Acer Aspire 5 A517-53G 17.3 Inch Laptop - (Intel Core i7-1260P, 16GB, 512GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050, Full HD Display, Windows 11, Iron)

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Two downward-firing speakers on the front bottom of the chassis provide audio that doesn’t get very loud and, even so, has some distortion when turned all the way up.

What's more, as tested this is the 14-inch Acer Aspire 5 A514-52-582Y model (15-inch models and variants running AMD processors are also available), so despite the mediocre screen to body ratio this remains a pretty portable device. This will be included within your account minimum payment request every month and cannot be repaid using Take 3. However, our battery test, which loops a local video file until the battery gives out, reported only six hours and 35 minutes of endurance. Featuring an all new interface, improved Start menu and multi-tasking tools to enhance your productivity, Windows 11 is almost here. This provides a pixel density of 130 ppi, which is sufficient to only be able to identify individual pixels when looking very closely.screen-to-body ratio and Acer Colour Intelligence and Acer BlueLightShield for dynamic colour optimization and viewing comfort.

Thanks to the large bezels and 16:9 display aspect ratio, the Aspire 5 is wider than many 15-inch laptops. The Acer Aspire 5 pairs an Intel Core i5-1135G7 processor with 8GB of RAM and a PCIe solid state drive. I used the Acer Aspire 5 extensively for several days and each day pegged endurance at six to seven hours. The device shows a clear difference and achieves a significantly higher score compared to the cheaper and inferiorly equipped Acer Aspire 3 A317-51G-72MD 17.PCMark 10, a general productivity benchmark, starts the Aspire 5 off on the wrong foot with an unimpressive score of 3,902. In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 24 °C / 75 F, compared to the device average of 29. This environmentally-friendly material gives you a sleek, glass-like tactile texture as your fingers scroll across the touchpad. I have been fascinated by technology for around 25 years – especially technology that makes life easier rather than more complicated.

Check out the brand's awesome gamer laptops with lightning-fast processors and pin-sharp graphics and get ready to lose yourself in your favourite virtual world.According to my colorimeter, Acer dropped the display from the last version and sourced a much better panel.

The backlit keys are easy to read and pleasantly large, which makes for a comfortable typing feel and speed. The device survived our standard stress test, in which the tools Prime95 and FurMark run for at least an hour, without any problems. New Max-Q technologies also utilize AI to enable thin, high performance laptops that are faster and better than ever. Step up your game with an NVIDIA RTX dedicated GPU, which is the most advanced platform for ray tracing and AI technologies that are revolutionizing the ways we play and create.But, to be fair, 3DMark does use very high graphics settings, so if you don’t mind turning the graphics quality down a little you might even be able to get a bit of casual gaming done every now and then. The Aspire 5’s display is fine for productivity work but doesn’t offer the colors needed for creative tasks. To see how this compares to its cheaper sibling, head to our Acer Aspire 5 vs Acer Aspire 3 faceoff. Brightness is a slight weak point and the Aspire 5 wouldn't be much fun to use in indoor environments with high levels of ambient light. However, the laptop is pleasantly quiet under low load at about 25 dB(A) and is hardly noticeable here.