Acer Nitro V 16S AI Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 260 Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (572 AI Tops) | 16″ WUXGA IPS 180Hz Display | 32GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | ANV16S-41-R2AJ

Best Mid Price Gaming PC Option in Summer 2025
Pros:* Fast, cool, and quiet. After hours of gaming with Stalker 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and BG3, max temp hit by the CPU was only 79 degrees C, and that only for a very brief time. My old ASUS Tuf would be at least ten degrees hotter after such a test. Also of note, at the end of that test, the fans do not sound like Blackhawk helicopters under military power, an annoying characteristic that both my older Asus and older HP Omen had. Test was done “vanilla” with no external cooler fans, repasting, etc.* Nicely configured hardware. The 5060, Ryzen 7, and WD SSD drive all work well together.* WD SSE drive, very high quality, reads at 6300 mbps.* Second SSE slot is open.* Caser very easy to open, well organized.* Good build quality. The Acer feels very solid and can be opened with one hand. The unit has no “flex”.* Good gaming performance. Cyberpunk 2077 at 2K / high detail can hit 65 fps with ray tracing on and can reach well over 100 FPS with ray tracing off.* Reasonable price and good component value. Costs $100 more than similarly configured laptops selling with 4050 GPUs, 16 GB RAM, and 512 GB HDs, machines much worse in all ways.Neutral:* FHD screen, fast but dim. Typical of midrange laptops. I suggest using an external monitor anyway, but if you plan on playing all the time off the laptop, you may want a better screen option, which will likely cost a lot more.* Port selection is adequate. 3 3.2 USB As, 1 USB 4.0 C, 1 HDMI, SD card reader, headphone jack. Decent, but a Thunderbolt port and / or additional C port would be welcome.Cons:* Front of lid seems to be easily smudged and seems a fingerprint magnet.* Usual annoying bloatware that needs deletion, including world’s worst AV software (McFluffy).* Need to set up / sign into MS to launch the operating system. Owners should have the option to bypass this annoying step.* Documentation is close to non-existent, both in terms of what’s in the box and what’s online.* 32GB RAM comes as two 16 GB chips, so upgrading to 64 GB means having to buy two new chips instead of one. Every PC maker seems to do this, which does not make it any less annoying. Give me one 32 GB chip, charge me $20 more.Note: Make sure to purchase directly from Amazon. Third party sellers often void mfgr warranties by adding components themselves and some will ship returned machines as new. Amazon is the only PC seller I’d buy from on their site.Bottom Line: Well balanced, well made, and reasonably priced for high value components.

Bad quality even for the value
I’ve had it for a little over a month. In that month it’s ‘glitched out’ multiple times, getting stuck in a boot-up loop or refusing to turn on all together. I NEVER let it go into ‘sleep’ mode because that immediately always triggers either a boot-up loop or refusing to turn on, resulting me having to hard-restart it. It will acknowledge that it’s paired with my headphones, but refuse to play any sound from them until I restart it. I’ve had to remap the USB drives MULTIPLE times because it will spontaneously refuse to acknowledge USB ports or content. Sometimes it will do this in the middle of using said USB port, for example when connecting to an external hard drive. I’ve spent hours trouble-shooting this issue, uninstalling and reinstalling drive to no avail. A lot of money for a machine that’s definitely not going to last me more than another month or two before it’s scrap.

2nd SSD only Gem3 speed?
So far, about a week now I love it.The only issue is I added a second NVME SSD, Sabrent Rocket4 2TB which is Gen 4 and should run higher than Gen 3 speeds that I am getting.I’m guessing that the second SSD added will only run at Gen 3 speeds because it’s an authentic Rocket4.Astro support has not confirmed this.Bios recognizes the Rocket.My original C: drive that came with the laptop runs on Gen 4 speeds.I tried upping the Nitro setting to performance and no change in speed.

Great Buy!
I love this laptop and I can say, with a lot of research, that you won’t go wrong with it. It’s well worth the price!The amd processor works just as good if not better and it’s compatible with the gpu.So far, no heating problems and actually works amazing for other tasks besides gaming. It’s extremly fast and i love using it for schoolwork.For gaming, the sound is pretty negligeable and the acernitro software enables you to control everything.

I’ve been using the Acer Nitro V 16S and it delivers strong performance for the price. The Ryzen 7 processor and RTX graphics handle multitasking and gaming smoothly without overheating. The 16-inch display is bright and sharp, making videos and work feel comfortable. I also like the fast SSD, which makes booting and loading apps quick. Overall, it’s a solid laptop for productivity and casual gaming.

The quality of this laptop feels very good, I got this for my son who is a big gamer and he has been so happy, he told me he can finally run the games he enjoys playing on the best settings and he’s been using it to play games whole day. The hinge feels durable and the keyboard looks amazing with those RGB lights. Just wish it came in more colors.