Acer Nitro 5: We unbox a budget gaming laptop for the rest of us
(PCWorld)

When we unboxed the Acer Nitro 5 we knew not to expect RGB-lit packaging or a fancy carrying case. This is a budget gaming laptop, and it squeezes every penny of value out of its $750 price. Start with the CPU: It`s an Intel 8th-gen Core i5-8300H, a Coffee Lake CPU with 4 cores and a new bonus: Hyper Threading, which takes advantage of unused CPU resources to boost performance. The CPU comes with 8GB of RAM, and there`s another 4GB of memory with the Nvidie GeForce GTX 1050 discrete GPU. The 1TB SATA HDD is a tough call: Lots of capacity, far less speed than you`d get from an SSD. If you have the extra cash you can pony up for its $850 sibling, which comes with a 256GB SSD and has the space to add another drive. To read this article in full, please click here