Testseek.co.uk have collected 182 expert reviews of the Acer Swift 3 SF314-42 - AMD CPU and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Acer Swift 3 SF314-42 - AMD CPU.
June 2020
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182 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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3649 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Solid build quality
Supreme performance
Great value
Comfortable keyboard
Excellent performance for the price
Thin and light
Clicky-feeling keyboard
Long battery life
Highly portable
Excellent multitasker
Very affordable for an Ultrabook
Bright
Sharp screen
Appealing design
Comfortable typing experience
The editors didn't like
Mediocre touchpad
Dim display
Narrow color gamut
Display is dark with poor contrast
Audio lacks bass
Webcam image is barely visible regardless of lighting
Published: 2021-06-15, Author: Charles , review by: zdnet.com
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Published: 2020-11-24, Author: Alex , review by: laptopmedia.com
Very cool and quiet under heavy load, Reasonably comfortable keyboard with optional backlight, Lack of PWM (AUO B173HAN04.7), Comfortable viewing angles and good contrast ratio (AUO B173HAN04.7), Efficient and powerful mobile Ryzen 4000U chips
Covers only 50% of sRGB (AUO B173HAN04.7), Memory is soldered to the motherboard, No SD card reader on board
Ultimately, the Swift 3 (SF314-42) is a budget-conscious thin and light notebook, aimed at students, dynamic people, or even people that take their job on the go. This means a couple of things are prioritized over others. For example, we have the super-li...
AMD Ryzen 7 4700U brings strong performance, Great price for what you're getting, Decent port selection, Allday battery life, Fingerprint reader for Windows Hello
The keyboard isn't for everyone, Dim display with poor color
Source: Windows CentralBudget laptops always need to make up for cost somewhere, and the display often suffers. Some budget displays are better than others; unfortunately, the Swift 3's is on the lower end of the spectrum. Color reproduction and brightnes...
matte IPS display, good-looking slim metal case, NVMe SSD, excellent battery life, backlit keyboard, remained very quiet, remained fairly cool, USB 3.2 Gen 2, DisplayPort via USB-C, USB-C Power Delivery
dim display, low color space coverage, no card reader, RAM soldered onto motherboard (no vacant RAM slots)
Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R27B. Review unit provided by notebooksbilliger.deAcer's 14-inch notebook features AMD's current entry-level Ryzen 3 4300U APU. It offers enough performance for typical office and internet applications, and its integrated Vega5 GPU e...
matte IPS screen, stylish and slim metal chassis, high system performance, NVMe SSD, excellent battery life, backlit keyboard, runs quietly, low surface temperatures, USB 3.2 Gen2, USB Type-C with DisplayPort & Power Delivery
dim display, low colour space coverage, no memory card reader, soldered RAM (no memory banks)
Renoir brings the power but Acer forgets to include a bright displayThe Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R4XJ laptop review. Test device courtesy of notebooksbilliger.de.The Acer Swift 3 SF314-42 is a 14-inch laptop with a sleek and slim metal chassis. All things...
Stupidly fast performance at this price, Relatively light and thin
Trackpad has slight rattle, Battery life could be better
As the first Ryzen 7 4700U laptop we've seen, Acer's pedestrian Swift 3 is suddenly a sprinter, delivering unprecedented performance for a laptop this light and this small. It can compete with some gaming and content-creation laptops in CPU-focused tasks...
Excellent performance for the price, Thin and light, Clicky-feeling keyboard, Long battery life,
Display is dark with poor contrast, Audio lacks bass, Webcam image is barely visible regardless of lighting, Build quality feels fragile
AMD's new Ryzen 7 4700U processor breathes life into an otherwise unremarkable notebook, allowing it to surpass more-expensive competitors on performance, though the display and build quality aren't great...
