Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) - Specs

  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 2000GB SSD + up to 2000GB HDD
  • M.2 Slot
  • 1x M.2 NVMe slot 
  • RAM
  • up to 20GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Home, Linux, No OS, Windows 10 Pro
  • Battery
  • 4810 mAh, 2-cell, 31Wh, 3-cell, 4810 mAh, 31Wh, 2-cell
  • Body material
  • Plastic / Polycarbonate
  • Dimensions
  • 382 x 259 x 22 mm (15.04" x 10.20" x 0.87")
  • Weight
  • 2.10 kg (4.6 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 1x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 2.0
  • HDMI
  • Card reader
  • SD
  • Ethernet LAN
  • 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi
  • IEEE 802.11ac
  • Bluetooth
  • 4.0
  • Audio jack
  • 3.5 mm combo headphone/mic jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • Web camera
  • Backlit keyboard
  • Microphone
  • Speakers
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot

All Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) configurations

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Acer Aspire 3 (A315-21/31/32) in-depth review

Today we have something that is on the budget. And we mean really on the budget. Usually, you can find the Acer Aspire 3 in many different configurations, some of which include pretty powerful hardware. This makes the Aspire 3 (A315-22) look like a very weird option, as the processor inside is the AMD A4-9120e. It is built on a 28nm architecture, called Stoney Ridge, and it came out roughly 6 years ago.So why is Acer selling a laptop that comes with such old hardware? Well, we see one reason for that. Because of the current situation, which pretty much depleted the low-budget laptop marke[...]

Pros

  • Extremely affordable
  • Decent upgradeability
  • Doesn't use aggressive PWM for brightness adjustment (BOE NT156WHM-N44)

Cons

  • Poor build materials choice
  • Its TN panel has poor viewing angles, mediocre contrast ratio and covers only 53% of the sRGB color gamut (BOE NT156WHM-N44)
  • Dated hardware with a very low performance
  • No SD card reader and USB Type-C port

Inside Acer Aspire 3 (A315-22) - disassembly and upgrade options

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Games you can play on this laptop series

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
HIGH PERF
HIGH QLT
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R2000/3000, 15W) 55 FPS PLAY VIDEO 19 FPS PLAY VIDEO