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When upgrading to an OLED, there's going to be more than just improvements with colors and black levels. This monitor features a 240Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time, and support for AMD's FreeSync Premium technology. This monitor is perfect for movies and games, but can be used for the basics as well. The port selection is also pretty good, with two HDMI and two DisplayPort. That means, in addition to your PC, you can also connect to other devices, like a game console or a streaming media stick. Despite its lower price, Acer provides a warranty of up to 3 years. This warranty covers any d

The Acer Nitro 65 model I'm reviewing, with Ryzen 9 9900X CPU, RTX 5070 GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD, costs $2,304.99 regularly at Best Buy, although it seems to enjoy frequent sales that drop it closer to $2,100 or less. I'm always curious to see how that compares to building your own system, so I went ahead and put something together using the same (or as similar as possible) components. I used a $150 HYTE X50 case (because it's awesome), a $120 motherboard, and left about $200 to $300 for a 1TB SSD. That comes out to $350 to $450 on top of the $1,611 cost at PCPartPicker. Add some RGB case

Acer is definitely making money on the Nitro 65, but as I laid out above, the margin isn't as big as some might expect. So, where are the corners being cut to make up the difference? The first thing that stands out to me is the no-name PSU. It's non-modular, making it harder to upgrade, and it's tough to judge what sort of quality it is. Acer lists it as 850W 80+ Gold, which just means it's fairly energy efficient and has plenty of power for the installed hardware and for future upgrades. Its actual durability remains questionable. If I were buying this PC, I'd definitely replace the PSU with

I'm focusing less on performance here since the PC uses standard components. The RTX 5070 and the Ryzen 9 9900X perform just like they should. Here are some benchmarks so you can see how the hardware compares to other stuff we've recently tested. Note that I've included two Ryzen 9 9900X scores in one graph. The higher score comes from testing we did on an open test bench using an NZXT Kraken AiO liquid cooler. That could explain some of the multi-core performance difference. Image 1 of 4 As for the Lexar GPU, it reached 6,052MB/s read and 5,063MB/s write speeds in my testing. These aren't the