I found an acer nitro 5 with 1440p display and an RTX 3070ti for a crazy price around ~1000$. It sounds too good to be true and I suspect aggressive corner cutting. Is it an actual crazy good deal? Should I buy it? Should I leave it and keep looking for ASUS deals?

Laptop in question: https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0C5R13NGB/?psc=1

  • Granixo
    23·
    1 year ago

    It’s Acer, what did you expect?

    If you want good cooling on a laptop, go with Asus or Dell.

    • Dandroid@dandroid.app
      2·
      1 year ago

      I can’t in conscience see a recommendation for Dell and not complain about my awful experiences with Dell computers. Though, to be fair, my bad experiences have always been related to running Linux on laptops or customizing desktops. Both have not been a good time.

      I love my Asus laptop, though. I have the 2021 ROG Zephyrus G15, and it slaps. Runs great on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

      • Granixo
        1·
        1 year ago

        Not worth it (at least to me).

        I personally am the kind of user that prefers a 768p display on his laptop (i know, really retro).

        But i just would rather invest on everything else.

        Ideally i would like Ryzen 5 + a 50-tier Nvidia GPU combo, a non-Realtek network chip, and of course, a good quality chasis (Acer does have good models when it comes to feel and shock resistance, but their cooling is always terrible.)