acer Nitro V Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Octa-Core AI Capable Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU | 16" WUXGA IPS 165Hz Display | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6E | ANV16-41-R5J0

"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.

Solid "1080p" game player(1920x1200 in reality). Took it immediately from 16gb(2x8) to 32gb(2x16), and added an additional 1tb nvme for a total of 2tb. 165hz screen, solid keyboard, Nvidia rtx 4060, Ryzen 7 8845hs CPU. One downside is the fans can be quite noticable when playing demanding games. There's a quiet option for the fans, but then it'll run hot. Would be nice if the keyboard was RGB over the adjustable brightness orange color. It's also a bit heavy, but light enough to still be a laptop. For the $830 price point I got it at during prime days is totally worth it.

I had this laptop for about 2 months, but I sold it. In those 2 months I can say that the laptop is solid, good build quality, nice keyboard, and I really liked the ports on the back, but why no USB-C charge? Really Acer? You're going to make me carry a 135W (?) charger around in 2024 and only ONE (1) USB-C with no thunderbolt when the Acer Nitro 16 actually does have USB-C charge. The performance was amazing, on par with my 2021 Desktop RTX 3060 build, having a 4060 on a laptop and using Frame Generation is a blessing for a portable device, however, I purchased a laptop, for it to be... a laptop.... It's actually insane that Acer has been putting $1000 gaming laptops on the market with mediocre 45% NTSC and 57wh batteries. The main reasons why I didn't like this laptop is because the battery would last at most, MAX, with optimizations and battery saver on, 4 hours, and the screen looks flat out terrible. I'm used to a 99.9% DCI-P3 monitor and this laptop display would make me sad. Why does this model exist when the Nitro 16 has rgb keyboard, better screen, better battery, better IO and USB-C charge???? So, to summarize: PROS: good keyboard, good build, solid performance and good temperatures, not too loud. CONS: terrible screen and battery, only 2 USB A and 1 USB-C with no charging capabilities. Get the Nitro 16 instead.