Acer E5 Home Experience

In today's notebook market, the number of notebook models over 15.4 inches can be counted with two fingers. A large proportion of these products come from Hu Hongyu, and Aspire E5-771g-51t2 is one of the most interesting.

Acer's 17-inch notebook is equipped with the Intel Core I5-4120U processor, 8GB memory, Nvidia gtx840m Independent graphics, 1080p resolution. The official retail price for this device is 799 dollars, but the actual cost is less than 700 dollars. It is not easy to control such a configuration price below 800 dollars, and other aspects of product quality are easily affected. Does Acer's 17-inch notebook have a good price/performance ratio?

　Design

The design of the Aspire E5 is relatively modern, with a 2.9kg fuselage weight and a slightly more than 24.5mm fuselage thickness that does not look so outdated. However, due to the placement of the optical drive, the right part of the fuselage in the compression will appear bending, resulting in a trace of vulnerability. But in addition, each side of the fuselage feels very solid.

The exterior of the device is not in any place, the whole body is plastic material, and abrasive treatment (including the screen border) to minimize fingerprints and screen reflection.

　　Keyboard and Touch pad

For large notebooks, keyboard space is not a problem. Aspire E5 is large enough to have a full size keypad. The touch of the button is also quite good, thanks to the deep enough key and the solid bottom action. But it's a bit of a shame not to be added to the backlight.

The E5 touch screen is also large, with a specification of x 8.9cm, providing ample space for multi-touch gestures. In actual use, we do not accidentally touch the Super button bar. However, the sensitivity of this trackpad is slightly higher, and it is easy to have a touch when typing.

　Display

1080p resolution is not uncommon for 17-inch notebooks, but what surprises us is the Aspire E5 screen quality. The contrast of this screen reaches the 670:1,srgb gamut of 90%. These numbers easily beat other similar devices, including Lenovo Flex 2 (470:1), as well as networking IdeaPad Y50 and Acer's own Aspire E5 14. In addition, the screen's black level, shadow detail, and maximum brightness (310 lux) are maintained at a good level. With the help of these parameters and matte coating, the E5 can be used normally even under the sun.

However, this screen has a bit of a difference in color accuracy, and the average delta error we've measured is 9, and some colors even reach 10. As long as the error value is higher than 1, the naked eye can detect, so the E5 defect is still very obvious. In actual use, this problem lets the screen color is too bright, the tone is warm.

　　Performance

E5 offers a variety of configuration parameters to choose from, but the most midrange models, including our evaluation equipment, are all based on Intel Core i5-4210u. This is a common processor model that can deliver outstanding performance.

As you can see from the figure above, E5 's performance in SiSoft's arithmetic processor run is 40.7 GOPs, which is equivalent to most i5 processor models, such as Dell Inspiron 15 7000 and Lenovo Flex 5, but compared to i7 four core processors Y50 there is still a certain gap. In the 7-zip compression test, E5 scored 7333, higher than the Inspiron 15 7000 (6688) and Flex 5 (7188), but still lost to Y50 (18790).

Unlike many midrange notebooks, E5 uses Nvidia GeForce 840M to match dual-core processors. The former compares the game to use the GTX series to lower one level, but the contrast integrated graphics card still more performance, the following figure 3DMark Test ranking can illustrate this point.

　Portable

The weight of the Aspire E5 (2.9kg) is already light in the same type of equipment, but that does not mean it is suitable for travel. Like most large laptops, E5 is too big for most backpacks and postman bags. In addition, the device's power consumption is also very high, in the Peacekeeper Web browsing test, the device only adhere to 4 hours 33 minutes, 15-inch Lenovo Flex 2 less than 1 hours, compared to the 14-inch version of the Aspire E5 is less than 2 hours.

　　Cooling

The heat dissipation performance of this equipment is very satisfactory. In idle state, the noise of its fan is only 35.1 db, and the working state will not exceed 38 db. In addition, the fuselage in the idle state under the temperature of less than 27 degrees, the work is no more than 32 degrees. No matter under any circumstances, the bottom of the E5 is not too hot.

　Summarize

Acer E5-771G-51T2 represents the end of an era. In addition to games, large-size notebooks are no longer the only option to get top performance. For ordinary users, a 14-15-inch notebook is a more appropriate choice. The 17-inch Aspire E5 is inconvenient to carry and has no advantage in performance.

However, Aspire E5 is a very cost-effective machine. The device is performing well in terms of performance, display quality and keyboard quality, especially for its actual price of less than 700 dollars.

In fact, some consumers may buy notebooks, but they are not used outside the home. For them, a 17-inch version of E5 may be a perfect choice. Although it is not a luxurious notebook, but you do not need to spend a lot of money to meet their needs.