Acer Aspire 5552 Series
Processor: AMD Athlon II P320, AMD Athlon II P340, AMD Phenom II X3 N830, Intel Core i3 380MGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6650M, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470, ATI Radeon HD 4250, NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Display: 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.4kg, 2.498kg, 2.5kg, 2.6kg
Price: 400, 500, 600 euro
Average of 7 scores (from 6 reviews)
Acer Aspire 5552G-P344G50Mnkk
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire 5552G-P344G50MnkkProcessor: AMD Athlon II P340
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 512 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.498kg
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Structured. Simplicity is convincing. The mainstream 15.6" all-rounder goes without aluminum and high-gloss (mostly). The non-slip surfaces are pleasant, but they are no good for boasting. We'll clarify which office and multimedia qualities the 5552G has.
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/16/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 76% display: 76% mobility: 75% workmanship: 85% ergonomy: 82% emissions: 92%
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/16/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 76% display: 76% mobility: 75% workmanship: 85% ergonomy: 82% emissions: 92%
Acer Aspire 5552G-N834G50Mikk
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire 5552G-N834G50MikkProcessor: AMD Phenom II X3 N830
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Retera RU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/22/2011
Rating: Total score: 61% performance: 78% display: 42% mobility: 34% emissions: 17%
Acer Aspire 5552-P322G32Mn
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire 5552-P322G32MnProcessor: AMD Athlon II P320
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4250
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Source: CNet Archive.org version
If there's one thing Acer's laptop line-up isn't short of, it's budget models. The latest one to grace our laboratory is the Aspire 5552. It can be snapped up for the paltry sum of £300 from Laptops Direct. The 15.6-inch Acer Aspire 5552 is one of the cheapest laptops around, so its relatively decent performance and sturdy construction come as a very pleasant surprise.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/15/2011
Rating: Total score: 70%
Acer Aspire 5552G-7120
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire 5552G-7120Processor: Intel Core i3 380M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Source: Comp Reviews Archive.org version
At first glace, the Acer Aspire AS5552G-7120 doesn't appear all that different from other budget class laptops. It features a fairly typical Core i3 processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory and 500GB hard drive. What you get with it that you won't find in many laptops in this price is a dedicated graphics processor. This will reduce the running times slightly, but it opens it up to more computing possibilities than can be found in many similarly priced laptops.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%
Acer Aspire 5552-N834G50Mnks
Specifications
Notebook: Acer Aspire 5552-N834G50MnksProcessor: AMD Phenom II X3 N830
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: Acer homepage Acer notebook section
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Source: Techradar Archive.org version
While the Aspire 5552-N834G50Mnks has limited performance, a weak battery and an ugly plastic chassis, it isn't all bad news. The display is fantastic considering the low price, while usability and features provide good value for money.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/16/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%
Comment
Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470: Entry level DirectX 11 chip with GDDR5 support but only 80 shader cores. Supports Eyefinity (up to 4 monitors) and 8-ch HD audio over HDMI. Performance on par with the old GeForce 8600M GT.
ATI Radeon HD 4250: Onboard graphics card (in the RS880M chipset) for AMD processors with Avivo HD support and technically a higher clocked HD 4200.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
AMD Radeon HD 6650M: Successor of the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with more cores, UVD3 processor and Eyefinity+. Due to the same codename, the 6650M should be a HD 6750M with slow DDR3 memory.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M:
Mid-range graphics card based on the GT 435M chip (GF108) with higher clock rates and DDR3 support.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD Athlon II:
P340: Entry level dual core processor for 13"+ laptops featuring a DDR3 memory controller.
P320: Entry level dual core processor for 13"+ laptops featuring a DDR3 memory controller.
AMD Phenom II X3:
N830: Mobile 3-core laptop processor based on the desktop Athlon II X3.
Intel Core i3:
380M: The Core i3-380M is a fast clocked Core i3. The TurboBoost, AES, VTd, and Trusted Execution functions are deactivated in the i3-series. Therefore, it always clocks with max. 2.53 GHz (of course Speedstep is included). Thanks to Hyperthreading, 4 threads can be processed simultaneously. An integrated graphics card (GMA HD) and a DDR3 memory controller are also included in the package.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.4 kg:
2.6 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
72.57%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.