Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-84PS Laptop Review

If you are in search of a decent Budget laptop with all necessary amenities, then Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-84PS is one of the good option available in this category. This laptop will tick most of the mandatory requirements of a normal laptop.

The latest hardware configurations, well-built quality, comfortable keyboard, full HD display, fairly slim design, and lasts long on the battery are some of the prominent features of this affordable laptop.

Fueled by latest 8th Gen Intel Core i7 Quad-Core processor in combination with 12 GB RAM gives you speed and ability to accomplish your daily tasks with ease. Few compromises are easily visible as it is quite normal on budget-friendly laptops.

Introduction

Acer notebooks are giving tough competitions to its competitor’s due to its ability to provide best and latest hardware at reasonable prices. Acer introduced various models from time to time as per user’s choice and wish. The Iconia, Aspire, TravelMate, Predator, Aspire One, and Swift to name just a few successful range of series from Acer.

In this massive range, aspire series is all about no-nonsense computing. Aspire models are a little bit chunky and bulky in build quality, but offers superb performance overall. Aspire models consists of various models like Aspire 1, Aspire 3, Aspire 5, and Aspire 7. All models offer different configurations enabling users to choose from wide variety of laptops.

Aspire 1 commonly holds starting range of laptops whereas Aspire 7 holds most premium range. In between both Aspire 3 and Aspire 5 represents a mid-tier range which is suitable for any college going student, business user, video editing tasks or any multitasking.

Aspire 5 lies in Acer’s “everyday computing” range and its configurations prove that claim. The A515-51-84PS is the latest offering in Aspire 5 series from Acer which brings fairly good hardware at reasonable pricing.

Design

Aspire 5 A515-51-84PS looks to be a value-driven machine and to get the best value from the laptop its look and feel has been compromised a bit. You have to settle with textured all-plastic black chassis on the lid of this laptop.

The build profile of 15.02 x 10.35 x 0.82 inches and 4.6 lbs of weight makes this machine look a little bit bulky. The hinges give good support to the display and enable it to stretch up to 180 degrees of viewing angle. At the bottom, there is a removable panel, which allows you to upgrade RAM and storage devices quite easily.

The 15.6-inch display with old-school thick bezels welcomes you while opening the lid. The keyboard is surrounded with the brushed aluminum finish and the trackpad with silver highlights gives this laptop some premium appearance.

All required ports are provided on both sides of this machine. Right-hand side gives you the power port, USB ports, and audio jack port options whereas on the other side you will get SD Card reader slot, USB Type C port, HDMI, and network port. Overall, this is a good design in terms of an affordable laptop.

Display

The display is vivid and crisp, thanks to 15.6-inch HD display with 1366 x 768 resolution equally supported by Intel UHD 620 Graphics chipset. This graphics card is in no competition with NVIDIA GeForce graphics card hence high-end graphics don’t respond that much fluently.

The indoor visibility is just fine but you will really struggle to get same visibility on the outdoor. Even though, matte finish with the anti-glare coating is a superb addition to the screen of this laptop.

Hardware and Performance

Performance of this laptop is admirable largely due to the latest 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8550U 1.8 GHz Quad-Core processor and 12 GB DDR4 RAM which can be extended up to 20 GB. The 8th Gen Coffee Lake chipset with double cores and threads gives you much-improved performance compared to its predecessors.

As far as Storage is concerned, the user will get dual storage options in this machine. Primary storage of 1 TB 5400 hard drive plus 128 GB of Solid State Drive allows you to store unlimited data, your favorite movies or games without much issue. The 128 GB SSD gives you amazing read/write speeds plus quick file transfer and swift boot-up.

Connectivity

Making a connection to any other device is easy with a variety of options attached to this system. You will get USB Type C 3.1 Gen 1 port which gives up to 5 GBPS of data transfer speed, USB 3.0 port, and USB 2.0 ports. Wired Internet Connectivity can be managed using RJ-45 network port, whereas wireless connection is done through IEEE 802.11 ac WiFi or Bluetooth option.

Battery Life

The Acer Aspire 5 A515-51-84PS gives you a good amount of battery life. This laptop is armed with 4-cell 3220 mAh Li-ion battery which backs up your system up to 6-7 hours. This backup is enough to perform your tasks wirelessly. Backup may vary to certain display settings but average 5-6 hours of backup is sure under any conditions. See price on Acer US Store.