We've been saying it for weeks, but it really is Black Friday, and there's an awesome sale on an Acer gaming laptop that's more powerful than any of its competition at this price point right now, thanks to this huge Amazon discount.
That's because Amazon has slashed the price of this Acer Nitro V 15 gaming laptop to just £799.99, down from as high as £1,049.99 just a few weeks ago. It's the lowest this particular model has ever been on Amazon, according to Camelcamelcamel data, and it's the cheapest you'll find an RTX 5060 laptop in the UK right now.
This laptop has almost the same specs to the Acer Nitro V 15 we reviewed last year. Crucially, our model featured an RTX 4060 and only 512GB of SSD storage, along with a display that only has a 144Hz refresh rate. That means we can't really share gaming performance stats from our review, but the design and build quality will be the same.
The Nitro V 15 has a pretty understated design, but that doesn't mean it feels cheap. The plastic it uses is sturdy, and you aren't sacrificing ports for price, with plenty of Ethernet, USB-C, and USB-A connections on hand. The specs are pretty handy, with a 10-core Intel Core i7-13620H CPU, 1GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB Gen 4 SSD — no compromises to be found there, which isn't always a given on a budget-conscious laptop.
You've got decent options to upgrade this ANV15-51 model, too, with two DDR5 SODIMM RAM slots that you can upgrade to 32GB from the supplied 16GB. It also has two fully-sized M.2 2280 SSD slots included, so you can easily add extra storage, as well as replace the battery, should you need to.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 laptop GPU will be a solid upgrade over the RTX 4060 we tested, with 3,840 CUDA cores and 8GB of VRAM, using much faster GDDR7 VRAM memory modules. This latest-gen Nvidia GPU also unlocks DLSS 4, meaning you can use multi-frame gen in games that support it to boost frame rates even further.
8GB of VRAM is fine for 1080p gaming, which matches the resolution of this laptop's 15.6-inch IPS display. A boost to a 165Hz refresh rate, meanwhile, will ensure you have smooth motion in any fast-paced games you play.
Ultimately, a discounted £799.99 Black Friday sale price is an absolute steal for a gaming laptop that can hit high frame rates in modern games at 1080p. If you're a gamer with a strict Black Friday budget to spend, you can't go wrong with a laptop like this one, so grab one before it sells out.
If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.
