Acer Aspire 3 (A317-32) - Specs

  • AUO B173RTN02.2 (AUO229E)
  • Color accuracy  13  2.3
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 256GB SSD + up to 1000GB HDD
  • RAM
  • up to 8GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Home, No OS
  • Battery
  • 36.7Wh, 2-cell
  • Dimensions
  • 419.5 x 289.5 x 24.6 mm (16.52" x 11.40" x 0.97")
  • Weight
  • 2.80 kg (6.2 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 2.0
  • 1x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • HDMI
  • Card reader
  • Ethernet LAN
  • 10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ac
  • Bluetooth
  • 4.2
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • Backlit keyboard
  • Microphone
  • Speakers
  • 2x
  • Optical drive
  • optional
  • Security Lock slot

All Acer Aspire 3 (A317-32) configurations

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Office Work

Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

Design and Gaming

This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

Health-Guard

Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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CPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Acer Aspire 3 (A317-32) series.

GPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the GPUs that come in the Acer Aspire 3 (A317-32) series.

Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)

Acer Aspire 3 (A317-32) in-depth review

The wide variety of Acer Aspire 3 notebooks continue with a 17-inch model. It is the Aspire 3 (A317-32) and it sits near the top of the imaginary affordability chart. Of course, under the cost-cutting, there is a sensibly priced laptop that is going to diversify the homes of (possibly) a lot of people.First off, why pick a 17-inch laptop? Well, one of the main reasons for that is if you are not going to bring it with you wherever you go - on a vacation, a work trip, or weekend in the woods. However, if you like having a desktop PC at home, but miss all of the opportunities to bring it wit[...]

Pros

  • Extremely low price
  • Decent touchpad
  • Large screen that has surprisingly accurate color representation with the help of our profiles
  • Doesn't use PWM for brightness adjustment
  • Has an optical drive reader/writer

Cons

  • Poor build quality
  • Covers only 63% of sRGB (Innolux N140BGA-EB3 (CMN14C4))
  • Poor viewing angles and contrast ratio
  • Lacks USB Type-C and SD card reader

Inside Acer Aspire 3 (A317-32) - disassembly and upgrade options

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