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Acer Swift X 14" Laptop (Refurb): Ryzen 7 5800U, 3050 Ti, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

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Acer via eBay has Acer Swift X 14" Laptop with 2-Year Comprehensive Warranty by Allstate (Certified Refurbished, SFX14-41G-R1S6, Gold) on sale for $774.39 (discount reflected in cart). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Note: This Certified Refurbished laptop includes a comprehensive two-year warranty serviced by Allstate. See warranty page for more details.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1.9GHz 8-Core Processor
  • 14" 1920x1080 100% sRGB 300-nit IPS Display
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • 16GB LPDDR4X Memory
  • 512GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Fingerprint Reader
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
  • 4-Cell Lithium Ion Battery
  • Weight: 3.06 lbs

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • This is $264.17 lower (25% savings) than the cost of a new unit.
  • About this product:
    • This laptop is a 2021 Editor's Choice from LaptopMedia.com
    • This is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars based on over 400 ratings at Amazon.
  • About this store:
    • Seller at eBay - Acer - has a 97% positive rating based on over 58,000 feedback.
    • Acer offers free 30-day returns.
    • See Slickdeals Cashback terms for eBay here.
  • Refer to the forum thread for deal discussion.

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Acer via eBay has Acer Swift X 14" Laptop with 2-Year Comprehensive Warranty by Allstate (Certified Refurbished, SFX14-41G-R1S6, Gold) on sale for $774.39 (discount reflected in cart). Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Suryasis for finding this deal.

Note: This Certified Refurbished laptop includes a comprehensive two-year warranty serviced by Allstate. See warranty page for more details.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800U 1.9GHz 8-Core Processor
  • 14" 1920x1080 100% sRGB 300-nit IPS Display
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 Graphics
  • 16GB LPDDR4X Memory
  • 512GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Fingerprint Reader
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 10 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x HDMI
    • 1x Audio Combo Jack
  • 4-Cell Lithium Ion Battery
  • Weight: 3.06 lbs

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • This is $264.17 lower (25% savings) than the cost of a new unit.
  • About this product:
    • This laptop is a 2021 Editor's Choice from LaptopMedia.com
    • This is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars based on over 400 ratings at Amazon.
  • About this store:
    • Seller at eBay - Acer - has a 97% positive rating based on over 58,000 feedback.
    • Acer offers free 30-day returns.
    • See Slickdeals Cashback terms for eBay here.
  • Refer to the forum thread for deal discussion.

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They reviewed a lower end model. I would suggest you to check the Matthew Moniz YouTube review of this laptop who covered it in very high degree of details:

The Display actually goes brighter than 300 nits, around 330-340 nits.
During normal operation, this laptop is very silent with the fans hardly spinning.
In Short term workloads, it is very powerful, almost beating the 2021 XPS 15 with i7-11800H and 45W RTX 3050 Ti, due to efficiency of the Ryzen Processors.
Acer has released a Firmware Upgrade which enabled the CPU to consume around 35 to 37W sustained power during CPU only workload. Previously it was only 25 to 28 Watt.
Despite having powerful hardware and a small battery, the battery life is actually amazing, 8 Hrs+ with normal usage.
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Not sure what you're trying to say here. Slow response time affects only when you're playing games in the laptop. Not sure how playing a video or watching a steam where the frames are not getting rendered, going to get affected by slow response time.
Apart from OLED panels, all the non gaming laptops with IPS panel, have very slow response time, including the highest end ones, like Dell XPS 15. Never heard people saying they are affected by slower response time when watching video.

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Superb deal.

Only nitpick is the lack of touchscreen, but that's purely subjective. I'll drool over it (more than I already am) if it did have it.
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30 day free returns. And one year money back guarantee. Nice review here:

https://www.ultrabookreview.com/4...-x-review/
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30 day free returns. And one year money back guarantee. Nice review here:

https://www.ultrabookreview.com/4...-x-review/ [ultrabookreview.com]
They reviewed a lower end model. I would suggest you to check the Matthew Moniz YouTube review of this laptop who covered it in very high degree of details:
  • The Display actually goes brighter than 300 nits, around 330-340 nits.
  • During normal operation, this laptop is very silent with the fans hardly spinning.
  • In Short term workloads, it is very powerful, almost beating the 2021 XPS 15 with i7-11800H and 45W RTX 3050 Ti, due to efficiency of the Ryzen Processors.
  • Acer has released a Firmware Upgrade which enabled the CPU to consume around 35 to 37W sustained power during CPU only workload. Previously it was only 25 to 28 Watt.
  • Despite having powerful hardware and a small battery, the battery life is actually amazing, 8 Hrs+ with normal usage.
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is ram upgradeable?
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Quote from msrr :
is ram upgradeable?
No, it's soldered as it's LPDDR4x.
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The price shows up as $879.99 for me.
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Quote :
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The price shows up as $879.99 for
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This deal has been around on and off for months ($15 less now). I'd want to see another 10% or 20% off, at least.
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I had the swift 3 one with the same display. Great laptop but the slow response times on the display made me want to puke when watching video, especially faster stuff like apex streams.
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Quote from Minger :
I had the swift 3 one with the same display. Great laptop but the slow response times on the display made me want to puke when watching video, especially faster stuff like apex streams.
Not sure what you're trying to say here. Slow response time affects only when you're playing games in the laptop. Not sure how playing a video or watching a steam where the frames are not getting rendered, going to get affected by slow response time.
Apart from OLED panels, all the non gaming laptops with IPS panel, have very slow response time, including the highest end ones, like Dell XPS 15. Never heard people saying they are affected by slower response time when watching video.
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Quote from Suryasis :
They reviewed a lower end model. I would suggest you to check the Matthew Moniz YouTube review of this laptop who covered it in very high degree of details:
  • The Display actually goes brighter than 300 nits, around 330-340 nits.
  • During normal operation, this laptop is very silent with the fans hardly spinning.
  • In Short term workloads, it is very powerful, almost beating the 2021 XPS 15 with i7-11800H and 45W RTX 3050 Ti, due to efficiency of the Ryzen Processors.
  • Acer has released a Firmware Upgrade which enabled the CPU to consume around 35 to 37W sustained power during CPU only workload. Previously it was only 25 to 28 Watt.
  • Despite having powerful hardware and a small battery, the battery life is actually amazing, 8 Hrs+ with normal usage.

The review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEe17VY2sUA
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Quote from Dr.Wajahat :
Superb deal.

Only nitpick is the lack of touchscreen, but that's purely subjective. I'll drool over it (more than I already am) if it did have it.
For someone whose priority is not gaming, do you think this laptop [costco.com] is a better deal?

Given the more capable screen (i.e. 16:10, higher resolution, & touchscreen capability)?
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For someone whose priority is not gaming, do you think this laptop [costco.com] is a better deal?

Given the more capable screen (i.e. 16:10, higher resolution, & touchscreen capability)?
You got it wrong, this laptop is not at all gaming laptop and any person with priority to Gaming, will not pick it up. Not every laptop with a dedicated GPU are for gaming, there're other use cases.
To answer your question, we need to know what are your use cases and "Non-Gaming Usage" won't help. That GPU can help in lot of cases like Video editing, Video encoding, GPU accelerated programming, 3D works and designing etc. So, if those are your use cases, you should consider these.
On the other hand, if you're looking for a general office work laptop for mainly basic works, watching movies, good battery life then the Lenovo one is a good choice. That has a higher resolution 16:10 screen, very good build quality for the price, decent battery life.

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Quote from Suryasis :
You got it wrong, this laptop is not at all gaming laptop and any person with priority to Gaming, will not pick it up. Not every laptop with a dedicated GPU are for gaming, there're other use cases.
To answer your question, we need to know what are your use cases and "Non-Gaming Usage" won't help. That GPU can help in lot of cases like Video editing, Video encoding, GPU accelerated programming, 3D works and designing etc. So, if those are your use cases, you should consider these.
On the other hand, if you're looking for a general office work laptop for mainly basic works, watching movies, good battery life then the Lenovo one is a good choice. That has a higher resolution 16:10 screen, very good build quality for the price, decent battery life.
Got it - thanks. I'm looking for a general daily-driver / productivity laptop, so more in the latter category. I think an iGPU will handle all my needs sufficiently. I had originally picked up this deal for such work, but I have a friend who is interested in taking it off my hands--hence I'm considering moving up a tier to a more capable laptop with better build quality.

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