That's unlikely to change the PCMark score, which would indicate general productivity isn't its strong suit. Its feature set suggests that it’s perfectly capable of handling tasks that require significant processing muscle. On each side of the front of the case are two black panels, the right side holds the power switch and front access ports.

Even as a last generation CPU, the Core i5's got a lot going for it with single core Cinebench R23 scores of 1,697, and multi core scores of 11,595. The Acer Nitro 50, used as a productivity machine, packs enough power to run most tasks, may it be media creation or video editing. Though that attitude isn't entirely baseless—the mid-range CPU/GPU combo can handle itself in a host of games at 1440p. NVMe™ technology, you're all set for blazing performance, complemented by two additional bays for 3. Whether you use your own computer or a company owned device, do not be slowed down by insufficient memory or storage.

The 3DMark Storage Benchmark furthers my concerns there, with only a passable 1,381 index score for the SSD, and just managing an abysmal 155 points for the HDD. Powered by the latest Intel ® Core™ 14th gen processors, NVIDIA ® GeForce RTX™ 40 Series graphics, it's tailored for unmatched performance. Its meticulously designed 18-liter chassis makes a statement, whether it's gracing your desk or settled on the floor. The Acer Nitro 50 packs a solid feature set designed for anyone starting to take PC gaming seriously. The bottom line here is that, while the Nitro is a nifty machine for gaming it's really been let down on the storage side.

It comes with Windows 11 Home pre-installed, and these specs are just what you’d need to run most productivity tasks when not gaming. If you work from home or are thinking of doing so in the future you need to have the right tools available to do your job as efficiently as possible. The former ties with the Dell G5, and the latter tails the HP Omen 30L, by a wide margin, but understandable considering it packs the high-end Nvidia RTX 3080 graphics card and Intel’s Core i9 processor. That RAM will give you a better chance when it comes to gaming too, and once you've spent the majority of your day installing your games on the HDD (ridiculous), the Nitro 50 does manage to pack a punch when it comes to gaming.Shape the audio to your personal tastes and track opponents as though you're standing there next to them. Bolstering a pretty miniscule 238GB PCIe SSD boot drive with an HDD (even a 1TB one) is, frankly, a mistake. Configure your gaming scenarios, keep a close watch on your system's performance, or unleash your fans for peak frame rates. This means that this rig performs especially well at 1080p, but 1440p might not be that fluent, and not all games are going to utilize all that 12GB RAM, after all.

But the Aida64 Extreme benchmark score of 41,015 shows the dual channel 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM can handle the stresses of multitasking pretty well. The biggest change in Ampere is in the Streaming Multiprocessor’s (SM) datapath, whereby, while the RTX 3060 has fewer SMs at 28 than the RTX 2060 with 30, its CUDA core count jumps to 3,584 on the RTX 3060 over its predecessor’s 1,920.It's not the worst we've seen and won't have your components melting, but it could certainly be better. In actual gaming benchmarks, the CPU saw 82fps averages in Hitman 3 Dartmoor—that's on ultra graphics settings at 1440p, with sim quality set to best.