Design

The appearance of New Acer laptop Aspire E5-511 is very simple and quite presentable. Naturally, the laptop case is made of plastic. This material is of good quality, but its insufficient stiffness reduces the reliability in operation. At the same time a classic black practical from the viewpoint of cleanliness, and increase the chances of a matte finish to leave as little as possible to fingerprint surface. Also, this prevents a chaotic pattern embossed on the lid, which looks quite nice.

The weight of the new Acer laptop is exactly 2.5 kg, the size standard for the 15.6-inch form factor – 381.6h256h25.3-30.3 mm. Perhaps such a device without problems can accompany its owner in a bag or backpack because the laptop is relatively compact and lightweight, and it is.

Build quality in new Acer laptop Aspire E5-511 good – thanks to the manufacturer, who saves even in the case of low-end phones. Hinges well hold laptop lid in the open position even at the maximum opening angle.

At the bottom of the hull can be seen several ventilation grilles, five support legs and two perforation speakers located in the opposite direction. The cover is fixed by numerous screws.

Display, sound, webcam

The new Acer laptop Aspire E5-511 provided the 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16: 9. This is a standard set for inexpensive notebook models and high expectations at the expense of image quality should not be, the more that are used TN-matrix with limited viewing angles. In any case, the picture lacks the saturation and brightness, color reproduction is also “lame”, but these resources are enough to watch a movie or catch up with friends on social networks, surf the Internet. Here everything is clear – a mediocre unit for undemanding users.

The speakers are two and they are located on the bottom. This creates additional noise in the sound reproduction process, as it is muted if the laptop is on the table. This, as well as a satisfactory sound, makes an appeal for help to the headphones, which immediately solve the problem of volume and partly to improve the quality of acoustics.

HD-Webcam installed in the notebook allow nice chat in the chat. Also got to make a couple of photos, but only when absolutely necessary, as the quality you hardly will be satisfied.

Keyboard and Touchpad

As a new Acer laptop has 15.6-inch, Acer Aspire E5-511 island accommodates a full-size keyboard with an extra number pad. It is extremely easy to operate, the key travel is average, they are not in the noise. The buttons are raised high enough above the substrate, which, incidentally, is so strong that not even bend at too actively typing or gaming.

The power button is moved to the upper left corner, it is very different from the style of the entire keyboard, so it is always visible in the work. Keys pointer block downright miniature, which is extremely inconvenient and creates an imbalance in the feel of the keyboard as a whole.

Another drawback, at least subjectively, can be called the dimensions and location relative to the touchpad button space. The fact that the touch zone is located directly beneath it and width have almost identical dimensions. Thus, the probability of erroneous press remains relatively high as long as you do not get used to such a dislocation space buttons and controls. Otherwise, the touchpad has a nice matte texture and good sensitivity, supports multi-touch gestures and efficiently performs the functions of the left and right mouse buttons though they are not visually highlighted.

Performance

New Acer laptop Aspire E5-511-P6CS running Windows 8.1. This equipment requires a power efficient quad-core Intel Pentium N3540 with a nominal clock frequency of 2.16 GHz. With the support of technology acceleration Burst, it increases to a maximum of 2.66 GHz. The amount of second-level cache is 2MB, TDP – just 7.5 watts. It should be noted that the processor Pentium N3540 has a capacity sufficient to solve simple everyday tasks. It works much faster compared to the N2800, leaving on a level with APU AMD A6-5200.

Built-in video card Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail) is equipped with a total of 4 actuators and 313-896 MHz frequency offers. Supporting DirectX 11, it is able to cope only with the undemanding games, and then on low settings. For example, with 56 fps will Sims 4 (2014), with low settings and a screen resolution of 1024×768. At the same time such toys as the Risen 3: Titan Lords or, for example, Alien: Isolation will be unplayable.

RAM is 4 GB DDR3L-1600 type with a maximum of 8 GB. Connector at the bar one memory.

Hard Drive 1 TB offers enough space to store a large amount of information that is very important for such a simple working machines, as our test laptop.

Ports and Communications

A set of connectors in this laptop is small, but enough for the work that he is able to perform. On the left side is a slot for a Kensington lock, a vent, VGA, RJ-45, HDMI, USB 3.0, combo audio jack.

On the right side, there are a couple of USB 2.0, the tray for the DVD-ROM drive, with the AC adapter.

In front is a card reader SD, point the microphone, as well as LED indicators for power and battery life.

Wireless communications are represented Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n.

Battery

The notebook is equipped with the 6-cell lithium-ion battery capacity of 4700 mAh. It provides about two hours of battery life in a mixed mode, watching videos and surfing the internet.

Verdict – new Acer laptop

New Acer laptop Aspire E5-5 – a classic example of a simple budget notebook that fits exclusively for solving daily tasks. It will be a good option for novice users, as well as for those who need a device for working with documents. The device is easy to carry, it does not take up too much space in your backpack or purse and is relatively inexpensive – about $ 400.

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Design

The laptop looks very nice, though not particularly distinguished by the classical form. Cover New Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G made of matte silver plastic, making her not show fingerprints as glossy. By the way, in the interior are two colors: silver and black. It is made in the last frame around the display, the keyboard keys.

The operation of the laptop New Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G not too strong, it will withstand twisting, but with pressure will bend the cover. By the way, the laptop assembled good to see the gaps, even at close examination it will be difficult. However, it is not the laptop that will withstand changes in humidity and temperature. Also, it does not discharge from the high-impact. With regard to size 381h256.5h25-30 mm, they did not interfere with the laptop transport from place to place. Yes, and the weight of 2.5 kg is optimal for a 15.6-inch device.

Display, sound, webcam

Perhaps plus screen Aspire V3-572G be called a matte surface. The rest is like many other notebooks: 15.6-inch display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels. However, there is another equipment, which is installed in Full HD-screen. The brightness of the display is that you can expect to work in the room, but its level is not enough, if you use a laptop in the sun. By the way, colors are nice, but the contrast of the picture is missing. Most frustrating unstable viewing angles, especially in the vertical direction.

Acoustics new Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G includes two stereo speakers, there is support for technology Dolby Home Theater. Despite this sound in the laptop can be called surround a stretch. Rather, it can be characterized as monotonous, which is dominated by high frequencies. If you are picky the quality of the audio, you can comfortably listen to music or watch a movie, even without headphones. Especially since the laptop loud sounds, without grinding at the maximum.

Also, the device has a webcam with a resolution of 1.3 megapixels. It removes the bad and also helps in video conferencing via Skype.

Keyboard and Touchpad

The laptop boasts a full-size keyboard island, including the gamepad, as well as the presence of key illumination, convenient for those who work in the dark. In addition to the optimal distance between the buttons should be said about the amount of which will help to speed dial.

In fact, just have to get used to the block of switches, which greatly reduced. There will be no complaints in respect of labeling, it is very well seen, especially since some of the symbols on the function keys are different in color and are easy to find among the rest.

The touchpad in a new Acer laptop 2015 seems to be not only large but also quite extended. It is convenient to use, although it is significantly shifted to the left from the center. Using the touchpad, you can control the cursor, use the scroll, zoom. Also, the touchpad is a good substitute for the mouse. His right and left buttons are hidden under the panel but are quickly and accurately pressed.

Performance

New Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G-52FH works preloaded with 64-bit operating system Windows 8.1. The basis of the filling is a processor Intel Core i5-5200U, built on 14-nanometer technology architecture, Broadwell. It is equipped with two processing cores with a frequency of 2.2 GHz and a cache in the third level of 3 MB. Support various technologies allow the processor to improve the efficiency of the notebook as a whole. So, with the help of Turbo Boost clock rate can be increased up to 2.7 GHz, but thanks to Hyper-Threading will be processed at the same time four data streams. Considering that the Core i5-5200U relates to ULV-family, do not count on too high a performance. However, multimedia tasks, work with documents, it will be online, of course, by force.

Intel HD Graphics 5500 – Integrated Graphics, works in conjunction with the processor. Video accelerator supports DirectX 11.2, as well as allows you to view the image on multiple external displays. In addition, the card successfully decodes video format N.265 and, in general, the performance can be compared with NVIDIA GeForce 820M. Games with Intel HD 5500 – is not the best option, so for such entertainment is to switch to the discrete NVIDIA GeForce 840M, having 2GB DDR3 video memory and supports DirectX 11. The graphics refer to the average level, it decodes video H.264 and MPEG- 2, and it shows itself in bad games. For example, in The Evil Within, or Watch Dogs will play at medium settings with a frequency of more than 28 fps, and FIFA 15 will do fine on high with native HD-resolution.

Among the components can also be isolated to 8 GB of memory standard, DDR3L-1333. This is more than enough to cope with a variety of running applications, to ensure stability and the fast work laptop. It should be noted that under the RAM allocated two slots, so it is possible to increase up to 16 GB. By the way, all the software and other files can be stored on the HDD, the capacity of which is 1000 GB. Although the standard rotation speed of 5400 rev / min, reading and writing data to the hard disk is performed in seconds.

Ports and Communications

On the right side of the notebook has a built-in optical drive DVD ± RW Super Multi with support for Double Layer, and the power jack and two USB 2.0.

The opposite face takes VGA, HDMI, another port USB, but already the standard 3.0 and network RJ-45 connector. Close to the front end is the combined audio jack, and at the end – Kensington lock slot. In addition to the interfaces on the left side of the ventilation grille can be seen, for outputting a warm air.

Behind the port there, and in front – two LEDs and a card reader, readable format SD / MMC / MS / Pro / xD. Wireless Communication new Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G presented Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Battery

6-cell lithium-ion battery in the laptop has a capacity of 4700 mAh. View online video battery discharge after 6-7 hours, but the book can be read as much as ten hours, if the switch off Wi-Fi, and significantly reduce the brightness of the display. Incidentally, the charging process takes 2-3 hours.

Verdict – New Acer laptop 2015

Well, to doubt the good performance of the device is not necessary. Modern filling new Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G, including a new processor and a discrete graphics accelerator Broadwell midrange GeForce 840M from NVIDIA, will cope with many problems. Therefore, you can count on that will work, and in his spare time to watch a video or play a bit. However, to judge objectively, the laptop screen is not the best, it has unstable viewing angles and insufficient brightness. And the strength of the body is not ideal. In general, the cost of up to $ 650 for this notebook is justified, but competitors with similar models as much. So for a place under the sun new Acer laptop 2015 Aspire V3-572G have to fight.

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