Acer Swift X SFX14-41G-R1S6 Creator Laptop | 14 Full HD 100% sRGB | AMD Ryzen 7 5800U | NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti GPU | 16GB LPDDR4X | 512GB SSD | Wi-Fi 6 | Backlit KB | Amazon Alexa | Windows 10 Home

I will put this first. I am unsure if the ram or solid state drive is set or if you can upgrade them. I did not try to open or upgrade the item. These are the two things you should research before purchasing this. Although with the current specification, I am sure you do not need to do that. This Acer laptop overall is an average size laptop and the specification are not bad for what you get. This laptop is relatively thin and not too heavy. It has a decent processor (ryzen 7). The ram is 16 gb which is well beyond the suggested nowadays. It will definitely work for most daily usage as well as design and gaming. That being said, it is not the best in terms of battery life. It really only last about three to four hours at most on a full charge. The fan is a bit loud on heavy usage. It is a standard AC charger which can make it a bit annoying to replace in the future if needed. The power brick is okay but does get hot while charging. You will need it plugged in to really game on this device. Upon boot up of the acer laptop, the laptop boots up fairly quick. The setup is pretty straight forward and does not require any driver installation. The bloatware is not too terrible. The laptop also has only a 14 inch screen with the max resolution at 1920 x 1080. The screen has an okay brightness but not the best quality. It still keep the traditional two USB port as well so you do not have to buy an adapter for this laptop while also having the type c (non thunderbolt) port. The laptop can be angled back for better viewing but it cannot be pushed back all the way. The laptop surface where the wrist rest is where I do not like the material. It looks nice with the bright silver but with long term use it will fade over time. The keys are okay, but not the best. I am not a fan of typing on them as it just feels a bit on the cheaper end. The external casing of this surface is very easy to scratch (seems to be an issue with all this material) so I would recommend that you get a laptop case for it. The trackpad runs pretty well, It is sensitive and feels smooth to move across. It also does not look like it will wear down easily which is good. There is a camera that will record at at least 720p. You could put a web cam cover on it. The dual microphone makes for a very clear voice and I have not had any issues with any sound issues. It usually does not pick up too much surrounding noise and focuses more on voice. On laptop, there is a 3.5 port to plug in headphones/microphone. It does have dual band wifi built in and no issues with speed/connection. The laptop itself can last about five to six hours or so on a full charge. Depending on how much you have open and how much you utilize the laptop capability, you could actually have less than that. Best thing to do is just balance the resource as best you can. The overall charge time depends but it can take up to three to charge the laptop to 100% from what I can tell. It is not too long and the charger does get hot so handle with care. It has a decent boot up being less than fifteen seconds to boot up but the bloatware has to go so I would recommend you uninstall that if possible. The speaker system is pretty loud but they do have a bit of a feedback noise that is a bit annoying but that is okay. The 3060 TI runs great! It is a very powerful card that allows you to game very well on this computer although the screen is only 14 inches. The fan also is a bit loud on high usage (gaming). The processor is an Ryzen 7 which is MORE than enough power for what I need it to do on a daily. In terms of video games, it can play many games at very high quality although you do need to have it plugged in. The processing speed is really fast and it works really well for what I need. There is an HDMI port so you are able to connect this to an external screen. I am unsure if there is a dock that is meant for this laptop. Overall this laptop is a a very powerful laptop. You get a smaller screen but the gaming on it is not bad. The acer laptop can run a bit hot and the battery life is not the best. The specification is not bad at 16 GB ram and 512 gb SSD drive. The space is decent for what I need it for but for gaming it will fill up fast. It is good for all around use and can easily be made into a work, gaming, or basic computer with a single monitor connection.

Its good for competitive gaming such as valorant or overwatch if connected to an external monitor. I Can get a solid 120 fps.

There are many things to love about this laptop, like:

I bought this Swift X just over one month ago.I immediately upgraded the O/S nvme to 2tb,& added an additional 2tb nvme. I installed steam, Amd Tuning utility, & a custom version of windows 10. Total ram on idle was 1.2g.

It’s small, lightning fast and powerful. It gets insanely hot when running anything gpu intensive but a laptop fan will help it cool down. It runs smaller games like Terraria, Stardew Valley and Starbound with ease. It could definitely run new titles with lowered settings but I have not tried it yet. Temps are in the normal range even when it heats up. I recommend getting a 65W usb-c charger instead of using the charger it comes with. The one it comes with is a little flimsy and I feel like it’ll break with extended use. It doesn’t offer that many ports so I got a j5create usb-c multi adapter which helps a lot. And it does not come with that much bloatware as I expected which is nice.

All is good w/exception of being advertised at Windows 10 operating system.... its Windows 11. Not happy yet will live w/it mainly because I had techs transfer files and they told me it was Windows 11. Sure it could b returned but it would b my cost to offload files. Its quick. Lightweight.

UPDATE:

This is my 3rd Acer Swift purchase, this time trying out the Swift X, instead of the Swift 3. Its a great machine. Very fast, portable, comfortable to type on, fantastic screen quality. Dont get me wrong, there are better laptops out there. However, there are none better at this price point (at least that I could find after weeks of research). This laptop features a decent GPU, so I use it not only for work, but also for gaming. Cant handle the most challenging games very well (its not a gaming laptop), but can easily handle the vast majority of them. The only complaint I have is the battery life isnt great for a laptop in this class. Its a lot less than my previous Swift 3, and definitely not impressive when compared to other similarly priced laptops. Overall, a fantastic laptop that I use daily for video conferencing, typing reports, emailing, and gaming in the evening once the kids are in bed.

Every few days the system crashes with the blue screen. I tried calling Acer customer service but they keep suggesting steps that dont help fixed the problem. It is still crashing, this laptop have very bad quality and the service from Acer is horrible.

Por el precio que pagué es una maquina espectacular para creadores. El diseño es limpio y bonito, la pantalla se ve preciosa, es liviana y le dura bastante la bateria 10/10. Mi trabajo de como creadora de contenidos para redes sociales