Acer Aspire 5 (2022, A515-45-R74Z) Review

Nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no ntawm cov nyiaj txiag laptops, ib tug $70 tus nqi sib txawv yuav ua tau ib tug loj deal. Plaub lub hlis dhau los, peb tau pom zoo tshuaj xyuas ib qho ntawm 15.6-nti Acer Aspire 5 uas raug nqi $ 599.99. Tus qauv A515-45-R74Z pom ntawm no yog $ 529.99 MSRP, feem ntau vim tias nws muaj AMD Ryzen 5 es tsis txhob siv Intel Core i5 processor, thiab nws muaj ib nrab ntawm ntau lub cim xeeb thiab lub xeev ruaj khov (8GB thiab 256GB, feem). Peb pom zoo cov neeg yuav khoom Windows splurge rau 16GB ntawm RAM thiab 512GB SSD yog tias ua tau, tab sis qhov Aspire no ua haujlwm rau nws lub hom phiaj ua haujlwm me me thiab chaw nres tsheb nthwv dej. Thiab hais txog $ 70 tus nqi sib txawv, koj tuaj yeem txuag tau ntau dua li Acer tus nqi raug cai - A515-45 yog $ 448 ntawm Amazon thaum lub sijhawm sau ntawv.

Feem ntau Bare-Bones Laptop

Clad nyob rau hauv dab tsi Acer hu ua Pure Silver (xim, tsis yog hlau), Aspire 5 muab lub hau txhuas nrog lub hauv qab yas. Nws yog qhov nruab nrab loj rau 15.6-nti laptop-piv txwv li, me ntsis loj-txawm tias ib nrab nti tob dua li nws cov kwv tij Intel-raws li ntawm 0.71 los ntawm 14.3 los ntawm 9.9 ntiv tes. Lub kaw lus sawv hauv qab 4-phaus kab ntawm 3.88 phaus. Tsim kom muaj kev ua tau zoo yog kwv yees rau cov nqi no, nyob rau hauv uas muaj qhov ncaj ncees ntawm flex yog tias koj tuav lub npov cov ces kaum lossis mash cov keyboard.

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Acer's non-kov IPS screen tsis yog ib qho ci heev, tab sis nws ua rau tag nrho HD (1,920-by-1,080-pixel) daws teeb meem es tsis txhob fuzzy 1,366 los ntawm 768 ntawm lub laptops pheej yig tshaj plaws. (Yog lawm, qhov kev daws teeb meem no tseem cog qoob loo nyob rau hauv qhov chaw.) CPU yog rau-core, 2.1GHz Ryzen 5 5500U nrog AMD Radeon integrated graphics. Bluetooth thiab Wi-Fi 6 (tsis yog 6E) tswj kev sib txuas lus wireless, txawm hais tias tseem muaj Gigabit Ethernet chaw nres nkoj rau cov xov tooj sib txuas.

Nrog tsis muaj tus nyeem ntawv ntiv tes lossis lub ntsej muag paub lub webcam, koj tau daig ntaus passwords tsis siv Windows Hello. Ib daim ntawv nplaum ntawm lub xib teg tshaj tawm qhov nqaim npo bezels, tab sis tsuas yog sab bezels yog nruab nrab-tuab thaum sab saum toj thiab hauv qab yog downright chunky. Lub pob software hnyav ntawm "lite" versions thiab kev sim dawb, suav nrog CyberLink's PhotoDirector duab thiab PowerDirector video editing. apps, Norton Security Ultra, ExpressVPN, Evernote, Amazon Alexa, thiab Forge of Empires.

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Tsis muaj flash card slot los ntxiv qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, tab sis txwv tsis pub Aspire txuas nrog zoo. Ntawm lub laptop sab laug yog peb 5Gbps USB 3.2 chaw nres nkoj-ob hom-A thiab ib hom-C-nrog rau HDMI video tso zis, Ethernet jack, thiab AC adapter connector. Ntawm txoj cai koj yuav pom lub suab jack thiab USB 2.0 chaw nres nkoj, ntxiv rau qhov ntsuas kev ruaj ntseg.

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Aspire 5's Inputs and Display: Tsim nyog nkaus xwb

Nrog rau qhov kev daws teeb meem qis qis li niaj zaus 720p, lub khoos phis tawj lub vev xaib no tsis ci ntsa iab, tab sis lawv muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo - tsis dhau qhov muag plooj, nrog cov xim zoo nkauj thiab suab nrov tsawg. Acer Purified Voice Console cov khoom siv cog lus AI txo suab nrov, tsom lub microphone ntawm ib lub suab lossis txhua tus neeg nyob ib puag ncig lub rooj sib tham.

Lub suab los ntawm cov neeg hais lus hauv qab yog qhov tsawg txawm tias qhov ntim max, thiab nws tuaj hla li muted thiab hollow; lub piano trill ntawm nqe lus hauv "Lub Sijhawm Warp" yuav luag tsis hnov. Yeej tsis muaj ntses bass thaj tsam, tab sis koj tuaj yeem dimly ua cov kab sib tshooj. Realtek Audio Console software suav nrog Acer TrueHarmony presets rau suab paj nruag, tsos, thiab ua si; Kuv tsis tuaj yeem paub qhov txawv ntau tshwj tsis yog tias qhov kev xaiv yeeb yaj kiab tau nrov me ntsis.

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Raws li rau cov zaub, ncov brightness ntawm no Aspire zoo li ib nrab brightness ntawm feem ntau phau ntawv sau, nrog cov keeb kwm dawb tshwm dull thiab dingy thiab xim av nkos thiab bland. Qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam qhov sib piv tsis yog qhov tsis zoo, thiab saib cov ces kaum yog qhov dav dav; cov ntsiab lus zoo yog qhov zoo dua li qhov xav tau, yam tsis muaj pixelation ntau dhau ntawm cov npoo ntawm cov ntawv. Zuag qhia tag nrho, cov zaub zoo li txhua nti ntawm kev lag luam vaj huam sib luag. 

Acer's keyboard evokes cov kev xav zoo sib xws. Nws yog backlit, uas yog ib txwm txais tos, thiab muaj ib tug lej keypad, txawm hais tias nws yuav siv sij hawm me ntsis los siv rau-cov numpad yuam sij tsuas yog ob feem peb ntawm qhov dav ntawm cov yuam sij tseem ceeb. Tab sis cov Escape, Rho tawm, thiab Tab cov yuam sij me me, thiab cov keyboard tsis muaj nplooj siab Home, End, Page Up, thiab Page Down keys sib nrug ntawm keypad (7, 1, 9, thiab 3 raws li) nrog Num Xauv tawm.

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Nws muaj peev xwm tswj tau qhov kev ntaus ntawv ceev, tab sis cov keyboard muaj qhov tsis zoo, cov ntawv sau ntawv xav tau. Lub touchpad tsis muaj khawm yog qhov me me thiab muaj qhov nruj, tsis meej nias.

Kuaj Lub Aspire 5: Lub Neej Hauv Txoj Kev Carpool 

Rau peb cov qauv ntsuas ntsuas, peb muab piv rau 15.6-nti, AMD-powered Aspire 5 nrog nws cov Intel counterpart (qauv A515-57-56UV; pib ntawm $ 369.99; $ 599.99 raws li kev sim) thiab nrog ib khub ntawm tus nqi piv rau 14-nti portables: The Gateway Ultra Slim ($ 549 raws li kev sim) thiab Editors 'Choice Award yeej los ntawm ib xyoos dhau los, Lenovo IdeaPad 3 14 (pib ntawm $ 519). Qhov kawg qhov chaw mus rau tus nqi qis dua, Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 2 (pib ntawm $ 599.99; $ 799.99 raws li kev sim). Koj tuaj yeem pom lawv cov specs yooj yim hauv cov lus hauv qab no.

Productivity Tests 

Peb qhov kev ua tau zoo tseem ceeb yog UL's PCMark 10, uas simulates ntau yam kev tsim khoom hauv ntiaj teb tiag tiag thiab cov ntsiab lus tsim ua haujlwm los ntsuas tag nrho cov kev ua tau zoo rau cov haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm xws li kev ua cov lus, kev nthuav dav, web browsing, thiab videoconferencing. Peb kuj tseem khiav PCMark 10's Full System Drive test los ntsuas lub sijhawm thauj khoom thiab kev xa tawm ntawm lub laptop cia. 

Peb qhov ntsuas ntsuas tsom rau CPU, siv tag nrho cov cores thiab xov, kom ntsuas lub PC qhov tsim nyog rau cov khoom siv ua haujlwm hnyav. Maxon's Cinebench R23 siv lub tuam txhab Cinema 4D lub cav los ua ib qho chaw nyuaj, thaum Primate Labs 'Geekbench 5.4 Pro simulates nrov. apps xws li los ntawm PDF rendering thiab kev paub hais lus rau kev kawm tshuab. Thaum kawg, peb siv qhov qhib-qhov video transcoder HandBrake 1.4 los hloov 12-feeb video clip los ntawm 4K rau 1080p daws teeb meem (qis dua lub sijhawm zoo dua). 

Thaum kawg, peb khiav Puget Systems 'PugetBench rau Photoshop, uas siv Creative Cloud version 22 ntawm Adobe's nto moo duab editor los ntsuas lub PC qhov kev ua tau zoo rau cov ntsiab lus tsim thiab kev siv multimedia. Nws yog qhov kev txuas ntxiv uas siv tau uas ua tiav ntau yam dav dav thiab GPU-nrawm Photoshop cov haujlwm xws li qhib, tig, hloov pauv, thiab txuag cov duab rau kev siv lub qhov ncauj qhov ntswg, gradient fills, thiab lim.

Acer qhov kev ua tau zoo yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg. Lub laptop tshem tawm 4,000 cov ntsiab lus hauv paus hauv PCMark 10, yog li koj yuav tsis tos txhua hnub apps zoo li Lo Lus, Excel, thiab PowerPoint lossis Google Workspace suite, Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsaws nyob ze rau tom qab ntawm pob hauv peb cov qauv CPU, thiab nws ua rau cov qhab nia qis hauv Photoshop. Kev ua haujlwm niaj hnub ua haujlwm, email, thiab lub vev xaib surfing yuav zoo, tab sis koj yuav tsis xav siv AMD Aspire 5 rau kev muaj tswv yim. apps los yog tswj multimedia. 

Graphics Tests 

Peb sim Windows PCs 'graphic nrog ob lub DirectX 12 gaming simulations los ntawm UL's 3DMark suite: Hmo ntuj Raid (ntau dua, haum rau lub laptops nrog cov duab sib xyaw), thiab Lub Sijhawm Spy (ntau xav tau, tsim nyog rau gaming rigs nrog discrete GPUs). 

Tsis tas li ntawd, peb khiav qhov cross-platform GPU benchmark GFXBench 5, uas cuam tshuam ob qho tib si theem qis xws li texturing thiab qib siab, game-zoo li duab rendering. Lub 1440p Aztec Ruins thiab 1080p Kev Sib Tw Tsheb Sib Tw, ua rau offscreen kom haum rau cov kev daws teeb meem sib txawv, cov duab kos duab thiab suav cov duab ntxoov ntxoo siv OpenGL programming interface thiab hardware tessellation feem. Qhov ntau thav duab ib ob (fps), qhov zoo dua.

Tag nrho tsib ntawm cov khoos phis tawj no tso siab rau cov duab sib koom ua ke ntau dua li qhov sib cais GPUs ntawm gaming rigs, yog li koj pom tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis tus lej qis. Hmoov tsis zoo, qhov no Aspire's Radeon cov duab daws teeb meem yog qhov ua tsis tau zoo txawm tias los ntawm cov qauv no. Video streaming yog du, tab sis gaming yog tawm ntawm lo lus nug. 

Roj teeb thiab Zaub Tests 

Peb sim lub laptops lub roj teeb lub neej los ntawm kev ua si hauv zos khaws cia 720p video file (qhov qhib-qhov Blender movie Kua muag ntawm hlau(Qhib lub qhov rais tshiab)) nrog zaub brightness ntawm 50% thiab lub ntim ntawm 100%. Peb xyuas kom meej tias lub roj teeb tau them tag nrho ua ntej kev sim, nrog Wi-Fi thiab keyboard backlighting tua. 

Raws li kev ntsuas xim thiab ci ntsa iab, peb siv Datacolor SpyderX Elite saib calibration sensor thiab nws Windows software los ntsuas lub laptop screen cov xim saturation-feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov sRGB, Adobe RGB, thiab DCI-P3 xim gamuts lossis palettes cov zaub tuaj yeem pom- thiab nws 50% thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv nits (candelas ib square meter).

A515-45 yuav coj koj mus txog ib hnub ntawm kev ua haujlwm lossis tsev kawm ntawv, tab sis nws muaj lub sijhawm luv luv ntawm peb cov quintet. Thiab nws cov zaub yog qhov downer tiag tiag - lub vijtsam IPS yog dimmer ntawm qhov chaw ncov tshaj txhua yam tab sis Gateway's, thiab nws cov xim xim yog qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm qhov tsawg thiab qhov marginal. Lub Surface Laptop Go 2's yog tib lub vijtsam nkag tau hauv pawg.

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Kev txiav txim: nruj me ntsis rau cov nyiaj ntsuab-Strapped

Nws tsis yog ib tus neeg ruam txoj haujlwm los nrhiav qhov tsim nyog muaj peev xwm 15.6-nti Windows laptop nrog tus nqi ntawm txoj kev qis dua $ 500, tab sis AMD-based Aspire 5 coj tsis muaj qhov xav tsis thoob tsuas yog tej zaum nws qhov dav ntawm cov chaw nres nkoj. Nws qhov kev ua tau zoo, cov keyboard, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nws lub vijtsam yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg rau txhua tus tab sis cov haujlwm yooj yim tshaj plaws, ua tiav los ntawm cov neeg kawm uas tsis raug nqi ntau dhau. Yog tias koj cov peev nyiaj tsuas yog tsis ncav cuag tus qauv zoo dua qub, zoo li Core i5 chav tsev uas peb tau sim tsis ntev los no, koj yuav xav xav txog Chromebook hloov.