Intel ® technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Brightness is a slight weak point and the Aspire 5 wouldn't be much fun to use in indoor environments with high levels of ambient light. The IPS tech delivers on its promise in most regards, with excellent viewing angles, natural colours and decent contrast.

Somewhere along the line he also developed a bit of a gaming habit and has stubbornly waved the flag for Mac gaming for far too many years. You'll need one of these new motherboards if you plan to upgrade to Ryzen 7000 later this year, so it's best to start planning now. It achieves the best rates in most of the CrystalDiskMark and ASSSD tests in comparison with its contenders, and it often even leaves the more expensive Dell XPS 17 9700 i5-10300H behind.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. With new tools, sounds and apps that all come together to bring a new refreshing Windows experience.

You also get USB-C, HDMI and ethernet ports, allowing you to connect a wide range of accessories, external displays or the internet without any hassle. Colors weren’t very wide at just 65% of sRGB and 48% of AdobeRGB, but accuracy wasn’t terrible at a DeltaE of 2. The surface feels identical to the surrounding palm rest as well, so my fingers often had to hunt for it. The Aspire 5’s keyboard has nicely sized keycaps and plenty of key spacing, even given the numeric keypad. Thanks to the large bezels and 16:9 display aspect ratio, the Aspire 5 is wider than many 15-inch laptops.Gamers will find the Aspire can handle older and less demanding games like Counter-Strike and League of Legends with no issues. However, it's suitable for one or two rounds if the game or the graphics settings aren't too demanding. GHz, the Nvidia GeForce MX350 graphics card, and 16 GB of DDR4 SDRAM, the Acer Aspire 5 A517 is a good all-rounder.