’s adequate for gaming but not video production. Fairly responsive but the blacks do not get black and when the whole screen is set to black you’ll see backlight bleed. But for most things you won’t notice it…it’s about the visual quality we had 10 years ago which is ok. But if looking for more modern crispness spring for a laptop with a QLED or other type of LED display rather than LCD
can someone explain the blender part of the video i didnt properly understand and im looking to use Blender
How can I help you?
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Nitro 5 AN515-58-59B1 RTX 4050 i5 12450H Review plz..
I have the exact same specs but different model where it does not have the fingerprint reader but the Acer Nitro Sense app shows wrong info like the GPU and CPU usage its a huge problem im on the latest version of the software too it always shows 2-5% cpu usage but in task manager it shows about 25%( Real usage) other than that all the temps fan speed are correct very disappointed in the nitro sense software
Got this two days ago and its a beast, though the keyboard is something to get used to. The keys are pretty small. The build quality looks average both otherwise its really good.
Hey i wanted to ask, do u have any issues with screen display? is it good? is it bad? oh and is there any input delay ur dealing with?
@@iconix3946 the viewing angles are not good, but no other issues. I am not sure how to check input delay but I haven't noticed any
Which is better acer nitro v15 with rtx 4050 or lenovo loq 15 with rtx 4050
Probably the lenovo imho.
@@Hubwood I see, Thanks. I was thinking about this all day and I couldn't choose
I look at other people said that acer nitro v15 some sort of a problem i don't remember what it is and some said it's ok, so that's why Im confuse wether to choose acer or lenovo
@@mikhazz been impressed with the Lenovo LOQ 15s so far. The Acer isn't particularly bad. But it's more like "meh"
@@Hubwood I see, looks like I will go with the lenovo loq but if I want to go up a little bit on my budget I can go with the lenovo loq 16 right
Im most concerned about the build quality
I wanted to buy this notebook. Do you recommend it before buying it?
That really depends on your options...
I use this laptop So far,it's not too bad.Quite cheap for a 4050 laptop (especially in Malaysia),way better than msi gf63 & guess what? It's cheaper But of course,this laptop has cons such as the fan noise & speakers
Should I sell my HP and Msi laptops (i7 and gtx 1050) and get this one?
Would be MUCH faster
Gamers only need fps not the colors
Good luck
is it good for playing cod wz while streaming
That should work. Yes.
is it good with roblox saar@@Hubwood
It looks good for a low price. I am a bit worried about the performance of the CPU. The cheapest I can find it here is a bit over 1200 euros, including tax of course, which feels a bit too much for the hardware.
yeah in the long run I'd assume the CPU will be an issue...
why would it be an issue? 🤔
@@rain-nin5309 because in the future newer games will most likely expect more CPU performance and GPU performance. If the GPU is too weak, you can just lower the graphic settings or the resolution. If the CPU is the bottleneck you can't do anything as graphic settings almost don't affect the CPU load at all. And that might lead to stuttering and bad frametimes. Meaning the game isn't enjoyable anymore in the worst case.
Have a budgest of 850: whats the best laptop for gaming, highest performance and low temps and low sounds.
You want get all of this for 850. You must consider compromises. Also low temps aren't that important if the laptop is performing well. 850$? Which country do you live in? The gigabyte G5 is very much performance for the money, but it's not a great laptop by itself. The msi thin is cheap as well hut absolutely not recommendable. Try looking for LOQ15s or Aorus 15s, or HP Victus or ASUS TUF A or F 15s
@@Hubwood was considering the acer nitro v 4050 and i7 what you think?
@@jonspence4907 cost?
@@Hubwood 850
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Couldn't live with that apalling screen. Everyday I looked at it I'd hate myself for not having saved up a bit longer for something better.
Should have gotten the helios neo 16 instead, its not much more expensive
@@jeji5860 He was saying "couldn't" I think he didn't buy one ;)
@@Hubwood my English is noob 🤣
Bro if the screen looks washed out try raising the saturation settings in intel graphics control panel and that should help mitigate the effect a bit😂😂😂
If you have Windows 11, there is a function that is in advanced screen settings, which allows you to calibrate the screen, greatly improving the color and saturation.
Can I download Ansys on this laptop…i mean does this support Ansys
Yeah definitely. You should upgrade the ram to 32GB though.
Didn't the previous Nitro series (forgot the model name) have a nice display quality that punched above their weight class? What a disappointment...
what should be the optimal temp to which i should limit my cpu and gpu on a laptop? im having an intel i5 12450hx + rtx 4050 variant.
Ideally, 90C is fine for CPU, as these chips can go to 100C by design but that doesn’t mean you should. But limiting too low also means you’re not allowing it full performance. For the GPU, Nvidia thermal throttle limit is 86C, so keep it below this temp. Ideally 80C or lower. Under volt your GPU for near stock performance or more but also lower temps
Sweet B-roll, might have something to do with the new camera
yeah, still figuring it out though 😅
Oh how the mighty have fallen... Nitro used to have 4 radiators, 2 on the back and 2 on the sides, so they could easily dissipate 90 watts of heat from the GPU. Heck, my friend has a 3070 ti Nitro 5 which dissipates 150w with dynamic boost. This laptop is... just embarrasing. Thanks for the review!
I actually think the heat dissipation is fine. The cooling system is really fine for this machine :) Also the Keys don't get warm. It's other things I'd worry about... 😅
@@Hubwood yeah but why such low power limit on the GPU? we all know 4050 can go up to 100 watts in well-cooled laptops. I mean it wouldn't give THAT much given it's a low end GPU, but still, would be a noticeable improvement.
@@TabalugaDragon yupp defenitely. It could handle that I guess... At least heat wise. BUt maybe cutting costs... keeping it low...
@@Hubwood it's also about the positioning I guess. It wouldn't cost them much to add a couple more voltage regulators and put cooling over them, but the laptop is positioned as "The cheapest gaming laptop. Want more performance? Get a higher end model"
@@TabalugaDragondude, just buy the predator series. This one is intended for a budget version, u asked too much..
Acer nitro 5 2022 4050 i5 12450h Review plzzzz❤❤
There was no 4050 in 2022 ;)
@@Hubwood Nitro 5 AN515-58-59B1 i5 12450H This is my laptop name.. I don't know the year
Did they just reuse the Aspire's chassis and calls it a Nitro? That's strange.
yepp, that's what they did. Cutting costs ;)
@@Hubwood and i still don't see any good reasons to own this laptop. It looks very off in a office or classrom, also priced badly in my country at least. You could find the Nitro 16 or even Predator Neo 16 for better specs at same price.
There it is
It looks like the Aspire laptops, the 16 looks much better imo
Nice vid, I have been using my acer nitro 5 for like 6 years now lol. I plan on buying another budget one, my budget is 950usd -1150 usd converted. what do you recommend? so far my choices are, Gigabyte aorus 15, the 2023 version one i believe with RTX 4060 i5-12500. and the other one being gigabyte G5 i7-13620H RTX4060 at around the same price.
The AORUS 15. By Far. I reviewed that by the way. Check it out. Also the G5 aswell...
@@Hubwood Hey man! Between the v15 and this Gigabyte G5 MF5-G2SG383SH i7 12650H 8GB RAM 512 SSD RTX 4050, or asus tuf f15, which one is better? I am buying my first laptop for engineering college. Thanks!!
@@fedej8303 can you list all options with their specs? I'd didnt quite understand from your post which laptop has which configuration and price
Hi Hubwood, i would like to ask. My dell g15 ryzen edition with rtx 3050 ti. My gpu temps always reach at 86*c no matter what games i play. Is it something wrong with my laptop ?
No :) Usually that's fine. Many gaming laptops have such temperatures. In some cases there might be some thermal throttling... but that's the way it is for laptops 🤷♂️
@@HubwoodI think you are confusing things here. Yes, for a CPU it’s normal to hit 95-100 degrees C, but for a GPU, as he said, 86 degrees C means it’s throttling. (Nvidia GPUs have their throtthling limit set to 87 degrees C) You could try cleaning out the fans, undervolting the gpu or changing the thermal paste (including the vrm thermal pads). If you’re not confident, a pc service centre will do it for you and it’s not that expensive
@@MarcusAntonius415 you are right of course. I was reading CPU 😅 Yeah for the GPU that's a bit warm indeed and probably means some throttling.
this lil beast will last up to 5yrs?
Well that really depends on alot of factors: What games you play and how you treat it. I don't know about the laptop itself. Impossible to say. Usually they last 5-10 years without issues. About the performance? Really depends... upcoming triple AAA games will be limited by the small 6GB VRAM of the 4050 and the i5 will probably become a bottleneck in a few years in newer games.
If you plan on keeping it for at least 5 years, make sure you also order replacement fans for it now while they still have them in stock.
@@TrusteftTechwhere from ? Newegg?
@@FragranceFrontier Wherever you can find them. From the original seller if they have it. If not, ebay and other sites I guess. Just make sure it is the same exact fans as they NEED to be, so if it is not the original manufacturer, check photos and compare.
@@TrusteftTech can you help me find fans for my laptop, im a noob:(
protip: if you're going to be testing gaming performance, ALWAYS put settings to max and turn dlss off. you can add dlss after but we need a starting point. come on man...
Protip: If you ever run your own KZhead channel, you will quickly find out that no matter what you do, there is always someone who is complaining. "You have to turn off DLSS!" "Why didn't you use DLSS? We want to see results with DLSS! People will use it!" "Why did you use max settings? That's too high for the 4050!" "Don't use low settings, the CPU will bottleneck!" "Don't use max settings, the Vram is too small" Etc. Always.
cool.. man... is i5 even worth it now in days
Yeah for gaming right now it's absolutely sufficient.
cpu performance is lower than my i5 12500H
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this laptop has the worst screen with horrible ghosting
So overall acerakes shitty gaming laptops
Nah can't say that. They have good models as well.
I bought this for my college 🥹
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