Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 & Upgrading the SSD: A Hands-On Review
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2023
- In this video we will take a look at the all new Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 with the 12th generation Intel CPU as well as an Nvidia RTX3070, we will perform a SSD upgrade to this Acer Nitro 5 AN-515
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Thanks a lot. I have this laptop and i got a SATA SSD. Also my laptop has 512 GB micron nvme ssd, so it is not enough at all. I started installing and all of a sudden, i realized there is nothing to connect the SSD. Thanks to you, i remembered there is cables in box 😂
Just bought it last week, i gotta say it is very worth it
Awesome video - I just bought the Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58 - with 1TB, and 16gb ram (came at a good price as i wanted a 4060 card) - and was worried about storage expansion. Your video has calmed my fears! Especially considering I've already filled up a third of my SSD already on games xD
Mine is i5 12th gen variant, I hope you have a vid on how to remove the fans for cleanin i would appreciate it sir.
I just got the i5 version today and am pretty happy, was testing things out and turned the fans up to max and I thought this thing was going to take off like a drone, really impressed with acer on these even though my last gaming laptop was in like 2015 lol
dude an515 58 51ab model? please tell me what slot available?
dude an515 58 51ab model? please tell me what slot available?
Lmao I thought the same
Great video! This helped me install my own ram upgrade and SSD into my Acer Nitro 5 AN515-58.
I got a question though I installed a 2nd SSD but it bends a little. Am I missing something or should I loosen the screw a bit?
I personally would leave it tight, the bend should not affect it. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you bro i loved this video
amazing video thanks so much Will :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video! Sp, I have this gaming laptop in my cart. Comes with 16gb of RAM and the 512GB Gen 4 SSD.
I also have an external 2TB to install my games on.
How will this handle games like Spiderman? Undisputed boxing game? Call of Duty? Forza, etc?
Based on my knowledge, it should do WELL.
I also have an LG C1 I plan on hookin' it up to with the 2.1 HDMI ports.
Hello sir i have same laptop but different specs my laptop cpu tempr goes over 70 in normal uses is this a problem?
Very helpful! I got my first Nitro 5 so this helps a lot. :)
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Thanks for subscribing !!
How issit so far?
@@SyukriJuperi Its a very nice laptop, but keep it cool because the plastic material isnt that strong.
I also reinstalled windows and got an extra hour of battery life.
my acer Nitro 5 is the Nitro AN515-58-57QW, is it able to use the same ssd that you used?
Both ssd slots are nvme ?
Is there a difference in which PCIE M2 slot to insert a high-speed SSD? Simply, M2#1 is called PCIE, but M2#2 is called PCIE/SATA. Won't the M2#2 slot have a lower SSD speed?
I really want to put an SSD in my PC. Glad I found this. 😊
Enjoy!
I bought 2 16 GB of ram is there any special set up needed or is it plug in and it's good?
Hi, can i use HDD 2.5 Instead of SSD for additional Storage?
I found ddr5 in mine so I should look for compatible ddr5 ram right?
How to take off the back part
How was it? I am think to buy this laptop, the i5 12500H and 3060 one
Hello. My second ssd slot is capped at 4.0 x2. Can you explain why? The Laptop Specs is Acer Nitro 5 AN515-46 Ryzen 7 6800H RTX 3060 GPU
it is not reading my new ssd, what to do?
They were selling this model in India with a slightly better 3070ti GPU and a somewhat slower processor , the 12650h , also they cut corners with storage and halved it to 1tb but i guess it works as it all came to around a 1250$ package which is still pretty decent. The display was the same 1440p with 15.6 inches.
can someone tell which screwdriver size to get for opening the screws?
You’ll need a precision Phillips #00 or #000.
Hi, where can I change the options so I have 2 separate drives (one for system and the other for the rest of stuff)? Thank you for the video.
Unfortunately acer does not provide this option inside the bios, my workaround is to use 2 separate sized ssd’s then the system will default to separating and breaking the RAID. Thanks for watching.
I am reading this laptop can take 64GB max ram and is also compatiable with DDR5 via a BIOS update
Is it possible to put a bigger battery in this like the one that's in the predator It looks like there should be room if you're not using the hard drive
No.
Will an m.2 sata work in the additional slot? Also when i disable vmd i get a recurring BSOD
It should!
When buying another ram stick to upgrade, what ram specs do we look for to match the existing ram stick installed in the acer nitro 5?
Just match the specs in the description of your existing ram, you can google it.
I bought a nvme se 1t ssd for my nitro, but it doesn't recognize it at all. how to solve?
The same happened to me! I did everything and doesn’t work… I’m really sad with that, notebook don’t even recognize SSD at BIOS (I tried with my WD SN570 blue).
My acee nitro 5 rtx 4050 one suddenly stopped charging. Any idea or solution.
I'm really worried 😢😢
One day I plugged in the charger and charging suddenly stopped working and when I now plug in the charger the charging light blinks once as soon as i plugged it and then goes off
Might be the power brick, try getting a replacement on Amazon.
Can you tell me if the rear type c output outputs video
It does
Thanks for the video!! I don't have the screws to secure the SSD, where could I get them?
Amazon
Tech noob here, are there some sort of requirement like what brand of SSD should I be using for this specific laptop/model in terms of compatibility? Or the links that you provided are the only SSD's that are compatible with it? Thanks in advance man.
No ,any gen4 will work
good video, just one question; A few days ago I bought the one with an i5 and the RTX 2050, it came with 8 GB of ddr5 ram but when I put another 8 GB ddr5 stick on it it doesn't boot, I don't know if I have to change to ddr4 to accept the 16 GB?
Ram has to match, try swapping slots sometimes this works and sometimes it takes 30 seconds or more to POST.
Idont know how to open it
Sir can u help me why about section showing 2.5Ghz instead of 4.5Ghz.
As i order nitro5 12th gen i5 ???
Please reply
What model CPU? CPUs have a base clock and a boost clock.
hello, is there a limit to the amount of storage i can upgrade it per slot and the max total storage
There is a limit but they don’t make drives large enough for this limit so you’re ok.
Man I wish I had the money.
Hello I have recently bought a 16gb ram stick of Amazon the Corsair vengeance sodimm and I wanted to know if it would fit into my acre nitro 5 could you help?
Try it!
hello bro, can i ask? i have the acer nitro 5 an515-58 i9, can i use ssd samsung 980 pro with heatsink for it?
Yes you can.
What the maximum amount of storage you can do in this laptop ,can the 1tb nvme m.2 be extended to 2tb each and a 2tb 2.5inch ssd so a total of 6tb ,is this possible
You can do 2x 4TB in theory.
So what if someone put a Samsung Evo 4 tb SSD and then 2x 2tb m.2 with heatsinks ..so in theory that would be okay
I got a Acer nitro 5 RTX 3060 i7 12th gen but it only has 1 8GB RAM, do you know anywhere I could get 8GB DDR4 3200MHz Ram for cheap to Singapore? I'm having trouble finding them
Amazon too expensive?
I got a question is it even possible to upgrade the cpu and graphics on this laptop
Nope!
hi! so i have this same model as you, recently i bought new SSD (ADATA Legend 710) for my 2nd SSD slot, when i install it, my laptop didn't detect the SSD, Disk management also didn't detect my SSD, but my BIOS detect the SSD. can help?
I had the same issue, you need to contact acer and have them ship you a usb recovery drive which will contain the storage drivers necessary to reinstall windows.
Does this happen to all when upgrading
Does it support a 2TB m.2 SSD in each slot? I read somewhere that it only supports 1TB in each slot
You can put whatever size you want :)
Do you need to unplug the battery if you install a m2 ssd?
You should always unplug the battery regardless of what you are doing. It is easy to short out
Hello! I really appreciate this video! I just have 1 question, the one I bought came just with 1 SSD 500gb if I want to add the second one of 1 TB that I bought should I also install again windows or do anything in particular? I am not removing anything just adding a new one
If you install a second drive you can keep the 500gb as a primary drive which will have windows or you can reinstall windows on the second drive or thirdly clone over the data to the new drive. You have a few options… thanks for watching
Thank you very much!@@305TechOfficial
What is the pre-installed ssd generation?
Nvme gen 3 or 4 ?
4
Hello, if I open the laptop and add a ssd card, will the warranty from Acer be invalidated?
If not My laptop has a 512 ssd card, can I add a 1tb ssd while keeping the 512 ssd card?
Or it must be the same as the previously existing 512 ssd
If you’re not going to do raid, you can have different size SSDs. This shouldn’t void warranty.
I lost the cable for mine and I want to install a 2.5 inch drive. Does anyone know where I can get one? Please PM me
Acer told me once you lose it can’t be replaced. It’s unique to each laptop
hey i wanna ask you, i want to add ssd wich is available slot in this laptop. should i add ssd nvme gen 3 or gen 4 for this type of laptop? thankyou and sorry for my bad english
Gen 4.
@@305TechOfficial
okay, thanks for the advice, if I add a Gen 3 SSD, will it affect the read and write speed of the main SSD?
Is it safe not unplugging the battery first before upgrading it?
You don't have to plug out the battery since you're just upgrading your Ram and ssd
Hi, i see in your laptop massive cooling system, do you know in acer nitro 5 2022 12500H+rtx3060 same cooling syster or smaller? I see some acer nitro 5 2022 with small CS, i think its 3050 configuration, am im wrong?
I think it’s a smaller system.
@@305TechOfficial i checked its same, but 3050 version smaller
Both M.2 slots has 2280 form factor right?
Probably yes
Do you think there would be a noticeable difference by installing 32 GB of RAM instead of 16? I have an i9 processor and the 4060 as a video card
Depends on your workload , speed no.
Would it be possible to install a Samsung 990 Pro with Heatsink?
Yes with low profile heatsink
Hi, I have the same laptop.Does this laptop support 2 tb ssd on both m2 and sata making its storage total of 5 tb?
Yes it will!
What is the max drive capacity it can fit in the second slot? Will 4tb work?@@305TechOfficial
Nice review. I bought this version:
ACER NITRO 5 AN515-58-56BL - 15.6 inch - Intel Core i5 - 16 GB - 512 GB - RTX 3060
Could you tell me if it hase the option for the old style sata ssd?
Nvme drives, the new ones. Thanks for stopping by
what is the limit gb fpr ssd and hdd?
There is no limit.
hows the keyboard? is it tactile?
It’s great !
hi, so..does i5 12500h version supports 2tb ssd units?
Yes it does.
Can I install a 4tb SSD on the 2nd slot ?
Yes.
Hey i have acer nitro with i7 12650h 3070ti.....and the thermals are really bad its touching 100⁰ C what should i do
Normally you would add a heat sink. In your case all you can do is add thermal tape. Likely .5mm. Hopefully the backplate has a metal shield on the inside (I think it does) to conduct the heat away via the thermal tape, as that is why they had heat tape on the single chip of each M.2 drive.
@@Rufnek2014okay and whats your thoughts on liquid metal
Hello sir, I have the same laptop with the i7 version and there is a 512 GB NVME Gen 4 SSD built into the laptop, I have also added another 512 GB HDD (I know this is a shame but the HDD is from my old laptop 😅) in the SATA slot So, can I add a 2TB NVME Gen 4 SSD in the second remaining slot? Is there an impact if SSD slots 1 and 2 are different in size?. The problem is my storage is already in the red and I intend to just add 2 TB (if possible) 😅
No impact, just more drives :) enjoy!
@305TechOfficial but sir, I read comments saying that the SSD is not detected and you have the same problem, but when people ask "can it be added to 2 TB?" You answered "can". Now I want to ask whether your warranty is void when you say you have to contact Acer service to send USB recovery?
bought i5 12th gen varient while i try to play games. Games just crashes after sometime any idea how to fix?
Update all the driver ls including Nvidia
Hi! I have the same issue and same configuration, didn’t really fix it but I found that when you turn on performance mode for fans, it doesn’t crash, so that’s probably overheating.
I love this laptop fr. I had an Asus the newest and best I had the a few others and I just love the Acer nitro 5 4050. Laptop is so great I've had no problems at all playing any game, streaming, uploading content, downloading. And u can upgrade so many things I love it. I'll always have one now
Glad you love your nitro!
yoo, I have nitro 5 rtx 3060 i5-12500h if i wanna upgrade ram from 16gb to 32gb i have to buy 2x16 or 1x16 cause that ram i have it
Depends what ram it brings, just open it really quick and check.
Does this support 64gb ram installation
It does.
Hi great video! I noticed that you still have the DDR4 on your Nitro 5, but mine already has DDr5 but only 8GB and single 512GB ssd. Do you think we have the same internals? I mean how much can I add on RAM and storage? Mine is AN515-58-73V6 i7 12th gen 4060
Make sure you match the ram speed, then you should be ok
did this is laptop can run ssd 2 tb per slot sir?
Yes
@@305TechOfficial ok thanks sir
It comes with an 8GB ddr5 by default, so I don't see why it doesn't work when you put another stick with the same specs on it :(
Some ram isn’t compatible, use the ones on my Amazon links they work.
Can i upgrade cpu?
No.
can this laptop run ddr 5 type ram?
No
Hi I have this acer nitro 5 with rtx 4050 and this have one 16gb of ddr5 4800mhz ram, can I remove this and add 2 5200 mhz? 🤔
maybe 4800mhz is the max with this laptop
😢@@sylverstone7039
I did 2x32 ddr5 sodimm 4800mhz and it works fine
Thanks, now i know that i HAVE a second nvme slot lol
Odd, the AN515-58 I have only has one 500gb M.2 SSD installed.
Easy upgrade :)
Can this laptop be upgraded to ddr5 ram
Mine came with ddr5s
Can the RAM be upgraded to DDR5?
No you cant , sorry.
Did you undervolting your CPU and how? I can't do this because advanced bios is locked...
Bios is locked, can’t do anything
Thanks for telling me . Now I have 3TB memory 🤣 one for bios , and 2 for games 🤣🤣
Can the ram be upgraded to 64gb?
Yes
@@305TechOfficial most of the benchmark review of this laptop show the multicore score in cinebench r23 to reach atleast Or above 14k and timespy score of 11k above. My unit barely touches 12k sometimes in cinbench and is always under 10k in timespy with max fan and even in performance mode of nitrosense. This is making me question if I should refund as I brought this model few days ago.
3060 4Gb or "6Gb" ? 1.25L in India
3060 is 6gb in laptops and 12gb for external gpus
2280 or 2242?
2280
Okay, but why didn't mention that?
first of all, you need to remove the plastic panel behind the screen (if you will skip this step this is going to be a pain to remove the bottom panel)
secondly, why the hell on earth do you never disassemble the battery? never ever do anything inside the laptop with a plagued in battery. one wrong move with a screwdriver and you may kill your motherboard. especially, when you making an upgrade installing ram/hdd/ssd.
Never had issues with mine
Acabo de retractarme de mi dicho, Acer tiene pésimo sistema de refrigeración en las nitro 5, pero con este modelo se ve que le pusieron más atención
Si, mejoraron bastante.
you really should at the very least unplug the battery when doing stuff like this; wearing latex gloves is advised too i guess
you can short components (motherboard for instance) though by not unplugging the battery... drop something on the board like a screw (happened to someone i know), ram stick or in your case, an ssd drive and you can really fuck something up
accidents happen and in this case, it's something that is so easily avoidable by literally just unplugging a cable
I’ve never shorted anything in my 20+years doing this.
@@305TechOfficial there's a first time for everything
Ram capacity of an515-55
32GB
Another one...why the frk are you not installing thermal tape. It is absolutely required to ensure the drive doesn't throttle. It is why they had thermal tape on the old drive, but now you have more chips to cool. Also, no one should be buying double sided m.2 drives for installs like this as you will never cool the other side. o.O
Thanks for watching and commenting!
can I replace my ram sticks with a 4200 mhz ram sticks..?
or I'll have too stick with the stock 3200 mhz onlly..?
So many Sticks( LMAO )
Bios doesn’t give you the option to over clock memory so it would be wasteful.
@@305TechOfficial ops...okay thanks!!
Give me your old ssd
I bought this laptop for school 💀
Bro is it good so far???. I am buying soon
@@jaihari8616 it has decent performance but terrible battery life
@jaihari8616 just get it my laptop has gone thru hell and even caried me thru online school and still hasent died
@@rice_man5358 bought it bro 🙌🙌🫡🫡
@@rice_man5358 bro mine dies in 2 hours
How is the build quality? Is it all plastic?
Build quality is the same as other Acer Models, I think it’s OK and it reflects on the weight of the laptop.
@@305TechOfficial Its all plastic?
@@ahmedzain5720 yes but plastic quality is good
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