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Acer Aspire 3 Laptop (Refurb.): Ryzen 5 7520U, 15.6" 1080p Touch, 16GB RAM

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Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire 3 Laptop (A315-24PT-R4U2, Refurbished) on sale for $260.99. Shipping is free.
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Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 4-cores, 8-threads (2.8GHz Base / 4.3GHz Boost) Processor
  • 15.6" (1920 x 1080) IPS 60Hz Touch Display
  • 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
  • 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon Graphics
  • Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (Display port, Charging)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1

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Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • 90-day warranty
  • This item is Certified Refurbished. It has been professionally restored by an Acer approved vendor. Units are usually cosmetically indistinguishable from New products, but some may show signs of light use. Functionally, these units are equivalent to New. Certified Refurbished units will be shipped in a New Brown Box
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Update: This deal is still available.

Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire 3 Laptop (A315-24PT-R4U2, Refurbished) on sale for $260.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Discount will automatically apply in cart
Thanks to community member Dr.Wajahat for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen 5 7520U 4-cores, 8-threads (2.8GHz Base / 4.3GHz Boost) Processor
  • 15.6" (1920 x 1080) IPS 60Hz Touch Display
  • 16GB LPDDR5 RAM
  • 512GB NVMe Solid State Drive
  • AMD Radeon Graphics
  • Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (Display port, Charging)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • 90-day warranty
  • This item is Certified Refurbished. It has been professionally restored by an Acer approved vendor. Units are usually cosmetically indistinguishable from New products, but some may show signs of light use. Functionally, these units are equivalent to New. Certified Refurbished units will be shipped in a New Brown Box
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Agreed on good features, but Beware of cpu naming conventions nowadays!
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comm...ps_naming/

not a great processor. It is good enough imo but effectively 2 generations old.
Just got mine.

1. Can confirm it has a touchscreen.
2. Laptop was in a nice zippered soft carry sleeve
3. Laptop looks & feels brand new. No signs of use at all. I went over every part of it, and the only thing I could find was a tiny hairline scratch next one of the feet.
4. Very fast, especially compared to my old 6-gen i5 Thinkpad.
5. Has some bloatware, need to uninstall.

Overall, great value for the money. Very satisfied.
This has alot of great features: USB C charging, 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM, a very solid processor, and a touchscreen. Great deal for the price!

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Dec 1, 2023
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jplee3
Dec 1, 2023
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Got mine yesterday and can confirm that it IS in fact touchscreen!

This is a *really* nice laptop and major upgrade from the old ones my kids were using. These will be great for travel too so that I don't have to lug my 17" or the slow Macbook Air mid-2013 that can barely keep up anymore.


I'm very happy I picked a couple of these up. I might consider putting nvmes into both of these but don't want to mess around with migrating the OS around and all that... things seem fine as they are. These should be good enough for light use/web browsing and for the kids to play Minecraft on, all without the major lag we were dealing with on the other laptops.
Dec 1, 2023
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coalregion
Dec 1, 2023
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Quote from jplee3 :
I thought the same but had to keep pressing the power button before it turned on. Did you ever end up getting it to turn on?
Nope. Held that power button in for a min straight along with multiple short presses and every other combination I can thing of. Nothing at all. It was charging because the power strip got warm, but no sound or lights at all. And it has an internal battery so can't do anything at all except return it. Glad yours works though!
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jplee3
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Quote from coalregion :
Nope. Held that power button in for a min straight along with multiple short presses and every other combination I can thing of. Nothing at all. It was charging because the power strip got warm, but no sound or lights at all. And it has an internal battery so can't do anything at all except return it. Glad yours works though!
Oh man, that stinks Frown

Are you planning to exchange it?

I actually ordered two of them - both work really well. Although, the battery life on one seems kind of questionable so I'll need to check that out.
Dec 1, 2023
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QueenSaver
Dec 1, 2023
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Would this be good for a senior in high school in an online school or college student?
Dec 1, 2023
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insertfootmouth
Dec 1, 2023
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Quote from sillycibin :
Can confirm it HAS A TOUCHSCREEN. It also purports to do USB C charging but does not come with a USB C charger. Comes with a typical ac adaptor. It looks and feels new. Screen is super meh. Kind of regret buying it but it was only $260. Probably will make it a gift for someone.
I agree that the screen is definitely lacking and not as good as expected. I can't speak for the color accuracy. But the viewing angles are quite poor for a purported IPS panel. Moving horizontally off axis by just a few degrees has a noticeable effect. At about 30 degrees off axis, the image becomes quite dark and difficult to read.

And yes, I also will confirm that this is a touchscreen.
Last edited by insertfootmouth December 1, 2023 at 11:34 AM.
Dec 1, 2023
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coalregion
Dec 1, 2023
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Quote from jplee3 :
Oh man, that stinks Frown

Are you planning to exchange it?

I actually ordered two of them - both work really well. Although, the battery life on one seems kind of questionable so I'll need to check that out.
Yeah I am going to exchange it and see what happens. If that one is bad also, I'm going to forget it.

How is the battery life questionable? Is it dying too quickly?
Dec 1, 2023
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jplee3
Dec 1, 2023
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Quote from coalregion :
Yeah I am going to exchange it and see what happens. If that one is bad also, I'm going to forget it.

How is the battery life questionable? Is it dying too quickly?
I wasn't paying attention but I feel like the battery level on one dropped fast down to around 50% after having had it unplugged for a short while. I may have been running some windows updates on it with the settings on optimal though so will have to go back and check it unplugged. I guess the best way to find out is to have my kids play Minecraft on them unplugged lol

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Dec 1, 2023
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bjrossiter
Dec 1, 2023
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Just got mine today, it's absolutely a touch screen and there are no keyboard lights.
Dec 1, 2023
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telamon99
Dec 1, 2023
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Quote from coalregion :
Nope. Held that power button in for a min straight along with multiple short presses and every other combination I can thing of. Nothing at all. It was charging because the power strip got warm, but no sound or lights at all. And it has an internal battery so can't do anything at all except return it. Glad yours works though!
Sorry you got a doa unit. I picked up two of them and both units show the yellow light on the right side near the USB A port and headphone jack when charging from the included AC adapter with barrel pin connector or my 65W USB-C power adapter from the Acer refurb I bought last year.

When you power on the laptop, there is a blue light next to the yellow power charging light.

If you have a decent USB-C power adapter, you might want to try it and see if they sent you a bad AC adapter.
Dec 1, 2023
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telamon99
Dec 1, 2023
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I ordered two of these a few hours apart. First one arrived yesterday and the other arrived today. Both slightly faster than FedEx estimated and shipped from Texas.

Both have the correct model numbers and definitely have touchscreens. First one came in a zipper sleeve with some jeans material. Second one in a zipper sleeve with mostly neoprene I think.

Haven't tested them much yet. Both had some minor scratches or scuffs, but look relatively new.
Dec 1, 2023
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spcl_agnt
Dec 1, 2023
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Just got mine. Excellent. Not a single flaw. Coming from a MacBook Pro 2016 Late notice no difference except this is Windows and has the stuff I want. Great deal and the 16gig Ram is awesome.
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Dec 1, 2023
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coalregion
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Quote from telamon99 :
Sorry you got a doa unit. I picked up two of them and both units show the yellow light on the right side near the USB A port and headphone jack when charging from the included AC adapter with barrel pin connector or my 65W USB-C power adapter from the Acer refurb I bought last year.

When you power on the laptop, there is a blue light next to the yellow power charging light.

If you have a decent USB-C power adapter, you might want to try it and see if they sent you a bad AC adapter.
Good idea with the USBC charger, I'll have to check that when I can, thanks. Worth a shot.

Yeah I didn't see any lights at all, but the power adapter was getting warm, but even after a couple hours "charging", still nothing.
Dec 1, 2023
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nebody00
Dec 1, 2023
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Can it run Diablo 4? Smilie
Dec 2, 2023
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gtfreak
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Quote from bjrossiter :
Just got mine today, it's absolutely a touch screen and there are no keyboard lights.
Ok. I was wondering about the backlit keyboard. Thanks

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ohstfan
Dec 2, 2023
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Can someone verify if this laptop will work with a basic USB-C docking station? I see the technical specifications say it has DisplayPort over USB-C and USB charging, so I would tend to think yes, but I don't want to get it just to find out I can't make it work.

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