tldr; Legacy budget gaming workhorse. RTX 3050-3070 options. Gets hot and loud but proven reliability at entry-level price.
$649.99 on AmazonScores based on sentiment analysis of topic-related comments
Best praise vs top criticism for Acer Nitro 5
“I purchased a Acer nitro 5 / i5 cpu / rtx 3050 4gb / 16gb ram back in late 2021 for my son. He has been able to run every game with no issue. 5 nights at Freddy security breach, suicide squad, gta 5, also use it with steam vr on oculus quest 2 to play payday 2 in vr and many other vr games. If that’s what you can afford bro shit works great. If you can afford something a bit better you should go for that then. Bst of luck to you!”
“Easily the MSI, the ACER is not even a fully powered 5070ti AND you're paying $300 more.”
1,003 Reddit opinions analyzed • Last updated 4/5/2026