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日本Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22) – Top 5 Pros and Cons
If you want a beater laptop, this is for you. The Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22) has been made with that purpose only. It is affordable, decently looking, and equipped with everything that a daily driver should have. It is also light enough to be carried around with you from the office to your home and vice versa.
On the hardware end, you have three CPU options all from AMD, with two integrated GPU offerings as well. Besides, the CPU and GPU, you get 8GB of RAM and a Full HD IPS display
With that said, here are LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22).
Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22): Full Specs / In-depth Review
3 reasons to BUY the Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22)
1. Upgradeability
While there are in fact 4GB of soldered memory, there is also a single SODIMM slot, which should be enough for the foreseeable future. In terms of storage, we get a single M.2 slot for NVMe drives.
Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to access the RAM and SSD slots, along with general maintenance for the cooling and battery.
2. Battery life
With a 37Wh battery unit and a power-efficient Ryzen 3 3250U, the laptop lasts for 7 hours and 9 minutes for both Web browsing and video playback. This was done with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
3. Display quality
With a budget laptop, we set sort of different criteria when it comes to evaluation the display quality. For us at least, a laptop in the range of $300 should have a display that is comfortable for prolonged use. The 14-inch Full HD IPS panel that we tested had comfortable viewing angles, a max brightness of 266 nits in the middle of the screen, 250 nits average across the surface with a maximum deviation of 8%. The contrast ratio is also quite good – 1470:1. The panel also doesn’t use PWM at all, which is great news for your eyes.
In terms of color coverage, the laptop covers only 52% of the sRGB color gamut, which is okay for the price, as you will hardly be using the laptop for professional color-sensitive work.
The color accuracy didn’t change much even when we applied our Design and Gaming profile. Here are the results with the stock settings (left) and with our profile applied (right).
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Office Work
Office Work moet vooral worden gebruikt door gebruikers die de meeste tijd besteden aan het bekijken van stukken tekst, tabellen of gewoon surfen. Dit profiel is gericht op het leveren van een betere helderheid en duidelijkheid door het behouden van een vlakke gammacurve (2.20), native kleurtemperatuur en perceptueel accurate kleuren.
Ontwerp en spel
Dit profiel is gericht op ontwerpers die beroepsmatig met kleuren werken, en ook voor games en films. Design and Gaming brengt beeldschermen tot het uiterste en maakt ze zo nauwkeurig mogelijk in de sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standaard voor Web en HDTV, bij witpunt D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard elimineert de schadelijke Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) en vermindert het negatieve Blauwe Licht dat onze ogen en ons lichaam aantast. Omdat het op maat is gemaakt voor elk paneel, slaagt het erin de kleuren perceptueel nauwkeurig te houden. Health-Guard simuleert papier zodat de druk op de ogen sterk wordt verminderd.
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2 reasons NOT to buy the Acer Aspire 3 (A314-22)
1. I/O
The laptop does have decent coverage but lacks a USB Type-C port and an SD card reader of any kind. What you get are three USB Type-A ports, with one 2.0 port and two 3.2 (Gen. 1) ports, an HDMI connector, an Ethernet connector, and a 3.5 mm audio jack.
2. Design and build quality
Due to the budget nature of the laptop, we get a plastic lid and chassis. This is expected, however, we still expect a sturdy device, as it is doable. In terms of appearance, the laptop looks good, with a silver exterior and a slim 19.9 mm chassis. With a weight of 1.90 kg, it is light enough for you to bring it anywhere you want. However, the lid and base are a tad flimsy. The lid can be opened with one hand, but it does wobble a lot. The base also has some bends to it, mostly when you’re typing more harshly.
