Acer Nitro 5 (2021)

AN515-57 · 2021 · laptop

Specifications

Cpu: Intel Core i5-11400H to Core i9-11900H (11th Gen, Tiger Lake H) + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 / 3050 Ti / 3060 (up to 6 GB GDDR6)
Ram: max: 32 GB DDR4-3200 (2x16 GB SO-DIMM) · base: 8 GB DDR4-3200
Ports: USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A x3 · USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C · HDMI 2.1 · RJ-45 Ethernet · 3.5mm combo audio jack
Battery: 57.5 Wh Li-ion
Display: 15.6" FHD (1920x1080) IPS, 144 Hz, or QHD (2560x1440) 165 Hz on select SKUs
Storage: base: 256 GB PCIe NVMe SSD · options: 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD · 1 TB PCIe NVMe SSD · additional 2.5" SATA bay for a second drive
Weight: 2.3 kg
Os Support: latest: Windows 11 · shipped: Windows 10 Home / Windows 11 Home (later shipments)
Release Price: $1,049 (Core i5-11400H / RTX 3060 configuration, 2021)

Variants

Revisions

Core i5-11400HPaired with RTX 3050 or RTX 3050 Ti.

Core i7-11800HPaired with RTX 3060.

Core i9-11900HTop-end SKU, paired with RTX 3060 and the QHD 165 Hz display option.

AN515-45AMD sibling chassis sold alongside the AN515-57, swapping the Intel 11th Gen platform for AMD Ryzen 5 5600H / Ryzen 7 5800H / Ryzen 9 5900HX with the same RTX 30-series graphics options up to RTX 3080. Same body, different motherboard platform.

Storage

512 GB SSD

1 TB SSD

Upgrade paths

RAM

32 GB DDR4-3200 (2x16 GB SO-DIMM) · Two SO-DIMM slots accessible under the bottom panel.

~$40-90

EASY

storage

Two M.2 NVMe SSDs (first PCIe-only, second PCIe/SATA) plus a 2.5" SATA bay · Both M.2 slots and the 2.5" bay are tool-accessible under the bottom cover, RAID 0 is supported across the two M.2 slots.

~$50-150

EASY