Acer Nitro 5 Spin Core i5 8th Gen - (8 GB/1 TB HDD/Windo.. Specifications
Sales Package
2 in 1 Laptop, Battery, Power Adaptor, User Guide, Warranty Documents
Model Number
NP515-51
Part Number
NH.Q2YSI.012
Series
Nitro 5 Spin
Color
Black
Type
2 in 1 Laptop
Suitable For
Processing & Multitasking
Battery Backup
Upto 10 hours
Power Supply
90 W AC Adapter
Battery Cell
4 cell
Ms Office Provided
No
Dedicated Graphic Memory Type
GDDR5
Dedicated Graphic Memory Capacity
4 GB
Processor Brand
Intel
Processor Name
Core i5
Processor Generation
8th Gen
Ssd
Yes
Ram
8 GB
Ram Type
DDR4
Hdd Capacity
1 TB
Processor Variant
8250U
Clock Speed
1.6 GHz with Turbo Boost Upto 3.4 GHz
Cache
6 MB
Rpm
5400
Graphic Processor
NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050
Os Architecture
64 bit
Operating System
Windows 10 Home
System Architecture
64 bit
Mic In
Yes
Usb Port
1 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB Type C
Hdmi Port
1 x HDMI Port
Multi Card Slot
2-in-1 Card Reader (SD, SDXC)
Touchscreen
Yes
Screen Size
39.62 cm (15.6 inch)
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 Pixel
Screen Type
Full HD LED Backlit IPS Touch Display (Supports Active Stylus)
Speakers
Built-in Dual Speakers
Internal Mic
Built-in Quad Digital Microphone
Sound Properties
Front Facing Speakers with Subwoofer, Acer TrueHarmony Technology
Wireless Lan
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth
v4.1
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet, Wake-on-LAN Ready
Dimensions
381.5 x 258.1 x 17.9 mm
Weight
2.2 kg
Disk Drive
Not Available
Web Camera
HD Webcam
Finger Print Sensor
Yes
Lock Port
Noble Lock Slot
Keyboard
FineTip Keyboard with Independent Standard Numeric Keypad (International Language Support)
Backlit Keyboard
Yes
Pointer Device
Multi Gesture Touchpad
Included Software
Acer Care Center, Acer Portal, Acer Configuration Manager, Acer Quick Access
Additional Features
3220 mAh Li-ion Battery, 360 Degree Hinge for Four Mode Gaming
Product Code
LAPACER-PREDATOKIDA31583294D11D3
Country Of Origin
China
Title
Manufacturing Info
Storage Hardware Interface
32 GB
Warranty Summary
1 year manufacturer warranty
Purpose
Multimedia & Creative
Rom
1 TB/256GB SSD
Return Policy
7 Days Free Replacement - This item is eligible for free replacement within 7 days of delivery in an unlikely event of the delivered item being damaged or different from what you had ordered. We may contact you to ascertain the damage in the product prior to issuing a replacement. In case the device isn't working or is defective, please contact the brand/seller. Cancellation Not Allowed.
Can be tweaked to keep it cool and running like a beast.
By Yogesh Don
The cooling solution is not ideal, so the full potential of GTX 1050 is not unleashed in most games.
A few things to note:
1. This does not have SODIMM sticks, so no RAM upgrade is possible, RAM is soldered to the motherboard.
2. It has an M.2 NVME slot, you can buy an nvme M.2 SSD like Samsung evo 960 and install it yourself, very straightforward. The port is just below the fans.
3. It comes with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 preinstalled, once you connect to internet and login to microsoft account in office the office suit will get activated.
The CPU can be made to work more efficiently with a little bit of tuning. Download the intel extreme tuning utility from intel and undervolt the CPU to around -90mv (860mv static) and increase the max turbo boost power to 25W. This will ensure that the CPU remains cool even under sustained full turbo boost to 3.4 GHz with 100% utilisation, I have got cinebench scores as high as 734 multi threaded.
You could undervolt the GPU as well and repaste the GPU & CPU, that is if you can unscrew the damned heatsink on this MB.
Download MSI afterburner and reduce the max core clocks by about 200MHz, you will see reduced temps. (MSI afterburner is very restricted because of the lock down by acer)
Acer should include the pen by default with this otherwise beautiful machine.
Bang for Buck(the Complete Review)
By PREAM MANIKANDANon
Its excellent deal for the laptop for those who got it on Diwali sale.
The Pros and Cons Below:
Pros:
1. Form Factor: Excellent form factor, Very little to no flex on keyboard, Slim and elegant design.
2. Speakers: Excellent auto switching speakers, Right and Left speakers switch based on screen rotation and its loud enough.
3. Graphics: Its GTX 1050, 1050 ti would have been nice, but hey for the Diwali sale price this is the cheapest 1050 laptop in India.
4. Fingerprint Sensor: Its quick and easy to login, but it does not work while turning on the system like some other laptops where power button has the sensor.
5. Processor: Its 8th Gen i5 8250u, its fast and efficient (or is it not?)
6. Keyboard: The backlight is awesome, The key travel distance is good for typing and gaming, the key layout is good(except for 1/2 up and down arrow keys)
7. Dolby: The Dolby surround is excellent on headphones, but it does not work with Bluetooth headphones
Cons:
1. Screen:
a) The touch works fine but the screen doesn't get bright enough, you can't use it outdoor, that too with the reflective panel.
b)My Laptop had LED Light Bleed in 4 spots (2 corners and 2 on top middle), don't know if its just me or many. The Light Bleed differs on tablet mode and gets intense on corners.
c)Color Reproduction is low, i suggest you to increase the saturation using Intel graphics properties.
d)The bezels are too thick for year 2017
2. Keyboard: The letters on the keyboard are too thin to be visible under bright lights too, so without backlight it's hard to see.
3. Battery: Don't Believe whats given in the description, It's given as 10 Hour battery backup, but i was just getting around 5:30 to 6 hours for light usage(browsing and reading) with 10% brightness and power saving on and backlight off.
4. Sub woofer: I can't even sense its presence, its that futile.(or is it not present?)
5. Weight: It's Too heavy for a convertible, hard to carry or move with tablet mode with this much weight.
6. Processor to Battery: When predator helios 300 with similar battery capacity can give a battery backup of 4 to 5 hours battery with i5 7300HQ 45W processor, which is better performing than this i5 8250u 15W. I don't know what to say.
Conclusion: Bang for Buck
Highly recommended
By Himanshu Somanion
First look is excellent..
Wonderful
By Syed Yusufon
To begin with, the delivery was very fast and packaging was good,
Pros-
1, amazing looks- fell in love on the first sight
2, slim and sleek- just at 2.2 kg very light compared to other gaming laptops
3, sounds really good- sound has a very good depth to it, but not very loud as dell maxx wave technology, doesnt get distorted at high volumes
4, touchscreen- responsive and smooth
5, battery life- 4-5 hours
Cons -
1, brightness - not very bright,
2, finger print magnet
3, screen bleeding at the corners - this issue has been with all the models i guess,as i have seen every one mentioning about it. its also common in ips screens
got it for 58K, during sale... at this price cant complain anything.
just go for it
Great Hardware, Decent Design, Some Caveats
By Viki Pattanaikon
I am an occasional gamer and my gaming sessions do not stretch beyond a couple of hours every few days. Mostly FIFA and some times AAA titles. I code and design predominantly and for me having a capable system is paramount. The Nitro 5 Spin addresses all my concerns albeit with a few modifications of my own, which I shall address.
Build Quality - 8/10
The laptop is sturdy in all respects. Minimal screen flex, toughened keyboard area and the off placement of the CPU, RAM and GPU ensure heat stays away from the typing area of the keyboard. Even the metallic ascents on all the sides and the metal like finishing of the top panel gives it an amazing feel. What I don't like is the way the speakers and exhaust line up against the bottom of the screen, thus heating that area up occasionally. Also, I open up every laptop I buy to find out the internal upgrades possible.
Unfortunately, this laptop doesn't offer much upgrade capabilities as you can only swap out the HDD for a SSD. The RAM is soldered into the motherboard under the CPU area so no upgrades there either.
Keyboard and Mouse - 9/10
The touchpad and keyboard placement is spot on. Full sized keyboard though corners have been cut to accomodate all the keys. Keyboard has backlighting that has to be switched on every time one boots up but it is intelligent in that it shuts off if you aren't using the keyboard for long and comes back on first key press. As for the touchpad, it has a tiny fingerprint sensor to the top left that works well (not with the included HDD though). As for the functionality, I haven't had any issues thus far.
Battery Life - 5/10
Acer be honest with battery life expectations. Don't mislead customers saying it gives 10 hours backup. I wasn't expecting 10 hours at all but at least a solid 4 to 5 hours considering the hardware it packs but my best efforts have managed to bring the life to just under 4 hours with pure coding.
Gaming - 7/10
The laptop uses a space saving design and because of this it packs in too many components too close together. The fan and exhaust setup is decent but because of the compact nature of this laptop, expect serious heating after six months if you predominantly game on your device. I don't game so often so for me the compactness wins out over the gaming capabilities. Make no mistake, this laptop is a beast with its configuration, except for the poor HDD performance but, don't treat it as a gaming rig or you are going to need a replacement real soon!
Hardware - 7/10
I have deducted points for the soldered RAM and the underoptimized HDD. First bootup and installation was too long and every subsequent bootup is just unbearable. For a coder and designer, speed is everything and the HDD is pathetic! Thankfully, I have a Samsung 850 Pro 250GB SSD that I could clone and use on this laptop. The performance boost is just phenomenal! Laptop now starts in less than 10 seconds, shutsdown in half the time and everything works amazing.
The fingerprint sensor doesn't do a good job when used with the included HDD because the HDD is the biggest bottleneck on this device. With an SSD, it works like my iPhone's fingerprint sensor.
Display - 7/10
Please note that I compare my laptop's display with a 99% RGBA monitor I use at home. The laptop display has decent viewing angles and good brightness for indoor usage but isn't great outdoors. The brightness could have been at least 50nits higher for my liking. As for color reproduction, it is decent at this price range though not spectacular for designers. Gaming looks good and the touchscreen works perfectly.
Afterthoughts
>The lid shuts tight thanks to two magnets inside the chassis and doesn't come undone when flipped over. I like the way the laptop feels solid with the lid closed, gives me the feeling that this will last a really long time.
> As for the connection ports, I don't really have much to say, placement of ports are good with USB 3.0 and type C ports to the left side and hence away from the mouse side (left handed users will suffer).
> Sound isn't something that I wish to comment on because no laptop speakers can ever match a good portable speaker. Nevertheless, they are loud and clear. The subwoofer on this isn't audible enough, so you won't really know it exists.
> Acer currently offers a single year warranty and as far as I can tell, they aren't easy to ask for an upgrade on the warranty.
Who Should Buy It?
> If you don't game for a living, but occasionally like gaming, this is a good choice.
> If you have a spare SSD to swap out with this particular model.
> If you want a powerful workstation that is light.
> If you can find this laptop at less than 60k in India.
Can be tweaked to keep it cool and running like a beast.
By Yogesh Don
The cooling solution is not ideal, so the full potential of GTX 1050 is not unleashed in most games.
A few things to note:
1. This does not have SODIMM sticks, so no RAM upgrade is possible, RAM is soldered to the motherboard.
2. It has an M.2 NVME slot, you can buy an nvme M.2 SSD like Samsung evo 960 and install it yourself, very straightforward. The port is just below the fans.
3. It comes with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2016 preinstalled, once you connect to internet and login to microsoft account in office the office suit will get activated.
The CPU can be made to work more efficiently with a little bit of tuning. Download the intel extreme tuning utility from intel and undervolt the CPU to around -90mv (860mv static) and increase the max turbo boost power to 25W. This will ensure that the CPU remains cool even under sustained full turbo boost to 3.4 GHz with 100% utilisation, I have got cinebench scores as high as 734 multi threaded.
You could undervolt the GPU as well and repaste the GPU & CPU, that is if you can unscrew the damned heatsink on this MB.
Download MSI afterburner and reduce the max core clocks by about 200MHz, you will see reduced temps. (MSI afterburner is very restricted because of the lock down by acer)
Acer should include the pen by default with this otherwise beautiful machine.
Bang for Buck(the Complete Review)
By PREAM MANIKANDANon
Its excellent deal for the laptop for those who got it on Diwali sale.
The Pros and Cons Below:
Pros:
1. Form Factor: Excellent form factor, Very little to no flex on keyboard, Slim and elegant design.
2. Speakers: Excellent auto switching speakers, Right and Left speakers switch based on screen rotation and its loud enough.
3. Graphics: Its GTX 1050, 1050 ti would have been nice, but hey for the Diwali sale price this is the cheapest 1050 laptop in India.
4. Fingerprint Sensor: Its quick and easy to login, but it does not work while turning on the system like some other laptops where power button has the sensor.
5. Processor: Its 8th Gen i5 8250u, its fast and efficient (or is it not?)
6. Keyboard: The backlight is awesome, The key travel distance is good for typing and gaming, the key layout is good(except for 1/2 up and down arrow keys)
7. Dolby: The Dolby surround is excellent on headphones, but it does not work with Bluetooth headphones
Cons:
1. Screen:
a) The touch works fine but the screen doesn't get bright enough, you can't use it outdoor, that too with the reflective panel.
b)My Laptop had LED Light Bleed in 4 spots (2 corners and 2 on top middle), don't know if its just me or many. The Light Bleed differs on tablet mode and gets intense on corners.
c)Color Reproduction is low, i suggest you to increase the saturation using Intel graphics properties.
d)The bezels are too thick for year 2017
2. Keyboard: The letters on the keyboard are too thin to be visible under bright lights too, so without backlight it's hard to see.
3. Battery: Don't Believe whats given in the description, It's given as 10 Hour battery backup, but i was just getting around 5:30 to 6 hours for light usage(browsing and reading) with 10% brightness and power saving on and backlight off.
4. Sub woofer: I can't even sense its presence, its that futile.(or is it not present?)
5. Weight: It's Too heavy for a convertible, hard to carry or move with tablet mode with this much weight.
6. Processor to Battery: When predator helios 300 with similar battery capacity can give a battery backup of 4 to 5 hours battery with i5 7300HQ 45W processor, which is better performing than this i5 8250u 15W. I don't know what to say.
Conclusion: Bang for Buck
Highly recommended
By Himanshu Somanion
First look is excellent..
Wonderful
By Syed Yusufon
To begin with, the delivery was very fast and packaging was good,
Pros-
1, amazing looks- fell in love on the first sight
2, slim and sleek- just at 2.2 kg very light compared to other gaming laptops
3, sounds really good- sound has a very good depth to it, but not very loud as dell maxx wave technology, doesnt get distorted at high volumes
4, touchscreen- responsive and smooth
5, battery life- 4-5 hours
Cons -
1, brightness - not very bright,
2, finger print magnet
3, screen bleeding at the corners - this issue has been with all the models i guess,as i have seen every one mentioning about it. its also common in ips screens
got it for 58K, during sale... at this price cant complain anything.
just go for it
Great Hardware, Decent Design, Some Caveats
By Viki Pattanaikon
I am an occasional gamer and my gaming sessions do not stretch beyond a couple of hours every few days. Mostly FIFA and some times AAA titles. I code and design predominantly and for me having a capable system is paramount. The Nitro 5 Spin addresses all my concerns albeit with a few modifications of my own, which I shall address.
Build Quality - 8/10
The laptop is sturdy in all respects. Minimal screen flex, toughened keyboard area and the off placement of the CPU, RAM and GPU ensure heat stays away from the typing area of the keyboard. Even the metallic ascents on all the sides and the metal like finishing of the top panel gives it an amazing feel. What I don't like is the way the speakers and exhaust line up against the bottom of the screen, thus heating that area up occasionally. Also, I open up every laptop I buy to find out the internal upgrades possible.
Unfortunately, this laptop doesn't offer much upgrade capabilities as you can only swap out the HDD for a SSD. The RAM is soldered into the motherboard under the CPU area so no upgrades there either.
Keyboard and Mouse - 9/10
The touchpad and keyboard placement is spot on. Full sized keyboard though corners have been cut to accomodate all the keys. Keyboard has backlighting that has to be switched on every time one boots up but it is intelligent in that it shuts off if you aren't using the keyboard for long and comes back on first key press. As for the touchpad, it has a tiny fingerprint sensor to the top left that works well (not with the included HDD though). As for the functionality, I haven't had any issues thus far.
Battery Life - 5/10
Acer be honest with battery life expectations. Don't mislead customers saying it gives 10 hours backup. I wasn't expecting 10 hours at all but at least a solid 4 to 5 hours considering the hardware it packs but my best efforts have managed to bring the life to just under 4 hours with pure coding.
Gaming - 7/10
The laptop uses a space saving design and because of this it packs in too many components too close together. The fan and exhaust setup is decent but because of the compact nature of this laptop, expect serious heating after six months if you predominantly game on your device. I don't game so often so for me the compactness wins out over the gaming capabilities. Make no mistake, this laptop is a beast with its configuration, except for the poor HDD performance but, don't treat it as a gaming rig or you are going to need a replacement real soon!
Hardware - 7/10
I have deducted points for the soldered RAM and the underoptimized HDD. First bootup and installation was too long and every subsequent bootup is just unbearable. For a coder and designer, speed is everything and the HDD is pathetic! Thankfully, I have a Samsung 850 Pro 250GB SSD that I could clone and use on this laptop. The performance boost is just phenomenal! Laptop now starts in less than 10 seconds, shutsdown in half the time and everything works amazing.
The fingerprint sensor doesn't do a good job when used with the included HDD because the HDD is the biggest bottleneck on this device. With an SSD, it works like my iPhone's fingerprint sensor.
Display - 7/10
Please note that I compare my laptop's display with a 99% RGBA monitor I use at home. The laptop display has decent viewing angles and good brightness for indoor usage but isn't great outdoors. The brightness could have been at least 50nits higher for my liking. As for color reproduction, it is decent at this price range though not spectacular for designers. Gaming looks good and the touchscreen works perfectly.
Afterthoughts
>The lid shuts tight thanks to two magnets inside the chassis and doesn't come undone when flipped over. I like the way the laptop feels solid with the lid closed, gives me the feeling that this will last a really long time.
> As for the connection ports, I don't really have much to say, placement of ports are good with USB 3.0 and type C ports to the left side and hence away from the mouse side (left handed users will suffer).
> Sound isn't something that I wish to comment on because no laptop speakers can ever match a good portable speaker. Nevertheless, they are loud and clear. The subwoofer on this isn't audible enough, so you won't really know it exists.
> Acer currently offers a single year warranty and as far as I can tell, they aren't easy to ask for an upgrade on the warranty.
Who Should Buy It?
> If you don't game for a living, but occasionally like gaming, this is a good choice.
> If you have a spare SSD to swap out with this particular model.
> If you want a powerful workstation that is light.
> If you can find this laptop at less than 60k in India.
Very Good
By Pradhumn Rajputon
everything was fine good quality product delivered .
Fabulous!
By Vijay Thalaivaon
i saw many reviews for this laptop. all of them say best productivity machine but lack in gaming. they are quite good because, it can't run some games in ultra settings but in high settings it will work fine. I tried gta v, assassin's creed syndicate they are all work in very high settings. but, make sure you have better ventilation for base part of laptop. because the laptop produce more heat when you play games. Touch is very good and trackpad also.
HIGHLIGHTS:
*Build quality
*Touch and best display for this price
*better Trackpad
Cons:
*poor thermal management (only in gaming session)