Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G. Short Review and Gaming Test

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G with AMD Ryzen 5000 Series, this is a laptop that may be a laptop that many people need. Yes, many people are looking for a laptop with high performance, Fast CPU, Fast GPU, but not looking for a gaming laptop. This one looks ordinary, but its performance is not to be outdone by a Gaming Laptop. Maybe, this one laptop is more appropriate if we call it a Hight Performance Laptop. For those of you who are still in college and confused about finding a laptop, maybe this is actually what you are looking for if you are looking for a high-performance laptop.

Let's discuss!!

Starting from the Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G processor

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) uses AMD ryzen 5 5500U Code name is Lucienne, the architecture is Zen 2, 7 nanometer of course. 

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) Free OS Win11 and Office 2021 Home & Student

TDP, it says 15 watts. But, that doesn't mean he isn't tight. 6-core 12 threads, this high number of cores and threads can provide performance equivalent to processors on desktops or processors for gaming laptops, but the TDP is only 15 watts. So, fast but efficient. The base clock is 2.1 GHz with a maximum boost clock of up to 4.0 GHz and the total L3 Cache is 8 MB.

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G)  AMD Ryzen 5 5000 U Laptop Processor

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G integrated graphics

The Aspire 7 uses AMD Radeon graphics with 7 graphics Core Count. 448 shader units.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G RAM

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) ,16GB Dual Channel RAM

This Aspire 7 A715-42G uses 16 GB DDR4 PC3200 Mhz dual channel RAM. So it's dual-channel, and already 16 Giga, no need to bother upgrading anymore. But if you want to upgrade, you can still upgrade it up to 32GB dual-channel.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G storage

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G)  Storage, 512 GB PCI NVME SSD

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G is ready to use 512 GB PCI NVME SSD, here there are no additional Sata and M.2 slots, so for upgrading we have to change the default storage, but 512 Giga is quite large.

Aspire 7  GPU Use

Acer Aspire 7 uses a GeForce rtx 3050 Laptop GPU. Maximum Power Limit is at 60watt, and VRam is at 4GB GDDR6 2048 CUDA Cores, then Feature-Resizeable BAR is already active on this laptop.

Wireless Connectivity On Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G

He uses MediaTek Wi-Fi, this is already Wi-Fi six. Already Support Multi User MIMO and Bluetooth version 5.

Aspire 7 A715-42G Battery

The battery capacity is 48 Wh 

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) OS Include

For this Laptop, OS directly uses Windows 11 Home. And also free MS. Office Home & Student 2021

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Body

The shape is a clamshell or classic laptop. The material is polycarbonate. The design is simple, minimalist, and in our opinion tends to look professional and serious, not at all reflecting a gaming laptop. He looks similar to the rest of the Aspire series. There is an Acer logo on the back of the screen, and there is an Aspire identity logo that looks faint on the hinge.

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) Body Material

For color, this name is Charcoal Black. Although it's more like a dark gray. The dimensions are 363 cm long and 25.4 cm wide, with a thickness of 2.29 cm.

For the laptop it self, it weighs at 2.1 Kg, while the charger is at 386 Grams. So, the total weight is around 2.49 Kg.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Display

Aspire 7 uses an IPS panel and it is large, at 15.6 inches. So for those of you who need a large screen, this might be perfect. The resolution is full HD 1920x1080 Pixels and the Refresh Rate is 60Hz. Obviously, this is not a gaming laptop. There is no official info regarding the Coverage Gamut from acer, but based on testing, the Coverage Gamut is in the 57.7 percent sRGB range and the volume is at 57.9 percent sRGB with Brightness at 175 Nits. It's not really the best screen we've come across.

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) Screen Panel

And if for example you use it for Content Creation, we recommend using an external monitor that is more capable. However, by looking at the price, we don't complain much about the quality of the screen, because the screen is already spacious. This screen also uses an anti-glare coating, so it is comfortable to use. Not a lot of annoying light reflections.

Acer Aspire 7 display also use Full-Nerrow Display. The right and left frames are already relatively thin, 81.61 Screen to Body Ratio. The top frame is still a little thick, because there's a 720p-30FPS camera in there.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Audio

For audio, the Acer Aspire 7 uses dual stereo speakers, located at the bottom right and left of the laptop. As for the sound quality, it seems that it still can't be relied on to be enjoyed. But at least there are still speakers here.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Connector

On the left there are:

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) Left Side

1 kensington lock, there is 1 ethernet port, 1 HDMI, there is one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C (5 Gbps), and there are two USB 3.2 Gen 1 which is 5gbps.

On the right hand side:

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) Right Side

There is one Audio Jack Combo 3.5 mm, there is one USB 2.0, and one DC In port for the charger.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Keyboard

For the keyboard, the layout is typical of the Acer Aspire. There is a Numpad button on the right, so it's perfect for those of you who often need the Numpad button. For the power button, it blends with the keyboard layout, its position is at the top right corner. For backlight, this is white backlight with one brightness level. So, it can only be on or off.

For the touchpad, the size is quite wide. Located center to spacebar, this is fun. So if you type it won't bother you. Of course, this Touchpad already supports the Windows Precision Driver feature.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Cooling System

Acer Aspire 7 (A715-42G) Cooling System

For the cooling system, it has two fun and two Heat Pipes and a heat sink that covers the CPU and GPU areas. The intake is from below, the exhaust is towards the back right of the laptop.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Performance Mode

There are three performance settings that can be changed with the function key + the letter F (Fn + F).

• Silent
• Normal
• Performance

Let's see the consistency of its performance with cinebench R15, 20 times Loop. We don't see any difference in Normal Mode or Performance mode, both of which have a maximum score of around 1367 points, this includes a high score. As for Consistency Performance, both modes are also able to maintain scores in the range of 1300 points. Again, it is stable and there are very few throttling symptoms. and the point make it present like a gaming laptop. 

For working temperature, In the first Run to the fourth Run, the temperature is in the range of 75-80 degrees Celsius. Entering the next run, the temperature dropped to 64-69 degrees Celsius. If this is not the temperature of a gaming laptop, it is very cold.

OK, let's jump right into Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Blender's testing

Blender 3.01-BMW27

Scence, CPU rendering, all done in 4 minutes 38 seconds. GPU rendering 49 seconds. Fast, hehehe!! Then for the working temperature, when the temperature is working with horse acceleration, we see that the CPU temperature is in the range of 70-75 degrees Celsius and the GPU temperature is in the range of 63-66 degrees Celsius. again, this is by no means a worrying temperature.

Let's move on to Adobe Premiere Pro cc 2022.

The 4K60 rendering test, Software only completed in 19 minutes 35 seconds. Of course you will not use this setting. But, if we use horse acceleration, everything is finished in 2 minutes 30 seconds. This is great for a 4K60 video that is 2 minutes and seven seconds long.

Okay, how about for 1080P?. For software only, it's done in five minutes 29 seconds, but if we use the horse's acceleration, it's done in one minute 15 seconds. So, be tight!!.

Then what about the working temperature? The CPU temperature is in the range of 78-85 degrees Celsius, while the GPU is in the 60-65 degree Celsius range. Safe, no problem.

OK, let's go to Davinci Resolve 17.2, a free video editing software.

4K60 video rendering with a duration of 2 minutes 7 seconds completed in five minutes 58 seconds. Meanwhile, if the quality is 1080 60FPS, rendering is complete in one minute 49 seconds. Wow, Fast!!. Then for the working temperature, when rendering 4K60, the CPU temperature is only in the range of 75 to 82 degrees Celsius and the GPU is still at 63-66 degrees Celsius.

we move on to Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G gaming testing

Let's start with 3DMARK first

3DMARK Files Strike directX 11, Graphics score is at 11499, while 3DMARK Time Spy DirectX 12 graphics scores at 4402. As for the working temperature, when we use the Fire Strike-Stress Test, the GPU is only in the 60-65 degree Celsius range.

Next we head to gaming testing

This is not a gaming laptop, but we can test the game, please.

Okay, the first one, CSGO

1080p resolution, Low setting gets 140-180 FPs

DOTA 2

1080p, fastest, Ccreen Render 100%, get 75-90 FPS. still solid.

Then Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

1080P, Haigh, Ray Tracing Medium, we can still get 55 to 60 FPS.

Death Stranding

1080P, Very High, DLSS quality, still 70-90 FPS.

Then the game Assassin's Creed Valhalla

FHD 1080P, Medium, getting 50-65 FPS. When playing this game for 30 minutes, we see that the CPU temperature is at 69-72 degrees Celsius, the GPU is at 64-66 degrees Celsius, and for the surface temperature, almost the entire keyboard area is below 38 degrees Celsius, while the keyboard area is below 38 degrees Celsius. the hottest areas occur in the Middle and Upper Middle which reach temperatures of 40 to 41 degrees Celsius. if in the Pamrest area the temperature is below 30 degrees Celsius.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Storage Test

Okay, now we move on to Storage test. The read speed is 3019 MBPS and the write speed is 1652 MBPS. Wow!!, the reading speed is at 3000, which means it's quite fast.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Battery testing

We set Performance in Normal Mode, Brightness 50%, Volume 25% we play Video Playback with 1080P resolution, it can last up to 8 hours 45 minutes or almost 9 hours. This is a decent duration, where the battery is only 48 Wh capacity and the screen is 15.6 inches. How about the

charge?, the first 30 minutes it's already 50%, this is amazing. While charging from zero to 100% only takes about 100 minutes or one hour and forty minutes.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G price

Certainly not too expensive, the price is in the range of 13 million, and this includes Windows 11 Home and Microsoft Office Home & Student 2021 which are active forever on this laptop.

Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G Warranty

It is provided with a 3 year warranty. The warranty provided is one year for spare parts and three years for service. 

Things to note!

• The first screen It's not 100% sRGB even though it's an IPS screen. So, for those of you who need this laptop for Content Creation, if for example you need high color accuracy, this laptop is not very suitable. You can use an external display. However, if you are doing video editing for a hobby or just for fun, there should be no problem, because it uses an IPS screen and the consistency is still pretty good.
• Then there is no expansion slot for additional storage, be it for M.2 or sata. So we have to change the default storage if we want to upgrade.

Interesting Side From Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G

• This laptop has a high performance but minimalist design. This is probably what you are looking for. because maybe for students it's a bit difficult if you want a fast laptop but you get a Gaming Laptop. This laptop is perfect for college, and for other jobs that require high performance but don't want to look like a gaming laptop.
• Then, he uses an AMD Ryzen 5 5500u processor with 6 cores-12 threads whose performance can match the performance of a desktop PC. Even though its TDP is only 15 Watts, and obviously, it has high efficiency. The power consumption is definitely low.
• Then, this laptop is comfortable for multitasking activities with a large number of cores and threads.
• Then he has an RTX 3050 Laptop GPU. It's perfect for content creators and even gaming is comfortable. Still able to bulldoze some Triple A games in full-hd resolution.
• The RAM is quite large, which is 16 Giga and has dual channels. Ready to use, no need to bother upgrading. The 512 Giga SSD PCI MVME storage is quite spacious and quite fast.
• The connectors are also quite complete.Already have wi-fi six.
• The working temperature is low.
• There is a bonus office Home and Student 2001.
• And the warranty is also quite long.

Judging from its performance, it's not wrong if the message is "power your voice: Create Unlimited Creativity with the Really Fast AMD Ryzen 5000U Mobile Processor". Because Acer Aspire 7 A715-42G is really fast, and what is no less important is its appearance. Even though he's tight he's still low profile.

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Easy Ways to Turn Off Hard Disk Drive When Idle In Windows 10, With 5 Easy Steps

Why do we turn off our PC / Laptop Hard Disk?, this aims to save electricity or battery consumption. 

For you Windows 10 users, you can take advantage of the settings in Power Options to turn off the hard disk when there is no activity for a certain period of time.

This option is known as Turn Off Hard Disk after is a part of the power management choices of the current power plan. The user can control it, turn on or turn off it. It depends on the required power plan, it can be turned on or turn off out of the box. For instance, it is turned on in the Balanced and Power Saver power profiles, and turned off in the Performance power plan. So, do you need this feature?

Here are 5 easy steps to turn off the Hard Disk Drive when Idle in Windows 10

1. Open Windows Run (Win Key + R key), then type powercfg.cpl

Open Windows Run (Win Key + R key)

Open Windows Run (Win Key + R key), then type powercfg.cpl

2. Click the Change plan settings option, adjust to the power plan that will be used

Click the Change plan settings option, adjust to the power plan that will be used

3. Click on the option Change advanced power settings

Click on the option Change advanced power settings

4. Open the Hard disk menu, then you will find settings to set how long the hard disk will turn off after a few minutes without read / write (idle) activity. You can set when the device is connected (Plugged in) or not connected to an electric current (On battery). Click OK to save the settings

settings to set how long the hard disk will turn off

5. Done

When the activity on the hard disk drive stops, there will be a delay of several seconds before the disk rotation on the hard disk drive will move again. However, you should also note that this feature will not work on Solid State Drives (SSD) or Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe).

That's an easy way to turn off the Hard Disk Drive when Idle in Windows 10. Hopefully this simple information can help you.

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Tips for Cleaning LED Screens on TVs and Monitors

Cleaning the LED screen on a TV or monitor can be done in various ways. However, the most important thing is that when we clean the LED screen, we use materials that can actually damage our LED screen. So, what kind of materials can and cannot be used? The materials that can be used to clean the LED TV / Monitor screen are clean cloth, soft, dry, with a type of microfiber cloth or the like. Meanwhile, what we should not use are rough and dirty, even wet cloths, tissue paper, window cleaners, paint thinner, gasoline and other chemicals.

A dirty LED screen, be it on a television or computer monitor, is usually caused by adhering dust, water splashes, dirt from cigarette smoke and so on. If we don't clean it immediately, then the dirt will move and it will be more difficult to clean. In addition, the dirt will give the impression of being neglected.

Tips for Cleaning LED Screens on TVs and Monitors

Here are some ways to clean the LED screen either on a TV or on a computer monitor that we can recommend for you to do.

The first step that we highly recommend when you are going to clean the LED screen is to make sure that our TV/Monitor is off and not connected to electricity. In other words, you have to unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. This step aims to avoid the possibility of a short circuit when we clean the tv or monitor screen if we clean it using water or other liquids. Especially for those of you who are afraid of electric shock, this step is very helpful. Not only that, the main goal is to clean the screen, it will not damage the pixels of the TV or monitor screen. Because, if you leave it on, it's likely that the pixels of the TV will be damaged. In addition, in this way it cools the television that is always on, so that at the same time it can save electricity.

How to Clean TV and Monitor LED Screens

The next step is, when the TV/monitor machine is cold you can start cleaning it. But first, prepare the materials or tools, such as the cloth mentioned above, which is a soft and dry cloth.

The reason is, the cloth is used to clean the dusty LED screen. So, if you use a rough cloth, then the surface of the screen will be scratched. The safest way to clean the LED screen is to first wipe the screen slowly or gently all over the screen using a dry microfiber cloth. Do not let it clean by pressing too hard, because it will also damage the screen.

Cleaning LED Screens on TVs and Monitors

And if there is still dirt stuck to it, then you can use Screen Cleaner (cleaning liquid). But never spray the liquid directly onto the screen, but just onto the cloth. For stubborn dirt or difficult to remove even after cleaning, you can wipe it by pressing. However, the pressure when cleaning the LED screen is a little hard, not too hard, with the help of cleaning fluid. The cleaning fluid or Screen Cleaner, although it can be used, should not be used too often, it should be used as needed. The reason is, if you clean the LED television screen or monitor too often using chemical liquids, then of course it can damage the pixels or the surface of the screen.

Cleaning the LED TV Screen and Monitors with Vinegar and Water

Apart from this chemical screen cleaner, another liquid that can be used to clean a TV screen or LED type monitor is vinegar mixed with plain water.

Who would have thought that vinegar, which is beneficial for food and health, can also be useful for cleaning dirty LED screen. The method is very easy, namely mixing white vinegar with clean water in a bowl or other container. After mixing the two ingredients, don't spray directly onto the screen. Because it can damage the TV screen or monitor permanently. But it is enough to dip a soft cloth or microfiber end into the bowl that already has vinegar and plain water.

Cleaning the LED TV Screen and Monitors with Vinegar and Water

After that, gently wipe the cloth used to clean the LED screen. That way, stubborn dirt and dust can be immediately removed. However, there are several television products from other manufacturers that provide advice. You can use water, but it is recommended according to the instructions on your TV. Especially the water according to the recommended dose.

While the chemical-based Screen Cleaner is good for cleaning LED screens, there are some other chemicals that shouldn't be used. These materials include Ethyl Chloride, Acetone, Ethyl Alcohol and Ammonia. This is because these chemicals can permanently damage the screen. These liquids are generally used in nail polish remover, paint thinner or paint solvent, and windex. In addition, soap, gasoline and scouring powder should not be used to clean the LED screen.

Meanwhile, cloth materials that are prohibited for cleaning TV or monitor screens are non-ultrasoft materials or materials that are categorized as rough. Examples are towels, tissue paper, toilet paper and other materials with a rough texture. If you use this material, it will release an anti-glare layer on the surface of the screen, and it can also cause permanent damage.

If you've finished cleaning the LED screen, then let it dry completely, before turning your television or monitor back on.

Here are a few tips that we can provide for those of you who want to clean your own LED TV or monitor screen. Hope it can help you.

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