Acer Swift 3 (SF314-42-R0HP)

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Date Published: 10 Aug 2020

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (R4000/5000, 15W)
14.0”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
256GB SSD
8GB LPDDR4x
1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)

TOTAL SCORE

8.3 Portability Excellent

8.0 Display Excellent

4.5 For Work Average

2.0 For Gaming Mediocre

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Specs

CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

Display
14.0”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS

HDD/SSD
256GB SSD

M.2 Slot
1x 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 See photo

RAM
8GB LPDDR4x

OS
Windows 10 Home

Body Material
Aluminum, Magnesium alloy

Dimensions
323.4 x 218.9 x 17.9 mm (12.73" x 8.62" x 0.70")

Weight
1.20 kg (2.6 lbs)

Ports and connectivity

1x USB Type-A
2.0

1x USB Type-A
3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)

1x USB Type-C
3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)

Wi-Fi
802.11ax

Bluetooth
5.0

Audio jack
3.5 mm combo

Features

Fingerprint reader

Web camera
HD

Backlit keyboard

Microphone
2 Microphones

Speakers

Optical drive

Security Lock slot
Kensington lock

Portability

Acer Swift 3 (SF314-42)

12.73" x 8.62" x 0.70" Dimensions

1.20 kg (2.6 lbs) Weight

Average 14.0-inch laptop

1.47 kg (3.2 lbs) +22% Weight

Review

Acer Swift 3 (SF314-42-R0HP) in-depth review

Guys, if you are interested in thin and light notebooks, one of the decent choices on the market would be the Swift 3 series of Acer. Provided you want to buy such a device, you have some choices to make. And the biggest one is - do you go Intel or AMD. If this was happening a couple of months earlier we would have definitely said AMD, since the Ryzen 4000U processors totally annihilated Intel when it comes to ULV processors.However, since Intel released their Tiger Lake chips, which offered a significantly higher CPU and GPU performance than Ice Lake, things no longer stay as such. Yesterday, we showed you a review of the 13-inch Swift 3, equipped with a Tiger Lake chip, and now, we have a 14-inch device, part of the same family, that comes with the Ryzen 4000 CPUs.In addition to[...]

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Pros

Very cool and quiet under heavy load
Reasonably comfortable keyboard with optional backlight
Lack of PWM
Comfortable viewing angles and good contrast ratio
Efficient and powerful mobile Ryzen 4000U chips

Cons

Covers only 50% of sRGB
Memory is soldered to the motherboard
No SD card reader on board

Disassembly, maintenance and upgrade options

As with most thin and light laptops on the market right now, the biggest sacrifice you make is upgradeability.Check out all Acer Swift 3 (SF314-42) prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.1. Remove the bottom plate What separates you from the internals of this notebook are 10 Phillips-head screws and some clips. After you undo the screws, just pry the panel away with a plastic tool.2. Battery For the battery, you get a 50Wh unit.3. Memory and storage How about upgradability? Unsurprisingly, you can only upgrade the storage [...]