Acer Nitro 17.3" Gaming Laptop (Intel Core i7-11800H/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/RTX 3060/Windows 11)

I develop software, and as such I need a great deal of horsepower. This machine has got it in spades. I'm not a gamer so can't comment on how it performs while gaming, but I can say it handles everything I've thrown at it without breaking a sweat. I rarely hear the fans and when I do, they are not annoying. The only thing I needed to do to make it perfect for my setup was upping the ram to 32GB's. 16gb's wasn't enough. Also it has room for extra hard drive which is just what I needed. All in all, after just 1 week of ownership I can say I'm very impressed. If that changes, I'll be back with an update.

I had bought an ASUS gaming laptop to replace my 11 year old baby, but couldn't get used to the keyboard. I'd had previous bad experiences with Acer but decided to give her a try anyway. What a difference. She's fast, she happily plays video games while I have 15 tabs open, music playing, Discord streaming. There is surprisingly lack of bloatware in the OS. I had to argue with Microsoft a bit to get a local account instead of a network account and uninstall Norton but otherwise, I'd say she's out of the box ready and really, those are pure personal preference. If you're looking for a great machine so you can game from your couch or on the road, this is it.

Just purchased this laptop today, to play all games I got in the Steam winter sale and it's totally worth it! Thanks to the most powerful 3060 + Core i7 11th gen! - PUBG, Halo Infinite, Forza Horizon 5 and Age of Empires 4, runs like butter in ULTRA settings!

Played multiple AAA games with this gaming rig and no complents. Highly recommend if you need horsepower and a large screen. The only negative is its pretty heavy and battery is just OK but Im not expecting to bring this anywhere so its good for me. Anoyone into serious gaming and needs RTX 3060 graphics will not go wrong.

Intel Core i7 slightly higher performance and newer than Ryzen 7. 512 GB SSD (who really needs 1 Terrabyte?) 1 TB external add on costs peanuts. 16 GB Ram (do you really need more?) GFORCE - RTX 3060 Graphics card (more powerful than the PS5 Graphics card) Windows 11 (may as well). there are 3070/3080 (cost about $200/400 for extra quality but really not needed for most people. The 3090 version costs a fortune as its newest (again if you think PS5 is good then your not going to need 3090 lol If you go with less expensive than this your going to be buying far less performance (especially if you want this for gaming). and If you buy a Desktop your going to be paying $400 or so more for the equivalent once you get your Screen etc.