Last week, I ordered two Acer Nitro 5 gaming laptops to replace the rather underwhelming and malfunctioning CHUWI HeroBook Pro laptops that my older two received for their birthdays in November.
A comparison of the two machines:
| Component | CHUWI HeroBook Pro | Acer Nitro 5 |
| CPU | Intel Gemini Lake N4000 | AMD Ryzen 5 4600H |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 upgraded to 32 GB DDR4 |
| GPU | Integrated | GeForce GTX 1650 |
| HDD | 256 GB SSD | 512 GB SSD |
| Screen | 14″ Full HD 1920 × 1080 59Hz | 15.6″ Full HD 1920 × 1080 144Hz |
| Battery | 38Wh | 58Wh |
I upgraded the RAM from the 8GB that it came with, and see that it has space for a couple of hard drive upgrades. Very impressive.
As far as performance goes. The Nitro 5 boots to Windows 10 in about 10 seconds. Reuben reports that his old laptop used to draw 8 blocks in Minecraft for Windows 10, the Nitro 5 draws 56. That’s quite a boost!
I’m impressed.
