Acer Unveils New Nitro 50 Series Gaming Desktop PCs: Affordable Gaming
by Joe Shields on May 24, 2018 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
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- Acer
- Predator
- GTX 1070
- Core 8th Gen
- Radeon RX 500
- Nitro 50
This week Acer has also announced their new Nitro 50 Series gaming desktop PCs, further expanding its Nitro product family. Acer says that they created the Nitro 50 Series for those seeking the processing power and capabilities only a desktop PC can offer. They will be powered by 8th Gen Intel Core processors, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10 series or AMD Radeon RX5xx series video cards for solid gaming performance and other graphics-intensive tasks.
The new Nitro series 50 desktops are enclosed in a black chassis with the vents and IO area on the front in red. Below the Acer name up top, there is a “V” shaped LED light bar adding additional visual cues and separating itself a bit from the more mundane looking desktops, yet not outlandish. That chassis measures a small 6.4” x 13.7” x 13.3” taking up less space than many gaming desktops.
Specification-wise, the Nitro 50 supports 8th Gen Intel Core processors ranging from a quad-core i3-8100 (3.6 GHz), a hex-core i5+ 8400 (2.8 GHz / 4 GHz Turbo), up to a 6 core, 12 thread i7+ 8700 (3.2 GHz / 4.6 GHz Turbo). Memory support is up to 64 GB of Dual-channel DDR4-2666 Memory as well as Intel Optane Memory support. Graphics options are from both sides of the fence with the Nitro 50 offering options from NVIDIA as well as AMD. From team Green options include the GTX 1050, 1050 Ti, 1060, up to the GTX 1070, while AMD has one option an RX 580X. The lower-end NVIDIA GPUs may struggle driving a high refresh rate monitor, but from the 1060 on up it should have few issues keeping the frame rates high.
On the storage side of the house, like the Predator Orion series, drive options are up to a 3TB 3.5-inch HDD and up to a 512GB PCIe NVMe based M.2 SSD. The Nitro 50 sticks with Creative audio and uses the Creative Sound BlasterX 360° audio engine and software. Networking duties are handled by a Realtek RTLE811AS GbE (Dragon LAN) found in the Orion 3000 series. It also includes 802.11ac 2Tx2R Wi-Fi along with Bluetooth 5.0.
The Acer Nitro 50 gaming desktops will be available in North America in June starting at $799; EMEA in May starting at €999; in China in July starting at ¥5999.
| Acer Predator Orion 3000 and 5000 Series Gaming Desktops | |||
| Nitro 50 | |||
| CPU | i7+ 8700 - (6C/12T, 4.6 Ghz Turbo) i5+ 8400 - (6C/6T, 4 GHz Turbo) i3-8100 - (4C/4T, 3.6 GHz) |
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| Memory | Up to 64GB Dual-Channel DDR4-2666 Supports up to 32GB Intel Optane Memory |
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| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 1060, 1050 Ti, 1050 AMD Radeon RX580X |
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| Storage | Up to 3TB 3.5" HDD Up to 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD |
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| Audio | Creative Sound BlasterX 360° | ||
| Networking | Realtek RTL8118AS GbE 802.11ac, 2Tx2R with Bluetooth 5.0 |
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| Expansion | 1 x PCIe x16 slots 1 x PCIe x1 slots 1 x M.2 2280 PCIe x4 1 x M.2 2230 (WLAN) |
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| Dimensions (WxDxH) |
6.4" x 13.7" x 13.3" | ||
| Price (Starting) | $799 / €999 / ¥5999 | ||
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ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
I like to know how much memory is in the computer I'm thinking of purchasing....Not how much I could install later
ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Clarification neededIs the Ram listing for how much is sold with the computer or how much I can buy later ???
HStewart - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
I would blame the article - from what I could see on site - the site does not specified starting ramHowever for you AMD Fanboy's - you can get a Ryzen if you want one.
eva02langley - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
This is seriously your reply?HStewart - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Go look at site for yourself - they didn't mention how much Ram it is - probably 8G but that is guess.ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
If you want us to go elsewhere for the Info, it could just be >
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SilthDraeth - Sunday, May 27, 2018 - link
The guy you are having a conversation with didn't write the article.ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
It's not just the RamCan ANYONE tell me why $799 is a good starting price?
Does the Author know for a FACT that $799 is an "affordable" price ?
Please explain!
Why is that number even on the page ?
Is that for internal graphics or a 1050?
Zero Ram or what?
Is it a cardboard box and a keyboard?
Why not say prices start at $0 because at least I know what I'm getting at that price
ಬುಲ್ವಿಂಕಲ್ ಜೆ ಮೂಸ್ - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
Starting Price is $799 with how much Ram?64KB? / 4GB? / 8GB? / 16GB? / other?
DanNeely - Thursday, May 24, 2018 - link
There's nothing wrong with a midsized SSD + HDD combo in a larger desktop, but topping out at a tiny 3TB size is rather sad. They should go up to at least 6/8TB; maybe higher but above that prices start getting really high.