The Acer Nitro5 is half the price of most gaming laptops, but don't expect those savings to pay off 1> A cheap gaming laptop. 2> Slower than slow. 3> Unrelliable touchpad. 4> Poor build quality. A decent gaming laptop will set you back a petty penny, which is why its understandable that so many seek out a cheaper alternative.Acer is capable of making terrific kit for gamers, but the Nitro5 is a misstep, both as. a gaming machine and as a budget option.Its performance is lacking, the design is flawed and the touchpad is almost unusable. This particular model runs on a quad-core AMD Ryzen5 2500U CPU, a low-end processor with a base clock speed of 2GHz, along with a dedicated AMD RadeonRX 560X GPU with 4GB ofGDDR5 memory. The Nitro5 also includes Acer's own Nitro Sense software, which allows you to control the laptop"s fan speed, battery efficiency and overclock theCPU.Acer has attempted to brighten up the boring red colour scheme with a shimmering chevron pattern on the kid and palm rest areas, but there's no hiding behind its sub standard build materials. XmThe chassis is plasticky and feels rather cheap, and the bazels bordering the screen aren't flush with the rest of the device. Cosidering its gaming laptop credentials, the Nitro5 is lacking in ports. There aren't any connections on the back edge of the Nitro5 either, which is far from perfect if you 're trying to prevent cables clogging up your desk space.