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Save $160 on an Acer Nitro 5 15.6″ Gaming Laptop

By Laura Tucker
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If you find yourself with a little extra money in your budget after the holidays, why not get a new gaming laptop. You can save $160 and get GeForce RTX 3050, a 144Hz IPS display, and a 256GB NVMe SSD with the Acer Nitro 5 15.6″ Gaming Laptop.

This laptop has the power you need to play your games. It has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, Ray Tracing Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors that work to support DirectX 12 Ultimate. It includes 8GB DDR4 2933MHz memory (2 DDR4 slots for a maximum of 32GB) and 256GB NVMe SSD (2 PCIe M.2 slots and one 2.5″ hard drive bay).

Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop

Get beautiful Full HD details on the widescreen with an LED-backlit IPS display and 1920 x 1080 resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, and 80% screen-to-body 16:9 aspect ratio. Stay connected throughout your game with Ethernet E2600 and Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201.

When you need a little extra boost when playing your game, rely on the Acer CoolBoost technology. It increases fan speed by 10% and increases CPU and GPU cooling by 9% over auto mode. Thermal performance is increased overall by 25%. A dedicated keyboard button brings up NitroSense UI to see the component temperature, fan speed, loading performance, and power plan.

Take $160 off the price of this i5-10300H / RTX3050 gaming laptop and pay just $679.99. Also check out the prices of the i7-11800H / RTX 3050Ti and i7-12700H / RTX 3050Ti. The laptops also come with optional accessory, headset, keyboard, mouse, and memory bundles.

Acer Nitro 5 15.6″ Gaming Laptop

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Laura has spent more than 20 years writing news, reviews, and op-eds, with the majority of those years as an editor as well. She has exclusively used Apple products for the past 35 years. In addition to writing and editing at MTE, she also runs the site’s sponsored review program.

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