Acer's new Aspire gaming laptops are solid but not spectacular

Acer's branding could use a little help.

Before the official kick-off of CES 2017, Acer is squeezing in a few gaming-oriented PC announcements with new entrants into their Aspire series. Acer's Aspire line is something of a muddled mess, ranging from the new gamer-centric high-powered 17-inch Aspire V Nitro Black Edition to the thin-and-light Aspire S7. But don't let the branding confuse you — the newest Aspire entries are built for mobile gamers.

Acer Aspire V Nitro Black Edition

That name. Perhaps it's deserving of a long name, given the laundry list of components you'll find under the black aluminum hood. These are gaming laptops, after all, so what's inside matters. You'll get up to a 7th-generation Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, your choice of NVIDIA GTX 1050 or 1060 GPU, factory-configurable RAM up to 16GB that you can upgrade on your own later to 32GB, and a PCIe SSD paired with a spacious 2TB HDD.

All of that's built into a similar body from the older Aspire V Nitro laptops, though there have been some changes to accommodate modern connectivity. In addition to a quartet of full-size USB ports, HDMI, and Ethernet, the new V Nitro laptops also sport USB-C Thunderbolt 3. They're also packing Windows Hello-compatible touch fingerprint sensors.

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