Acer Nitro 5 15.6" Laptop: Intel i5-12450H, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, RTX 4060 8GB $1298 + Delivery ($0 C&C/in-Store) @ Harvey Norman

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Archaic on 06/02/2024 - 11:44 harveynorman.com.au (785 clicks)
Last edited 06/02/2024 - 14:10 by 2 other users

Model: AN515-58-53RF / Part: NH.QM0SA.002
It’s hardly normal just how often this laptop gets these discounts. Acer and Gerry clearing stock ahead of 2024 laptops, perhaps? The last time this laptop got posted, HN ran a special limited-time coupon deal which was able to stack with this discounted price, so keep an eye out in case they do something similar in the coming week or so.

With this model, you’re getting gaming performance at the cost of poor colour gamut (45% NTSC), middling brightness (a bit of a screen lottery, but reviews seem to place it at 300 nits average peak brightness), and the relatively poor battery life you’re going to see on any gaming laptop in this price bracket.

In the same price bracket, HN also has on sale the full range of Acer Nitro V laptops. The Nitro V series seems to be the successor to the Nitro 5, and it has its own set of trade offs compared to its predecessor. In particular, the highest model here only has a 4050. The screen is a least a little better though, and you’re getting the 13th Gen rather than the 12th Gen processor. LTT did a review of the Nitro V last month, where they basically concluded you’d only buy it on sale, but hey, it’s on sale here, so it’s worth a look.

• Acer Nitro V 15.6-inch i5-13420H/16GB/512GB/RTX2050 - $998
• Acer Nitro V 15.6-inch i5-13420H/16GB/512GB/RTX4050 - $1198
• Acer Nitro V 15.6-inch i7-13620H/16GB/512GB/RTX4050 - $1398
• Acer Nitro V 15.6-inch i9-13900H/32GB/1TB/RTX4050 - $1598

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  mavis30551 on 06/02/2024 - 11:45

  +2

  god why are gaming laptops so ugly

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    kingmoron on 06/02/2024 - 11:58

    Asus has nice gaming ones.you can even take them to court

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    playboyhaha on 06/02/2024 - 13:10

    It is a machine for gaming, so it only needs to be cool. Beautiful or ugly are irrelevant words here IMO ;)

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    tromboc on 06/02/2024 - 14:47

    +1

    I'm with you. They are trying to appeal to someone that clearly isn't me.

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    kaikor on 06/02/2024 - 15:17

    Acer is so F stupid when their Helios non Neo models are so much better looking with great build quality and not bringing them into Australia market.

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  The Value on 06/02/2024 - 12:10

  +1

  Keep waiting. Not a bargain.

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    Archaic on 06/02/2024 - 12:18

    +7

    If you can find something better at this price point, please post it.
    ….no, seriously, please. Half the reason I went to the trouble of posting this one was because I’ve been holding off myself, and I’m hoping this might prompt someone else to do some digging and find a better deal that I’ve missed. I’ve not found anything better in my budget, and I can only hold on so long before I have to pull the trigger.

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      The Value on 06/02/2024 - 13:23

      I just meant that this item is regularly at this price.

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      You Were Warned on 06/02/2024 - 17:25

      +2

      If you can find something better at this price point, please post it.

      Ask in the forums rather than posting these non-deals

      Others have asked similar questions recently with predictably shitty responses because - surprise - it's not deal season for gaming laptops

      I’ve not found anything better in my budget, and I can only hold on so long before I have to pull the trigger.

      Hold onto your FOMO

      If there is a real gaming laptop deal, it will be on the OzBargain front page and then sell out within hours

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  GuniGuGu on 06/02/2024 - 12:27

  How does that rtx4050m fare vs the arc GPU in the 155h and the 780m in 7840u?

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    Archaic on 06/02/2024 - 12:36

    +1

    Should handily demolish both. iGPUs don’t really hold a candle to discrete graphics.

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      GuniGuGu on 06/02/2024 - 12:43

      Igpus have gotten a lot better… Benchmarks?

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        GuniGuGu on 06/02/2024 - 12:48

        +1

        Ok… Quick google shows me it's about 3x faster in 3D mark :P

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        Archaic on 06/02/2024 - 12:51

        First result on Google for 4050 vs 780m
        iGPUs have gotten a lot better, but while they're decent enough for casual gaming and older titles, they're still destroyed by the latest discrete graphics solutions. I haven't found any benchmarks which compare the Intel Core 7 155H ARC iGPU to discrete graphics, but it seems to be roughly at the same level as a 780M (maybe slightly more powerful in certain circumstances), so still well below the RTX 4050 and RTX 4060 in these deals.

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  FBI on 06/02/2024 - 14:05

  @Archaic thanks for you post and effort. Am looking forward to for a similar size 16 GB WFH laptop. Any suggestions please? TIA

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    Archaic on 06/02/2024 - 14:41

    +1

    I haven’t found any better deals for things with discrete graphics. If you don’t need discrete graphics, and you’re not doing video/audio editing, the Officeworks deals on the Acer Swift Go 14” look good.

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  Pinchy on 11/02/2024 - 13:40

  Do any of these Laptops support Thunderbolt?

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    Archaic on 11/02/2024 - 13:49

    +1

    The Nitro 5 and Nitro V both support Thunderbolt 4.