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Refurb: Acer Aspire 14 AI Laptop: 14" WUXGA Touch, Ultra 7 258V, 32GB DDR5, 1TB

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Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire 14 AI Laptop (Certified Refurbished, A14-52MT-701K) for $491.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Dr.W for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 258V, up to 4.8GHz, 8-core/8-Thread, 12MB Intel Smart Cache
  • 14" Multi-Touch IPS LED-Backlit WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 300-Nits Display
  • 32GB LPDDR5X RAM
  • 1TB PCIe Gen 4 Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6E with 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz Bands, Including 2x2 MU-MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 5.3
  • Integrated FHD Webcam (1920 x 1080) with Blue Glass supporting 1080p FHD video
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 11
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB Type-C (Supporting USB4, Thunderbolt 4 and USB Charging and Power Delivery)
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Power-Off Charging)
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x Headphone/Speaker/Line-out Jack
    • 1x HDMI 2.1 with HDCP support

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • Item condition:
    • Certified - Refurbished: The item is in pristine, like-new condition. It has been professionally inspected, cleaned, and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor to meet manufacturer specifications. The item will be in new packaging with original or new accessories.
  • About this deal:
    • Includes 2-year Allstate warranty.
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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Written by Dr.W
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Acer via eBay has Acer Aspire 14 AI Laptop (Certified Refurbished, A14-52MT-701K) for $491.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member Dr.W for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 258V, up to 4.8GHz, 8-core/8-Thread, 12MB Intel Smart Cache
  • 14" Multi-Touch IPS LED-Backlit WUXGA (1920 x 1200) 300-Nits Display
  • 32GB LPDDR5X RAM
  • 1TB PCIe Gen 4 Solid State Drive
  • Wi-Fi 6E with 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz Bands, Including 2x2 MU-MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 5.3
  • Integrated FHD Webcam (1920 x 1080) with Blue Glass supporting 1080p FHD video
  • Backlit Keyboard
  • Windows 11
  • Ports:
    • 2x USB Type-C (Supporting USB4, Thunderbolt 4 and USB Charging and Power Delivery)
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Power-Off Charging)
    • 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x Headphone/Speaker/Line-out Jack
    • 1x HDMI 2.1 with HDCP support

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • Item condition:
    • Certified - Refurbished: The item is in pristine, like-new condition. It has been professionally inspected, cleaned, and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor to meet manufacturer specifications. The item will be in new packaging with original or new accessories.
  • About this deal:
    • Includes 2-year Allstate warranty.
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

Original Post

Written by Dr.W

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NeatBird798
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The 45% NTSC aside, the 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 is definitely tempting.

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NeatBird798Today 04:28 AM
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The 45% NTSC aside, the 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 is definitely tempting.
Today 04:42 AM
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CleverCrayon981Today 04:42 AM
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These specs without an oled hurt a bit, but that price is crazy
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d0s2511Today 10:06 AM
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Quote from CleverCrayon981 :
These specs without an oled hurt a bit, but that price is crazy
For me, IPS is better for the text / office work.
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WireballToday 10:15 AM
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Notebookcheck review for the Ultra 5 version gives it a decent enough score at 83%. Do be aware that the LCD will be underwhelming.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ace...950.0.html

They expect that the Ultra 7 will only be 5-10% faster, which is supported by the largely similar scores between the two CPUs on https://www.cpubenchmark.net/comp...tra-7-258V
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SySteMatiCToday 01:02 PM
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For the specs it seems like a heck of deal to me.
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Today 01:36 PM
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hinchyToday 01:36 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank hinchy

I had this laptop. Specs aside, it felt very cheap. Very plasticy build quality and the keyboard feel wasn't great if you care about those things.
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BryanB2973Today 02:11 PM
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Acer and ebay. Couldn't get much worse. The pc will be a POS, acer won't help, neither will ebay. Good luck with that.

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edge929Today 02:22 PM
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Specs are great. Of course it's going to be a cheaper laptop, it's Acer. The real question is the condition it arrives in.

I've been waiting for this to come back in stock: https://www.ebay.com/itm/277168045226
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PhenomesaurusToday 02:44 PM
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Curious about the actual condition. Other listings usually say "Good", "Very Good", "Excellent", etc. This one just says "Certified - Refurbished". Returns are buyer pays for shipping, so it's not really a wait and see kind of thing when you're on the hook to pay for sending it back if it's not up to par.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank WooHoo2You

FWIW, I received this laptop a few weeks ago from Acer. Purchased from the Ultra 5 32GB deal, the specs didn't jive since the Ultra 5 doesn't do 32GB of ram. Acer via PM provided me a model number for a Ultra 9 but received this A14-52MT-701K (Ultra 7 258V), I still consider it a win but would have liked the U9 better Wink I did piss and moan a little after purchase (out of principle mainly), Acer ended up refunding $40 being they did tell me the wrong thing nit they clearly didn't want to do a return either. First few messages from them were AI nonsense or just random copy / pastes.

Testing against my old Lenovo Flex 5 8845HS with 16GB of ram; This Acer is about twice as fast in a few games (for example Far Cry 5 gets double the FPS) and Switch emulation is much stronger. Now never drops below 60 FPS where the 8845HS stayed there....most of the time.

Screen is pretty lackluster in terms of color against my old non-OLED Flex 5 (comparable to my work Dell Latitude 5440). Plenty bright, speakers MUCH LOUDER. Lenovo was super quiet. No SD or micro SD card slot though. Acer also has a lot of annoying stuff installed like AdobeOP which keeps bothering me buy something but I cannot figure out how to remove it (without simply removing the exe that is starting). msconfig nor start up (in task manager) appear to be pointing to it and no Adobe items are in Add / Remove Programs.

Laptop arrived brand new appearing, plain box, and charger, nothing more.
Last edited by WooHoo2You February 4, 2026 at 08:04 AM.
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PhenomesaurusToday 03:06 PM
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Quote from WooHoo2You :
FWIW, I received this laptop a few weeks ago from Acer. Purchased from the Ultra 5 32GB deal, the specs didn't jive since the Ultra 5 doesn't do 32GB of ram. Acer via PM provided me a model number for a Ultra 9 but received this A14-52MT-701K (Ultra 7 258V), I still consider it a win but would have liked the U9 better Wink I did piss and moan a little after purchase (out of principle mainly), Acer ended up refunding $40 being they did tell me the wrong thing nit they clearly didn't want to do a return either. First few messages from them were AI nonsense or just random copy / pastes.

Testing against my old Lenovo Flex 5 8845HS with 16GB of ram; This Acer is about twice as fast in a few games (for example Far Cry 5 gets double the FPS) and Switch emulation is much stronger. Now never drops below 60 FPS where the 8845HS stayed there....most of the time.

Screen is pretty lackluster in terms of color against my old non-OLED Flex 5 (comparable to my work Dell Latitude 5440). Plenty bright, speakers MUCH LOUDER. Lenovo was super quiet. No SD or micro SD card slot though. Acer also has a lot of annoying stuff installed like AdobeOP which keeps bothering me buy something but I cannot figure out how to remove it (without simply removing the exe that is starting). msconfig nor start up (in task manager) appear to be pointing to it and no Adobe items are in Add / Remove Programs.

Laptop arrived brand new appearing, plain box, and charger, nothing more.
How much did you pay in that deal to get this laptop? Do you have any other complaints about its quality or otherwise, and do you think this current price is a good deal for this laptop?
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birit.nariToday 03:11 PM
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Just yesterday I picked up the Ultra 5 226V, 16GB ram version of this from Costco for $500. Comparison sites seem to suggest this one does not perform much differently, but now I've got a little buyer's remorse. What do y'all think? New Ultra 5, 16GB vs Refurb Ultra 7, 32 GB.
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MaxRCToday 03:35 PM
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I could not live with a display that poor. Kudos to those who can.
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PhenomesaurusToday 03:50 PM
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Quote from MaxRC :
I could not live with a display that poor. Kudos to those who can.
What do you do on your laptop that makes this display unacceptable? Watching videos and/or gaming? I would be using it just for 'work' and personal use, like internet browsing and reading, Word and Excel, very occasional YouTube, etc. For day to day stuff would you consider it alright or is it just that bad?

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SySteMatiCToday 04:08 PM
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Quote from birit.nari :
Just yesterday I picked up the Ultra 5 226V, 16GB ram version of this from Costco for $500. Comparison sites seem to suggest this one does not perform much differently, but now I've got a little buyer's remorse. What do y'all think? New Ultra 5, 16GB vs Refurb Ultra 7, 32 GB.
Personally I would probably return it and order the refurb, but real world you are probably not going to notice a difference so if it's not worth the hassle to you, don't feel bad about not messing with it.

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