Acer via eBay [ebay.com] has
(Certified Refurbished) Acer Aspire 3 Laptop: 15.6" 1080p, Ryzen 5 7520U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD on sale for $289.99 - 8% off automatically applied when added to cart =
$266.79. Shipping is free.
Note: Per merchant, includes additional
2 Year All-State warranty [ebay.com]
Specs:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
- Ram: 16GB LPDDR5
- User Replaceable: No
- Display: 15.6" 1920x1080 IPS
- Refresh Rate: 60Hz
- Color Range: 65% sRGB
- Brightness: 250nits
- Storage: 512GB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
- Input Devices:
- Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth 5.2
- Webcam
- Ports:
- 1 x HDMI 2.1
- 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (Display port, Charging)
- 1 x 3.5mm Headphone Jack
- Operating System: Windows 11 Home
- Model: A315-24PT-R4U2
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Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U +6%
2532
Ryzen 3 7320U
2399
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 5 7520U +5%
9456
Ryzen 3 7320U
9045
Not for gaming but office tasks, 16GB RAM (both not upgradable) of this will ensure snappiness in multi-tasking, and larger 512GB SSD will likely save you the hassle of storage upgrade.
The USB-C charging capability is important for many users, which is rare to find in windows laptops at this price.
That's why the larger memory and storage here are more important if someone decide to take this one.
I have a 8GB laptop with windows 11 installed, the RAM is usually 80-90% utilized…
If you are on a really tight budget and just need a cheap windows machine for occasional light works, the $202 (R3-7320U/8GB/128GB) would be just fine most of the time, especially if you don't need the extra and fast storage for docs/media. However, you would only have around 75GB left for other programs after windows initial set up.
One more imporant point to note, according to Acer official specs pages:
R3-7320U version (Part Number: NX.KJBAA.001 [acer.com]) has a non-touch display
R5-7520U version (Part Number: NX.KHDAA.004 [acer.com]) has a touch display
This might further justify the $60 price difference between the two. I personally recommend the R5 version here.
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I had good luck with refurbished items from this Acer ebay store. It has warranty for an extra 2 years. For those with tight budgets and need some light compute power, this thing does more than enough for them.
Forza Horizon 4 @ 720p only. If you want 1080p you will get around 58fps max on lowest settings.
Mainly looking to be able to freely rewind and fast forward 1080p or higher videos without crashing. Thanks.
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