136 of 141 people found the following review helpful Hot Smoking Machine for the Buck$, December 10, 2016 This review is from: Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 15.6-Inches Full HD Notebook (i5-7200U, 8GB DDR4 SDRAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black (Personal Computers) If you're reading this review it's because you're in the marketplace to buy a new puter running the latest i5 CPU or killing time. Well, read on. Here's my thoughts after tweaking this machine to my liking. CPU - 5 ***** For the $$ it is fast. 2.5 GHZ turbos to 3.1 GHZ PassMark has the i5-7200 rated at 4753. The i5-6200 is rated at 3923. The higher rating means better performance. This i5 rocks over an i3. Memory DDR4 - 4 ***** Kingston PC-2400R, one 8 GB stick. SSD - None SK Hynix M.2 SATA III 256 GB - 5 ***** Surprised to discover my rig is running with an M.2 SATA III stick instead of an SSD. The SSD hole is empty in case one wishes to add one. It's not PCI-e so you won't notice the difference in speed between this M.2 and an SSD. In a year or two I expect to see laptops with PCI-e capable M.2 sticks which will be capable of up to 32 GB speeds vs the 6GB SATA III speed. GPU Nvidea GeForce 940MX... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 35 of 39 people found the following review helpful nice laptop, however TN (poor up/down view angle) screen, January 18, 2017 This review is from: Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 15.6-Inches Full HD Notebook (i5-7200U, 8GB DDR4 SDRAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black (Personal Computers) Purchased this as a capable workstation for CUDA code development as well as having the capability to upgrade to 32 GB RAM to load large data sets related to my PhD thesis. A few quick specs of the components included when I purchased it on January 6th, 2016: LCD panel: N156HGE-EAL (TN, 30-pin EDP, 94% NTSC, however 15/15/85/85 view angles) -- can easily be swapped with other IPS/PLS models such as B156HAN01.2 or LTN156HL01-B01 which offer at least 85/85/85/85 view angles M.2 (SATA) SSD: HFS256G39TND-N210A (SK Hynix 256GB SC308 M.2 2280) Optical Drive: HL-DT-STDVDRAM_GUE1N WiFi card: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 It does have a spare 2.5" SATA slot, in which I have installed a 1TB 2.5" SSD. Acer sells an $8 bracket on their website, for holding the drive in place, but I found that the fit is very tight and can interfere with the ribbon cable used for the HD AUDIO connection. causing the sound card to not be detected. I ended up just cutting a... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? 55 of 62 people found the following review helpful There is no other laptop better than this one below the $550 price range...trust me, i've spent hours looking for one., November 17, 2016 This review is from: Acer Aspire E 15 E5-575G-57D4 15.6-Inches Full HD Notebook (i5-7200U, 8GB DDR4 SDRAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home), Obsidian Black (Personal Computers) Amazing laptop at the best price!! this laptop not only comes with the 7th Generation i5 Processor but it ALSO includes a Nvidia Graphics Card. Yes, it is only a 940MX but at this $550 price range we usually don't get anything else besides an Intel Graphics card so this is a huge bonus. This system is also easily upgradable, you can have up to 32gb of RAM (16gb should be plenty though) and you can also add an HDD Drive if needed. It is easily accessible by removing the back lid with only 3 screws. You would also get a 256gb M.2 drive which is blazing fast. My system turns on and starts up Google Chrome in less than 16 seconds and that is impressive. You would also get the latest 3.0 USBs and 2.0 USB ports with the newer Type-C connector and of course an HDMI port. There is really nothing else to ask for in this laptop. It comes with a lot of features for an extremely low price. I ended up buying 2 of these laptops since i saw how quick they are selling out. Oh and lets not forget the... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? |