acer Nitro V Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS Hexa-Core Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU | 15.6" FHD IPS 144Hz Display | 8GB DDR5 | 512GB SSD | WiFi 6 | Backlit KB | ANV15-41-R5N6

"This gaming laptop is a beast! The graphics are incredible, and it runs all my favorite games smoothly. The display is vibrant, and the keyboard feels great. It’s very easy to use. Sound quality is great. Plus, it's surprisingly portable. Definitely the best gaming laptop I've ever owned!"

It's an amazing laptop. It's fast and reliable. It can play most of the games I've played like New World. It heats up after a couple of hours play time, but I bought a small fan and point it at the laptop and it cools it off. I'm gappy with my purchase.

is exactly as advertised. It is very nice looking and feels very Solid. Upgraded from the 8 gig ram to 32 and man this thing flies. Does have some bloatware, but easy to remove. I would recommend this even though I haven't tried gaming with it yet. But I am sure it would blow my desktop pc away.

1 year review: Today is 10/25/2025 I purchased this on 10/08/2024. The screen is great quality with a Diagonal of 16 in with a width of 13 9/16 and a height of 8 9/16. It is much less widescreen than my dell was but I have learned to enjoy it non the less. The keyboard feels nice and is nearly silent to type on. It does feature a number pad, but is completely missing a page up and page down button which is inconvenient. For gaming the position of the WSAD keys are offset enough so that the touch pad rarely gets in way of the palm rest. There is an unlabeled "Performance Mode" button above the keyboard that I would mistake for the power button in the beginning. The running temperature of the laptop is significantly cooler than any laptop I have ever owned. It has been so nice not to touch the keyboard and think about taking a break. The internal fans are pretty quite for this cooling performance. The heat management is easily one of the things I like the most about the laptop. Plug locations are strange but functional. The USB-C port and charge jack are on the spine of the laptop and I am still not used to their locations. Even after a year the plug locations are not intuitive to use. One of two short comings are build in speakers lack volume and sound quality for the price of this laptop Acer really should have included higher quality speakers. Fortunately there is an AUX port for Head Phones or an auxiliary speaker. The other short coming is the reason for the 4 star rating. The power supply and is a major let down. While smaller and lighter than others I have used, the battery level decreases during gaming and a throttle performance is necessary to keep it from shutting down. These are clear indicators that the power supply is inadequate. To make things worse Acer doesn't recommend a higher wattage power supply to combat this problem. I will say that the laptops ability to balance game performance to low battery levels is impressive.

I bought this laptop for writing and for use with a digital tabletop (coffee table with a tv built into it. I am super pleased with this purchase. I have bought similar laptops in the last year and had issues out of the box that ultimately lead me to returning the product. This one is a keeper. Not one issue with it to report out. The mouse pad is actually decent. I have owned a few mobile devices with mouse pads and feel this one has been the best by quite a bit. I haven't really tested the sound off of it but would always suggest external systems (speakers or headset) for the best quality of sound. This device has stayed at a reasonable temperature without the need for a cooling pad. The screen has a very reasonable quality. You get exactly what you are paying for. If I had a complaint it would be more with Microsoft making their software behind a pay wall.

I recently experienced a severe Windows failure on an Acer Nitro laptop that initially looked like malware, but turned out to be a filesystem and OS corruption cascade. What happened One actively used working folder completely disappeared Hundreds of thousands of files were affected at the NTFS index level chkdsk reported massive index corruption and deleted entries Some files could not be recovered Windows boot, registry, and component store were corrupted SFC and DISM failed Windows entered recovery and upgrade loops At that point, recovery tools were no longer sufficient. Why this looked like malware (but wasn’t) The failure was sudden, selective, and destructive — which is unsettling. However, there were no malware indicators: No encryption or ransom behavior No persistence after reinstall No Defender alerts No abnormal network or CPU activity This pattern matches NTFS metadata corruption, not malicious intent. Most likely cause The evidence strongly suggests a timing conflict between Windows Update and Acer OEM firmware/driver layers: Windows Update was writing critical data (NTFS indexes, registry, boot files) At the same time, OEM power management / firmware / driver components were active A reboot, sleep, or power-state transition occurred NTFS directory indexes collapsed Registry and boot configuration followed NTFS loses directory structure before file data, which explains: Why one folder vanished Why others survived Why recovery was partial Why reinstalling Windows was the right choice Once filesystem metadata, registry, and boot components are damaged together, reinstalling Windows is not a failure — it’s the correct solution. Before reinstalling, tools like Belarc Advisor are useful to: Confirm Windows edition and activation type Verify that the license is digital and tied to hardware Remove uncertainty during reinstallation In my case, Windows reactivated automatically after reinstall. The unexpected upside: no more Acer layers After backing up data and performing a clean Windows install: Stability improved Performance improved Update behavior became predictable All unused Acer OEM layers were gone Only essential drivers were installed Ironically, the system is now more stable than the factory setup. A clean Windows install avoids: Competing update mechanisms OEM background services Firmware/driver timing conflicts Takeaway This wasn’t malware — it was a structural Windows failure amplified by OEM layers. The real lesson is preparedness: Backups License awareness Willingness to do a clean install In the end, clean Windows without unnecessary OEM software is often the best long-term configuration.

This was a gift for the missus for Xmas. Her previous laptop was getting slow and unreliable, plus it was not compatible for a Win11 upgrade, so I elected to buy her a new one. I went for what I considered reasonable spec. I'm only recently getting into AMD processors where everything I read about Intel says they overheat. It isn't as fast as my Alienware, but then it's a 6th of the price, but it's quick enough for what she uses it for. The screen is nice and clear and a reasonable size. The laptop itself is of a reasonable weight for the spec, it's not uncomfortable to spend an hour or so with it on your lap. Everything seems quite well built and robust, nothing rattles and the lid hinges are good and tight. Where I've knocked a couple of stars off, the packaging was pretty poor. Just a shoddy cardboard box, to the point I was amazed when I opened the box and the laptop inside was in one piece. I mean, kudos for saving the planet and all that, but over half a grand of laptop deserves some foam and bubble wrap, I'd say. My second point, maybe only relevant if you're a UK buyer, and I wasn't observant enough to spot this beforehand, but the keyboard is US layout. Easiest way to spot this is there is no key between the left hand shift and the Z key. If you have a high enough resolution picture, zoom in and the "2" key has "@" on it for the shift up rather than the " quote symbol. I can cope with that, the missus is trying to get to grips with it; this is the issue with buying from a foreign seller; I didn't realise the EU follow the US with this.

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