Acer Aspire 3 A314-23P-R3QA Slim Laptop | 14.0" Full HD IPS Display | AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Quad-Core Processor | AMD Radeon Graphics | 8GB LPDDR5 | 512GB NVMe SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | Windows 11 Home,Silver

This has been an absolutely great laptop for me. It's plenty fast enough for normal use, I find 14" to be great for portability, the screen is nice and bright, the trackpad works great, they keyboard has a sensible layout and feels nice, there's pretty good port selection, and the overall look-and-feel are great. The included sleeve is a nice bonus as well.I already have a gaming desktop, so my main usage for this is when travelling, and sometimes if I'm not in my office it's pretty convenient to have something to poke around and shop or whatever with. I've also had good success remote streaming games from my primary system with it.I think the main thing here is to keep speed expectations in check - if you're a heavy PC user and looking for a primary computer, you may find the specs limiting here. It's very responsive under normal load, but it won't handle gaming or anything heavily performance-bound. The 8 GB of RAM might at some point be a limiting factor, but today it's plenty for normal usage. As a secondary PC or a primary for someone who's not doing much beyond the basics, I think it's plenty fast enough.The laptop is affordable but to me doesn't feel "cheap". Sure it's plastic construction, but it's very well laid-out. I haven't had any quibbles over the physical layout or construction, and if I'm being honest the performance is a bit more than I was expecting. For what it's worth I had far more complaints about my work-issued Dell workstation that costs 10 times this much.At the end of the day I think the laptop is easy to recommend so long as it's the class of PC you're in the market for; no compromises except heavy workstation/gaming performance you can't do at this price anyway.

I have had a Acer Chromebook since 2019 and have needed to upgrade for awhile. I recently got a new remote job that pretty much forced me to upgrade since the Chromebook had 2GB of RAM and almost no storage.This Acer has been great for the past month. I was looking for something with at least 8GB RAM and 256 or more memory. The speed of this computer has been wonderful. I can have multiple tabs going at once and have had no issues thus far. I have not loved Windows operating systems in the past, but this one isn't too bad. Once you get rid of Microsoft edge and use Google Chrome, it was back to business as usual for me. Perfect size for me, lightweight and easy to travel. The protective case it came with was a small, but nice bonus as well.Battery life hasn't been tested too specifically yet but I have easily worked for 3-4 hours off the charger and have had plenty of battery left. So I think it's going to be just fine in that regard.I've been told I can probably do some gaming with this computer but I haven't tried that yet, as I much rather use my PS5. All in all, this computer is plenty powerful for what I need. Zoom calls, research, multiple tabs open, Slack, ClickUp (productivity apps).Highly recommend at this price point.

This laptop works pretty well for school work. I've used MATLAB and LabVIEW with no issues. The one complaint I have is that the fan is high pitched and a bit loud under load. It sounds like it has coil whine.

This is for the A314-23P-R3QA with the Ryzen 7520U. I believe it was released in late 2023 or early 2024.This was an emergency laptop for my partner. So far, it's very good for the price. It doesn't feel like a high-end laptop, but it definitely doesn't feel cheap. You can grab it with one hand and it doesn't feel like it's gonna break in half. The touchpad and keyboard feel good, average, not cheap. It is very light. It is less ugly or tacky than most budget laptops, especially the lid. The battery is very usable. Overall, it feels like a 500- or 600-dollar computer.It feels good during casual use. It has enough power to browse the web and watch videos in a normal way without slowing down. It barely has enough 3D power for Magic The Gathering: Arena. Anything with shadows and modern lighting is gonna be a stretch. Streaming game services are great these days, and there are a lot of light modern games that this can run well.It's a ubiquitous laptop with good cooling. Many modern portables at this price point have inconsistent performance because of their disposable, glue-and-tape construction and software-based engineering solutions. This Acer, however, is designed more like a traditional laptop or a desktop. It seems like it's performance will last.A deal for around 300.

I purchased this PC about 8 months ago and have only used it occasionally as I use it for travel. I did not expect it to perform well on demanding titles, but to perform okay on super light games like Stardew Valley and League of Legends. It gets about 10 fps on those titles and is completely unplayable.The keyboard quality is okay, it sort of feels cheap but in a way that is actually satisfying to me. It is super lightweight and perfect for travel in that sense - but if I can't game while on travel I will just use my phone.Would only recommend for web browser and streaming. Probably can't even run minesweeper.Side Note: The new naming convention from AMD stinks (not an Acer problem or this laptop). The processor sounds a lot newer and more capable than it is with the new convention, so buyer beware in that aspect.I should have coughed up more money for a 5/8700g.

We are happy with this laptop, it boots up quickly and the keyboard feels like a quality device.