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Acer Nitro V 16S, WUXGA, Core Ultra 5-210H, 16GB RAM 1TB SSD RTX5060 8GB $1,298 (Save $600) + Delivery / $0 C&C @ Harvey Norman

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Acer Nitro V 16S, WUXGA, Core Ultra 5-210H, 16GB RAM 1TB SSD RTX5060 8GB $1,298 (Save $600) + Delivery / $0 C&C @ Harvey Norman
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Acer Nitro V 16S Gaming Laptop – $1,298 (Save $600)
16-inch display | Intel Core 5-210H | 16GB RAM | 1TB SSD | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
Solid deal on the Acer Nitro V 16S gaming laptop, down to $1,298 (save $600 off RRP).
Key specs include a 16-inch display, Intel Core 5-210H processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, and RTX 5060 8GB GPU, making it suitable for modern gaming, school, and everyday performance tasks.

https://www.acer.com/au-en/laptops/nitro/nitro-v-16s-intel
16" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 16:10 ComfyView (Matte) 180 Hz, IPS
Core Ultra 5 210H
16GB DDR5 x1 Single Channel
1TB PCI Express NVMe 5.0
1x USB 3.2 (Type A, Gen1), 1x USB4 (Type-C), 2x USB 3.2 (Type A, Gen 2), HDMI 2.1, RJ45, 1x 3.5mm headphone/speaker

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  • kingmoron on 21/12/2025 - 12:07
    +23

    Dont worry about upgrading ram, you can't afford it

    • Jamessaba on 21/12/2025 - 13:14
      +1

      Didn't get it

      • dts88 on 21/12/2025 - 13:30
        +3

        Sodimm ddr5 price kills you

        • SarcasticEmu on 21/12/2025 - 13:57
          +2

          Huh! Jokes on you! I'm dead inside.

        • vid_ghost on 21/12/2025 - 14:21
          +2

          All your ddr5 belongs to us (AI response)

      • kingmoron on 21/12/2025 - 22:15
        +1

        RAM prices are stupid right now because of AI

        This is the deeper, unspoken part of the joke:

        AI workloads consume enormous amounts of RAM

        Data centres are buying:

        128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB+ per machine

        Memory manufacturers prioritise these high-margin AI/server orders

        Consumer RAM gets less supply → prices stay higher than they should

        So when someone says:

        “You can’t afford to upgrade the RAM”

        what they really mean is:

        “AI companies bought it all, and what’s left costs a fortune.”

        • Sinnerator on 22/12/2025 - 07:57

          You do realise that ram manufacturers have been busted by govts many times previously for price collusion?
          You do realise that if they want to, they can ramp up supply?
          You do realise that this price increase is a BS scam to rip people off, this time using AI as the scapegoat?

          • AaronRain on 22/12/2025 - 11:59

            @Sinnerator: RAM trying to be the next Diamond.

          • Franc-T on 02/01/2026 - 08:26
            +1

            @Sinnerator: Whilst that is true to some extent, OpenAI did make two massive orders of memory constraining supply and are 100% the reason for hte current short term price hike. Of course it will become long term like everything else

    • cobknob on 21/12/2025 - 13:17
      +3

      I came for the memory, but forget it!

  • Mnke on 21/12/2025 - 12:23
    +9

    Just a warning that on the turbo mode on this laptop drains the battery while on the charger. Deal breaker? You decide.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IbB91AZ9wA

    • CodeXD on 21/12/2025 - 12:36
      +14

      drains the battery while on the charger

      Wow that's crazy they made a device that still drains when plugged in

      • DangerNoodle on 21/12/2025 - 13:59
        +2

        It's not that uncommon with the Intel laptop CPUs. The power supply is a 135w, GPU is 85w and CPU typical power is 45w, which is 130w combined and is usually fine.

        But the Intel CPU at full boost can pull 115w, so the combined 200w draw will exceed the power supply's 135w if it doesnt throttle first. Most will disable the CPU turbo if they don't need it.

        • cobber888 on 21/12/2025 - 14:21

          can you cap cpu power on these? they usually are way to overclocked

          • yupyup on 21/12/2025 - 17:20
            +1

            @cobber888: you can effectively limit intel cpu power via setting Efficient Enabled and max boost clocks, which i just did to great effect on my 10300h 3060 nitro

          • DangerNoodle on 21/12/2025 - 22:02
            +1

            @cobber888: follow yup yup's link. You can set the boost levels in the power plan (may require the registry adjustment), otherwise there are programs you can use if you want to fine tune it to the watt. If you're lucky, the laptop will let you adjust the boost wattage in the BIOS but this is usually locked out.

  • Mr Simple on 21/12/2025 - 13:05

    If someone has a $1500 budget, should they get this and pocket the change? Or aim for something a little bit better?

    • pw2002au on 21/12/2025 - 13:11
      +2

      Personal opinion - You aren't going to get much better (5070 next step up) for $1500 unless lucky. The 210h processor is pretty well matched with the mobile 5060 limitations.

      AI and others may tell you differently. If I was in the market I would get it without knowing what's coming up in the next few days. Obviously this being HN will that's a negative ;)

      Thanksb@mnke for the link above. Good review.

      • Lukian on 21/12/2025 - 17:18

        Officeworks recently cleared MSI Pulse 16 AI 32GB, 1TB, RTX 4070 (115W) for $1,597. As per comments below, fans are noisy under load, but gaming headset helps mitigate the issue. RTX 4070 mobile is 14-24% faster depending on the game. If you're gaming on battery though, the 5060 is much more efficient.

    • Pacify on 21/12/2025 - 13:17
      +2

      My old nitro is still alive, but its thermal design was always pretty awful - I don't know if they have significantly improved it.

      My lenovo is just designed so much better when it comes to cooling

      • bboT on 21/12/2025 - 14:31

        Agree, same here.

      • Sapper50 on 21/12/2025 - 15:08

        My biggest gripe about my MSI is the poor thermals and sounds like a jet taking off.
        My other is a legion. It's so well designed and great thermals.

      • yupyup on 21/12/2025 - 17:15

        i have a 10300h 3060 nitro, for first year it didn't thermal throttle at all and was getting 95W to the gpu all the time. at some point after that, maybe only recently as i wasn't paying close attention, started to throttle and get max 80W to the gpu after 15mins of intensive games. i have a vented dryer near my office and haven't done a fan clean so that will be part of it, so that plus apparently can ultimately be fixed by fan clean and repasting cpu/gpu, most suggest Honeywell PTM7950.

        but also i have found that the cpu going to max boost unnecessarily was a major heat generator, i used this thread to limit the amount of CPU boost, works effectively similar to a CPU power limit, dropped the heat by about 5*C plus, stopped thermal throttling, got gpu back to 95W :) that plus doing a proper overclock to get higher fps at the same voltage levels and effectively reduce more heat, which i had gotten lazy with but really should be priority number 1 for any gaming laptop owner

  • dts88 on 21/12/2025 - 13:34

    Still hold the previous model (rtx4060).

    Ryzen 7 8845hs kills this CPU essily

    • Franc-T on 02/01/2026 - 09:53

      I have same model as you, AMD cpu does rock though I preferred my previous 3070 nitro in hindsight was more of a sidegrade than an upgrade

  • Sage222 on 21/12/2025 - 13:41

    Bargain!

  • Sage222 on 21/12/2025 - 13:45

    Anyone know if the screen is any good?

    • dqtl74 on 21/12/2025 - 13:52
      +1

      I bought this laptop last week from Officeworks (but with a Ryzen CPU instead of Intel).

      The screen is excellent imo. Plenty bright and no issues with daylight visibility on 50% brightness.

      My only grip is that it's not G-SYNC compatible.

    • AssociatedHardlyNormal @ Harvey Norman on 21/12/2025 - 21:19

      screen is great

  • jpicko on 21/12/2025 - 14:19

    Thoughts on this one? Slightly smaller screen, but appears to be better specs:

    https://www.harveynorman.com.au/acer-nitro-v-15-15-6-inch-co…

    • Zenskas on 21/12/2025 - 14:25
      +1

      Not good value compared to this deal. That V 15 model looks worse spec - lower RTX 5050 GPU, DDR4 RAM, same SSD and CPU by the looks of it. Also has worse cooling with less vents and therefore probably less heatsink size. As such the GPU max power limit may be lower.

      Maybe the built in screen is a higher refresh rate as it's not listed on the V 16 model?

      EDIT: I just checked online and it should be 180hz - I'd spend the extra $100 on the V 16S in this deal for sure, it's the higher end model with better screen and better spec.

      • jpicko on 21/12/2025 - 14:33

        Thanks - just noticed the "$1,000 savings" vs the "$600 savings", figured it would be better.

    • AssociatedHardlyNormal @ Harvey Norman on 21/12/2025 - 21:19

      screen on the 15 is much worse

  • davidl222222 on 21/12/2025 - 17:31

    not sure if this one is better or the Officeworks deal better?

    https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/acer-nitro…

    • AssociatedHardlyNormal @ Harvey Norman on 21/12/2025 - 21:19

      We have the same model for same price, but i7

  • brenster56 on 21/12/2025 - 18:32

    Would of preferred if the laptop came with an i7 instead for this price. There are better laptops out there but I suppose this Nitro laptop isn't the worst overall by far.

    • AssociatedHardlyNormal @ Harvey Norman on 21/12/2025 - 21:20

      you can get i7/16 for $200 more or i7/32 for $400 more, worth it if you wanna future proof it and save yourself from RAM prices

  • penguinswillrise on 22/12/2025 - 09:50

    Man time flies. This was my daily driver in uni 10 years ago. 1080p, GTX960 for about the same price from MSY kingsford which is now gone.

  • ilovegoodnugz on 22/12/2025 - 13:27

    How does this compare to the Asus TUF gaming one on Black Friday?

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/936819

    • dqtl74 on 22/12/2025 - 14:02

      This has a newer CPU that delivers similar performance, more storage and a slightly higher refresh rate screen.

      This one also has a better GPU (5060 compared to 5050).

      • ilovegoodnugz on 22/12/2025 - 14:11

        How does acer nitro rate against Asus TUF?

        • dqtl74 on 22/12/2025 - 15:01

          I personally have no experience with Asus TUF laptops, but I have had other products from the TUF range which is considered their more budget range. They've all been fine but you can tell corners were cut.

          I suspect the same will be the case with the laptop. Fine but with some caveats.

          Having recently purchased the Nitro, I can tell you the following:

          • Keyboard definitely not as good as say Lenovo. Usable but the layout is a bit squashed and overall not as nice to use.
          • The construction feels a bit more flimsy than Lenovo or Dell. I'd definitely get a good laptop bag to transport it around.
          • Performance is very good for the price. If you can nab the 5060 that would be ideal but the 5050 is still very capable for this price range.
          • ilovegoodnugz on 22/12/2025 - 17:09

            @dqtl74: Ah I went to Harvey Norman and checked it out, outside of pure specs they build quality of the TUF F16 is way better than the nitro and it comes with a 240w power brick. Depends on use case I guess. Thanks!

  • zacsg1 on 25/12/2025 - 21:31

    So you now get 10% back in extra gift cards, is this still the best deal available for the specs?

    It's for my son to use at high school and I'll be getting it tomorrow.

    Merry Christmas!

    • Blizzard57 on 27/12/2025 - 15:05
      +1

      I got this laptop. Works for my needs as I will using this mostly docked. But I would be concerned about the battery life lasting for 8+ hours for a typical school day. With light browsing and document editing, real world usage is about 6-8 hours, but as soon as you increase the workload, the battery will last 4-6 hours and with intense gaming maybe 1-2. You could try to risk if there will be a powerpoint and on ECO mode but your milage may vary.

      • zacsg1 on 28/12/2025 - 14:00

        Thanks, got one.
        I'll probably just get a power bank worse case but it appears like he will only be using it max about 4 hours a day in school, at least this is for year 7.

  • Blizzard57 on 27/12/2025 - 15:05
    +1

    Bought one! works pretty well and the plastic doesn't feel as cheap as I thought it would be. With how expensive ram is, it would be pretty tough to beat this deal.

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