Acer Aspire 5 A517-51G [A517-51G-55J5]

Quality multimedia laptop

The Acer Aspire 5 A517-51G is a multimedia laptop that's well suited for both day-to-day tasks and modern gaming.

The body of the laptop is made of black matte plastic, the lid with the display received an aluminium finish with a texture in the form of vertical stripes as in the Nitro series. The body of the assembly is at a high level, nothing creaks, does not play and does not hang out. The reliability of the case is reflected in the dimensions, it weighs 3 kg with a thickness of 28.3 mm. It's hard to call it massive to the eye, but when compared with other 17-inch laptops, it looks a bit bulky.

Screen for $2000

The Acer Aspire ES1-732 screen is made using IPS technology with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and viewing angles that are usually good for this type of matrix. The maximum brightness level is 360 cd / m2, so you can work with a laptop on the street without any problems. The contrast is also impressive at 1370:1, which is usually found in more expensive laptops with a price tag above $1000.

Giant memory

The laptop has an Intel Core i5-8250U processor with four physical cores (maximum frequency 3.4 GHz) and multithreading support. It is complemented by DDR4 memory with a decent amount of 12 GB (can be increased to 20) and a bunch of SSD and HDD drives with a total capacity of 2128 GB. Of these, 128 GB is allocated to the high-speed SSD for the needs of the system, and the rest serves as storage for movies, files and games. As a bonus, it is worth noting the M.2 slot for installing an additional drive.

Performance and cold graphics card

The discrete graphics card GeForce MX 150 with 2 GB of video memory is responsible for graphics processing. In conjunction with a fast processor and a fast SSD, this graphics card at medium graphics settings and Full HD resolution produces a stable 30 frames per second, like in gaming hits of 2018. It is worth noting that even in the case of a heavy load, the Acer Aspire 5 A517-51G remains relatively cold and almost silent.

Up to 9 hours of battery life

In terms of switching, we see a classic picture: one HDMI port, a pair of USB class 2.0, one USB 3.0 port, one USB-C, a card reader and a LAN connector for connecting an Internet cable directly. As for the battery, its volume is 3220 mAh and can provide up to 9 hours of idle time, 6 hours of surfing the net and up to 2 – 3 hours of watching videos or playing games. Note that for a model with such a screen size, these are decent numbers.