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Review on Acer Fingerprint Backlit Windows Accessories by Charles Mathews

Revainrating 3 out of 5

A bit pricey for preinstalled updates, worth it if you don't want to do the DIY

Aspire 5, Ryzen 3, Vega 3 Graphics, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD: Came on my updated SSD bootloader than Kingston, and the memory modules were crucial. I was happy to see the brand names I recognized. I installed an optional 1GB WD Blue SSD myself and am very happy with this little PC. The boot SSD runs at NVMe speed, 1646/929 MB/s sequential read/write. The WD Blue SSD I installed runs at 392/303 MB/s. I'm pretty sure the motherboard is the limiting factor for these speeds. Windows 10 Task Manager shows that the GPU has reserved 2GB of RAM and is sharing 7GB of RAM with the system. This seems reasonable to me. You can just buy the base model Aspire 5 and add everything yourself, saving you a decent amount. I had already upgraded a bootable NVMe SSD on another PC and just didn't want to see it again, too much headache for me with Windows 10 uefi BIOS setup. RAM and an extra SSD are pretty easy DIY projects. This was a good buy for me.

Pros
  • Confident
Cons
  • Expensive Insurance