Here is Acer's probable answer to the Dell Vostro 5460. Or The Lenovo Z400.

Specs :-

Intel Core i5-4200U (1.6Ghz with Turbo to 2.6HHz)
NVIDIA GeForce GT740M (2GB Dedicated DDR3 RAM)
Intel HD4400 With Optimus
14" 1366 x 768 Screen With Multitouch Touch Screen
4GB DDR3 RAM
500GB Hard Disk
Windows 8
4 Cell Battery

Dolby Home Theater With 4 Speakers!

No DVD writer on board, this is an ultrabook in the sense that it is ultrabook thin, as evidence by the shallow keyboard. However, the presence of the 740M intrigues me, so this is the test model.

Comes in another, slightly pink color also.

Priced retail at RM2299. Want one, give me a PM.

Review comes after I put this little book through its paces.




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There are quite a lot of ultrabooks with Nvidia GT740M at the moment lol.. until they make the Nvidia GT740M looks common and "cheap"

Looking forward to your review man, since its one of the 1st with a Haswell processor

Probably NVIDIA's way of milking the lead they do have right now with Kepler, before AMD's expected fightback this coming October.

Keyboard got not backlit?

Don't think so... its a RM2.3k notebook

Have been using this for more than a week So far so good~!

No backlit keyboard.

The Body

Aluminium? Metal? The body has this metal look about it, bear in mind that the unit I opened is the "Cool Steel" colour. There is another model color called Artic Rose.

First impression. The hinge is by far the best that I have seen on a laptop. Very sturdy, little wobble effect, that meant using the touch screen is miles better than on some of Asus's touchscreen offering. Heck, you best make sure that when you do open the unit, you stick your finger between the lower body, if not you'll move the whole unit up. That's how sturdy the hinge is, as compared to the Y410P, and the Asus touchscreen, this is the best.

Thickness felt almost the same as the Asus K46CB although this unit foregoes the DVD writer entirely. A large touchpad dominated the rather shallow keyboard, which did feel cheap a bit for someone like me more used to a MacBook Pro keyboard, but this review is actually typed on the keyboard itself, so adapting to the different feel is not that hard - Plus if you really want to go crazy, you could always use the on screen touch keyboard . The touchpad itself is quite responsive and easy to use, even with multitouch such as two finger scrolling as compared to the Y410P which was a pain. The unit I am using comes with an Elan touchpad but you may get different versions

Not sure if the touchscreen is plastic or glass though. Although it is fairly fingerprint resistant (or the centralized aircond in my office is freezing the oil on my fingers). That also goes to the metal body. The underside is one big slab of plastic covering and the battery is not removable in this model.

Port positioning is something to consider also. Two USB 2.0 ports are located on the sides, 1 on the left and the other on the right, but the HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet Post and a USB 3 port is actually located at the back, between two cooling vents located on the left and right side. The SD card reader is also located on the left side with a single audio jack.

Hi, i am interested. Plz PM me best price.

What is the weight of this unit? Very important as I travel outside a lot and weight is king.

Weight is around 2kg without the charger, which is quite a small unit. Tested it just now with Tomb Raider, excellent performance. Although having a HD screen only helps. Installing Skyrim now to see..

the right hand side sticker so ugly , haha xD

try remove back cover see see

The bottom cover is one big plastic slab riddled with vents. Taking it off is a simple matter of unscrewing numerous screws, and lifting it off the unit (a-la MacBook Pro). Few things to note :-

1. The reason why CPU-Z really got confused on how many RAM slots the laptop got was because the 4GB RAM stated on the sticker are actually soldered on the motherboard. However, there is a standard laptop RAM slot available for further upgrades (Didn't manage to test that because RAM sticks were not available).

2. There is also what appears to be a m-sata expansion slot, complete with screwhole and everything.

3. Fans both on the left side and right side connects to both the CPU and Graphic card (one each) and it is located high up near the back of the laptop. I did notice that when I was running Tomb Raider last night, the fan sound wasn't as annoying as the Y410P which vents thing to the side. That meant also that the keyboard area stayed cool to the touch.

4. The hard disk cage from cursory checks is easy enough to open and upgrade to a standard SSD if you want.

5. The vaunted 4 speaker system is actually 2 small speakers arrange side by side on the left and right, probably in an effort to avoid using bigger speakers. Acer's other model normally have the speakers located at the base of the screen, but because of the positioning of the cpu and gpu now have it on the edge of the palmrest. The sound volume however is one of the loudest I have seen on a laptop. Even at a volume setting at 30 it is quite loud already.


All in all, I would say that upgrading things in the laptop would be much easier, thanks to the fact that Acer went with screws instead of snaps (I'm looking at you stupid HP, your sleekbook is a pain). The presence of m-sata slot and the extra physical RAM slot do indicate upgradability on other areas, but further investigations are needed (for now, not getting any more SSD or RAMs - I still wish to Raya you know). Even at a volume setting at 30 it is quite loud already.

This post has been edited by mfitri77: Jul 17 2013, 08:37 AM

Its basically a 'refined' Aspire M5 with reduced price. Looks almost the same as the M5. Only downsides of this laptop are the aweful screen, and the need to use LPDDR3 RAM.

This post has been edited by Beouwulf: Jul 17 2013, 09:18 AM

Got photo of the charger?

Also I read that it requires a propriety vga/ethernet combo dongle?

Built in battery?

Built in ethernet port unlike the previous V5, the DP to VGA conventer is in the package.

Before 2007, I was an Apple Hater.

Not hater in the sense that Apple has somehow wronged me. It is in a sense that I was more of a Windows fanboy and in defending my favourite system do all I can to diss the other side.

The real truth is however more mundane. Before 2007, I couldn’t actually afford to buy a Mac, in any way, shape and form. Back then, Apple stores were an uncommon sight, and the prices were way off what I could actually afford that the only way to tamp down that envy was the standard “Macs are too expensive tagline”.

What inspired me to write this today is the fact that I have traded my old workhorse, the standard 13” Pro with the 13” retina, and I was struck on how beautiful the screen was. The brightness, the color, that made me wonder why Acer still pushes out crap screens like the one on the V3-473PG. I mean, they have managed to price the laptop at RM2299 retail, can’t they just spend maybe RM200 more and get a better screen?

That is, and always have been my beef with manufacturers releasing laptops in Malaysia. Almost always, most of them came with the horrible 1366x768 “HD” TN screen. A few did come with better screen such as the one on the Zenbooks from Asus, being totally unusable in every other way they could think off, or Acer’s own short lived retailing of a V3 15” model with IPS Full HD screen, which disappeared as fast as it appeared, like a distinct comet that flickered in the sky.

I could ignore the shallow keys, you get used to it. The trackpad was among the best trackpad that I have used on a Windows based laptop. It has the latest Haswell processor. It came with a GTX740M, with discrete 2GB DDR3 RAM. It is thin, hot air vents at the back, cool to touch even when gaming.

All of this pluses go down the drain once you look directly at the really “Hampas” screen. I tried everything, calibration, gamma, brightness, contrast just to get my eyes, used to the brighter screen on my non-retina Macbook Pro, to accept the quite powerful specced ultrabook.

No dice. Yep, for gaming, you may ignore the intricacies of fonts and writings, but I wanted something all in one. Same story all over again. Good spec, bad screen. Not to say Acer is the only one guilty here. Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba, all of them persist on shoving cheap screens with core i7 Quad Core processor with discrete graphics, and proceeded to wonder why people are attracted to Macs more than they do Windows laptops.

That is among the reason why the review for the V5-473PG got held up. I really didn’t feel like typing the review on the V5-473P itself – which is my standard practice when I decided to do this reviews. Of course, on a scale of how bad the screen is, it is not the worst (That honor goes to Y410P, Y400), but I was looking forward for someone like Acer to make a difference – Heck, they came out with the sub RM3000 IPS laptop screen. I also don’t get the fact that most of the HD quality IPS screens are going to tablets (Then again, the fact that the chief competitor to the tablets which is the iPad got IPS screens) while the notebook market is relegated to cheap screens – even when those notebooks are going to be used to actually produce content – which necessarily means using it for a longer period – which meant you need confortable screen.

So here it goes then. Like so many others, the screen s****. However, if you can get past that, it ticks the best combination of software and hardware like the responsive touchpad, enough power to run games at native resolution, nice battery life (not full day – around 6 hours managed correctly) and pricing that made sense made the V5-473PG a fair buy, over the K46CB (Until the Haswell model shows up) and the Dell 5460.

God, I really don’t like the screen.

Specs on paper looks promising.
I would definitely buy it since the specs are decent (probably light to medium gaming) and its light weight adds to portability. I would love to own light laptops.

Yeah..I agree that manufacturers should beef up the display:
(1) Higher resolution, perhaps 1600x900 on 14"
(2) IPS technology

Maybe what's holding them back is the IPS uses more power? Can't confirm this.

Does the model come with non-touch screen option?

Heck, if they are interested in putting in better screens, they could have put in better TN panels if IPS is such a power problem (although managing to put it in an iPad does question the notion that IPS power use is unmanageable). The S7 has IPS screen in such a slim profile also, which meant that the notion that technical consideration is stopping manufacturers from putting IPS screens in laptops.

Yes, the 740M is good enough for I would say medium gaming. Heck, a 730M drove a V3-471 with full HD resolution and IPS without problems.

Now I just have to ask.

How bad is the screen compared to others of the same resolution? Let's say...11" Air?

The 11" will look sharper since the size is smaller.

The 11" is miles better. Drop by any Mac store and see for yourself.

All these things about screen quality and all, what I find most of the time TBH is that when you're using it on its own generally, even if it's not the best, but if it's decent enough you'll be alright with it. Just make sure to get it color calibrated.

You only feel the "pain" and what not when you place it side by side with a screen with more punchy contrast and close hue to the blue (since those in general give the illusion of quality/pretty etc).

Ah, but thats the thing isn't it. When your screen washes out by just moving your head within 5 degrees, no amount of calibration is going to help you. The manufacturers expects you to freeze your head in the perfect viewing angle, or else you find the display fade out.

When you are stuck with a screen with a maximum brightness of less than 200 cd, no amount of screen calibration is going to help you. Forget punchy contract or close hue to blue - A bad screen calibrated is just a calibrated bad screen.

true , probably if u want infinite viewing angle screen , u probably need more than 3k for an ultrabook and 4k for a conventional high spec notebook .

And probably if u have infinite viewing angle , probably the max brightness level and screen contrast + screen color will come along also .
theres only 2 types of screen , good and bad .

Hence my statement "decent enough", aka at least reaching the few minimum criteria. Not those horrible ones as what you mentioned.

Unfortunately, the horrible viewing angle that I talked about is present in the K46CB, the V5-473PG and even the Y410P/Y400.

In fact, pretty much most laptops by Asus, Acer or even Lenovo all have a rather horrible viewing angle. Off by a few degrees is enough fade out the screen. So either you fix your viewing angle and strain you back, or you accept the fade outs and strain your eyes.

The point is this. Good quality TN screens have always been available, or if not, readily available now. Why is Acer, Asus, Lenovo, in fact more of them not putting them in their products?

When the IPS V3 came out, manage to sold off the stocks (even charging full retail price) within a few days - Because our customers were blown away by the screen. I remember them asking why we don't sell more laptops with better screen, and we pointed out that we do (just so happens, those were MacBooks).

What did Acer do? Sorry, no more V3 stocks they tell us, and we are back to the whole crap screen situation again.

If the buying stops, the kill would to.

Most likely they see no reason to sell the more expensive IPS with maybe lower margin and slower moving inventory?

Of coz the manufacturer did put High Quality TN or IPS in their laptop but of coz not in 2k-3k range with GT650 or 750 , coz they ve been giving u great I7 and great GPU in such low price , what do u expect for screen quality ? for chassis aluminium ? for good cooling system ? no way , they wont do so much for u in a low price . Good example always Lenovo .

You can't even order the IPS screen laptops in the first place. Currently, Acer got two model (the S7 and the V7) coming in with IPS screen (Yes, many more with tablets - But out from this topic)

The rest? Asus? Lenovo?

Yes, because we are all suckers for top of the line processor and GPU at the expense of build quality, screen quality, and while we are at it, keyboard and trackpad quality.

Asus ZenBook - Super Screen - Horrible Trackpad

Lenovo Y500 - Super Specs, Ok Full HD Screen (TN), But Wobble Screen construction.

Lenovo Y410P - Haswell, 750M with DDR5, Horrible Screen quality

We always, almost always hear stories about how Apple's Macbook and Acer laptops were actually manufactured in one big factory in China, so what is the problem for them actually trying to get better components into their laptop? All we hear in the news are the manufacturers moaning that they are losing sales, and blaming everyone but themselves. Apple created demand by making quality laptops, so why can't Acer, Asus etc do the same?

I mean, in total, my friend and I got 5 of the IPS V3 stock from Acer, and we had no problem selling it even though priced at RM2899. Without better screen, and one would argue, better body construction, is there any hope of attracting the ones that have decamped to using Macs, or even worse, those that got retina macs?

Gotta just let basic economics handle it that's all.. I've written in to their feedback forms etc as well, not sure if they actually take it into account or will just continue to produce inferior stuff.

hi, have u tested the battery life?? good?? hw long??

actually regarding ur last question , samsung have done so much to compete with Macs , In US or probably europe area , samsung high end laptop have such good reputation with good build quality , screen , hardware , keyboard , trackpad , sllimness , weight , that are comparable/on par with Macbooks . Especially like series 7 and series 9 , one good example would be samsung series 7 chronos 770z5e , which unfortunately only limited release to a few country , not include in malaysia .

Just bought this model yesterday. I got the Rose coloured one, which I find pretty nice and unique, compared to the grey model.



Overall the built quality is quite good. The hinge is tough. The shallow keyboard needs some getting used to (at least for me la). There is no Optical Drive & the battery is non-removable.

This post has been edited by kiasuXD: Aug 7 2013, 06:16 AM

What model is this? Looking at the keyboard, 14" ?

its the V5-473PG model in Rose colour..

I guess 14" known as V5 while 15.6" known as V7.
Correct me if I'm wrong tho.

yes, u are wrong, v5 also have 15.6"

Looking good! Thanks!

It's a unique colour indeed. I was looking at the V7.

Acer gets confusing.

V5 is just the variant, it still comes in 14" 15.6" etc.

Same goes with V7. There is a 14" V7 and a 15.6" V7 as well.

Annoying bugger eh?

Not confusing lah. V3/5/7 are series. Like Lenovo has U/Y/S/Z series

Except, Acer also has the S series and the E series and the R series etc.. LOL

Very pretty color there

way heat pipe bending seem good, just length bit too long



picture taken from http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=232&t=3487090&p=1#

GT740 bandwidth is 64?

This post has been edited by iRonTech: Aug 11 2013, 04:33 PM

Hello everyone

I need a replacement for my 5-years old Acer laptop. Following are the preferences:

1) Brand : Any as long as it has a warranty and comes with good after-sales service.
2) Budget : RM1800-RM2200
3) Usage : Gaming (Dota 2, CS, L4D2, COD), Software (Matlab, CAD/CAM software, basically engineering software), Multitask (Browsing with 10-20 tabs open while typing in Word, and compiling a short-medium code)
4) Screen size : Doesn't matter; Not a touch screen definitely (unless someone can convince me why I should take touch screen biggrin.gif ).

So I've asked and looked around and ended up with few choices, and this laptop is one of it.

With GT740M in mind, there are few questions I'd like to ask.

1) How's the body/hardware quality compared to Dell Inspiron 14R, i5-4200U?
2) I believe the battery is nondetachable, hence will it be fine for me to play games ( > 6 hrs) while the charger is plug in? I scare it will damage the battery :/
3) Does it comes with a warranty; how long and how much to pay?
4) Does it comes with non-touch screen?
5) Does it comes with W7 or freeDos?
6) What other things come with this laptop? (Like if change to SSD how much, upgrade RAM etc)

Thank you in advance

this lappy got dual fan behind?

Wow, dual fan on a non-gaming laptop.
That's cool.

battery life?
it will be useless to me even if it can go outerspace if lousy battery

Looks convincing to me ,that this laptop is fairly good for its price.

I am looking at this model and acer e1 haswell, anyone compared both?

The E1 is cheaper, but uses a 720M (Basically, a slightly tweaked 540M). Performance is around the 630M speed.

However, on the plus side, it does come with a DVD writer. Everything else apart from the design pretty much the same (bigger HDD capacity for one).

compare this to lenovo s410p, which is better?

does it has the same cooling system as V5-573G?
cuz according to the review below, v5 heat up to 60+degree Celsius...
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Acer-A...ok.99264.0.html

This post has been edited by helo: Aug 30 2013, 12:37 AM

I am one of the Acer v5-473PG user.
Lenovo S410p is lighter and with optical drive and better connectivity (2x USB3.0 , VGA Port) , but Acer V5-473PG have better graphic card, larger touchpad, full aluminum body beside back cover and slimmer

Cooling system I believed is the same. But I can tell you the temperature is pretty cool. Moreover, the notebookcheck review is using GT750M, while 473PG equipped with GT740M, and it can made a large difference, no matter performance and temperature. Do hands on at your nearby shop, review is just for reference only.

Quote from the notebookcheck review:
The imprecise touchpad on the other hand is a bigger problem; it is not comfortable to use.

For me I have to disagree... I feel very good to use especially the multitouch gestures like double finger tap to right click. But still, this is my own opinion and might different with others.

Agree, if you are talking about the 473PG, it has technically one of the best touchpad ever on a Windows laptop, which kind of surprised me, since that is the area that other manufacturers tend to skimp on especially if they have a touch screen.

Pretty good things from Acer lately.

Thanks for this review! I got the champagne colored one. I would say this is the best touch laptop for its price range so far. I agree that the monitor needs some getting used to. I used to work with a 21.5 inch Samsung desktop monitor so the V5's screen is a big change for me. But after working on it for a day I think I'm getting the hang of it. I can imagine how it must feel for macbook users.

Question: Is it possible to install Windows 7 in this laptop and dual boot it with the pre-installed Windows 8? I have some programs I use for work that doesn't work on Windows 8. Thanks.

Its a bit of a mess when you want to dual boot on a Windows 8 laptop thanks to the secure boot system. Heck, the only way you can go into BIOS is to select that option from Windows 8 itself.

If it is not that resource demanding, your best bet is to use a virtualization software and run it that way.

Thanks. Okay. I won't mess with dual booting. Other than it's complicated, I read it might void the warranty and not sure if there are drivers for Windows 7 in this laptop. Whew, glad I didn't try installing. I'll just wait until my company updates their program to accommodate Win8.

I'm also a first-time Acer user. It's funny that it took me and my brothers a whole 10 minutes just looking for the power button. Lol. Even right now when I look at it, I can't even see it. Sometimes when I carry the laptop I accidentally push it. It's not a big thing but it's just funny how invisible it is. It might be a good thing. If only I didn't show it to my brothers they probably wouldn't be able to open this laptop hehe.

Yes, I do wonder why the power button is located in such a place. For those who do not have one, it is located at the left side of the laptop near the second USB port.

I lost count how many times already I have accidentally pushed the power button.

i m nw so confusing whether i should choose lenovo z400 touch or acer v5-473G..anyone cn give me some idea?

I have been having the same question but decided to go with the acer. Tho something is annoying me. Thailand has the acer v5 473PG with i7-4500u and a gt 750m, with onboard 8gb ram instead of our 4gb.. so many choices. unfair!

http://notebookspec.com/brand/notebook-Acer

Any chance we can get them here?

Personally, I would go for the Acer. The Z400 still suffers from too much screen wobble, and that is not good for a touch screen laptop.

Nope. Once Acer has decided on a certain spec for a certain country, they will stick with that regardless. And I know of no one who is interested in importing foreign Acer sets.

Probably due more to the local warranty policies though.

Aww shucks.. well.. atleast its quite affordable nowdays at rm2160 here on lowyat forums. nIll post some more tests on this lappy once i get it.

btw, thanks for all the info! really helped me decide

Can anyone confirm that this uses the 7mm or the 9.5mm HDD? I wanna get an ssd for it.

This post has been edited by rafazafar: Sep 17 2013, 10:20 AM

Laptop SSD mostly expensive than desktop one right?...

Get the HDD model number from Device Manager and do a Google search, you may get all the technical specs there, including if its a 7mm or 9.5mm model.

Are you talking about mSata based SSD or SSD that replaces the hard disk? Two different things there. If Hard Disk replacement SSD then no difference - Almost all HDD replacement SSD comes in 2.5", with a 3.5" caddy for fitting into a desktop.

Oh.. I see, so if use SSD only no use HDD also can la?

I dont have the laptop yet. Havent reached probably tomorrow, ingat beli sekarang the ssd can just mirror the hdd onto the sdd. Less problems

Can, but if u need to keep alot of data then its going to be expansive lah. Cari primary SSD, secondary HDD. so system is fast and u also get the space.

Ok, got it. Thank you

RM2160? Thats cheap. I went to Lowyat Plaza and asked around, and the best price was 2199 if I remember properly. Where did you buy it?

rm30 cheaper only lol. search on the forums garage sale.

mfitry77, ada m-sata!? sure?

I see the mSata point when I opened the back, as you can also see from the picture pasted here. Whether or not Acer actually wired the msata point properly to allow it to be used is the question.

Didn't actually have a msata on hand to check. I only stock full size SSD.

How is this unit when compared to this?

Vostro 5460 is i3 and the other is i5 loh..

that is 5470, haswell model.
for 5460, its a 3rd gen processor
for 5470, its a 4th gen processor.
core i5 is slightly expensive, add another rm100 but no touch screen
for me, i rather choose Dell Vostro instead of Acer due to onsite warranty

Acer V5 Physical Characteristics:
Height (Front) 20 mm
Height (Rear) 22.85 mm
Width 340.0 mm
Depth 240.0 mm
Weight (Approximate) 2.00 kg

in my opinion, a thin, slim and light laptop should be less than 25mm and less than 2kg
i m ok with Acer v5 thin and slim but not for its weight.

if compare head on,
Acer V5 gives advantage on dual graphic (Nvidia + Intel) and touchscreen display
while Dell Vostro 5470 gives advantage on light, less than 1.5kg with onsite warranty.
since i am not fan of touchscreen, i would go for Dell

I'm wondering whether swapping the HDD to SSD and adding RAM will void the warranty. Any thoughts?

And if swap the HDD to SSD, what will happen to the pre-installed W8?

The touch screen display got me stumped in picking between Vostro and Acer. For roughly the same price, acer gives me touch screen, but heavy, while vostro no touch screen, but lighter.

How useful would a touch screen for a laptop with Win8 anyway?

Not useful at all
At least not on a non-convertible notebook

one more thing i would like to ask the owners of this lappy. I just got mine and whenever im transfering files the 473pg lags like mad. It sometimes even hangs(cant move my cursor for a while). Any of you have this issue? now im resetting my pc, will probably take 2-3hours. Thanks.

Hi all I'm thinking to get this real soon, but I came across that the GT740M might come with either GK107 (128bit bus width) or GK208 (64 bit bus width) ver., and I believe that the GK107 ver.is stronger (not sure by how much), can anyone pls confirm which ver. u got? And from which seller?

This post has been edited by ironcrowz: Sep 22 2013, 03:24 PM

i had seen my friend's lenovo z500..its screen really seem not so good..acer v5 473 had a better screen compare to lenovo z500 or z400?n wats the different between acer v5-473 n lenovo z400 touch?beside z400 have dvd rom while v5 don have?and lenovo giving a 2 years warranty right?how bout acer?

This post has been edited by martian7793: Sep 21 2013, 11:09 PM

I want to get the Vostro 5470. Anyone knows where to get it besides online from Dell? Looking at the lowyat pricelists, doesn't seem like anyone currently carries this Dell model....

Here is a linky:

http://www.dell.com/my/p/vostro-5470/fs?dg...059562071288142

Thanks, but I was actually hoping to go look at the laptop physically instead..Haha..I'll be going KL early next month so hopefully some shops at Lowyat would start carrying it by then...

There is a shop name Bright Start at Ground Floor Plaza Low Yat. The shop is a Dell exclusive store. You may find the new Vostro there.

I'm saying this based on my experience looking for an Inspiron 14R model last 2 weeks and all the stores/shops I asked doesn't have the model in their shop (need to order) except for the Bright Star store.

Goodluck.

Thanks man!

Just to report, i got 9 hours and 8mins web browsing time on power saver settings after SSD upgrade. i wonder how much more power would be saved with increased ram and a top of the line samsung pro/evo ssd.

ram is ddr3l 1.35v.
mPCIe port does support HDD caching. will confirm again if it can be used as primary boot.

This post has been edited by rafazafar: Sep 27 2013, 01:21 AM

more RAM will NOT save more power
What SSD are you using now? Typically the difference between SSD models on power drawn are rather insignificant for user to notice much

im using sandisk ultra plus, its rather low power. not as low as the samsungs tho. Before upgrading i got around 8h 30mins on power saving.
ya ram may not increase battery but i use more than 4gb ram normally so pagefile is being used no stop hence my hdd is normally active and writing. So another 4gb may help tremendously as i remove pagefile from my ssd all together and still avoid my pc to crash.

im always syncing data to the cloud and chrome(15-20tabs) with compiler running.. so.. it does use alot of ram for me.. and hopefully reduce the disk access times.

even if ram will suck back the power down to 8h, i dont mind as long as the pc doesnt crash

bro..would like to know you replaced your HDD with SSD or you add in a SSD? Am thinking of adding a SSD

He replaced the HDD with a Sandisk 128GB SSD.

Hi, i swapped my HDD for an SSD. The problem with the mPCIe slot right now is that acer support malaysia has no idea whether it will support sata or not. Anyone feeling rich to donate a mSATA ssd??

my guess is that it will support mSATA(i have seen other V5 series supporting it) but will the BIOS support it? and will the recovery installer support reformatting it with windows. maybe its possible to initialise it GPT via disk management first. Who knows, would love to try it out.


On my upgrade list is an 8gb ddr3l ram and mSATA SSD or wifi-AC mPCIE card.
im sure sooner or later ill buy a mSATA ssd. just that it may be quite a long while from now



as for how to prepare your pc to swap to SSD is pretty simple:

1. Get a usb storage device(usb flash drive, external hdd) that has more than 16GB of space and plug it in.
-note: this process will later remove everything on the device. so back it up if theres anything important

2. run "Acer Recovery Management" . Click "Create Factory Default Backup". Choose the correct drive and follow the simple instructions.
-note: after finishing the backup, you can choose to remove the "backup" partition in the stock HDD which will give extra space. Bout 16gb worth of space.

3. Turn off the lappy, unscrew all 17 screws underneath, and gently lift/pry it off.

4. carefully remove the HDD and swap in the SSD and put everything back together.
-note: there is a contact detection on the screws, so if u dont screw back the middle two screws, your pc wont power up.

5. plug in your recover device(if its not plugged in already). and turn on the lappy. It should boot directly to your recovery device.
-note: if not, go into bios(press F2 during "acer" logo) and disable "secure boot" under "boot" section. you may need to setup a bios password to be able to change it.

6. a blue screen with few options should appear, just choose your language, "troubleshoot" , and choose reset your PC.
-note: it is totally up to you to "repartition" the drive or not. I highly recommend a repartition and a full clean even tho it takes longer.

6a. Take a nap, have dinner, play with a cat.

7. when the freakishly long "Reset" finishes, it will restart your laptop. Then u may remove your recovery drive.
note: if you dont remove, it will go into recovery again, if that happens, just remove and restart your PC.


ps, i use "Pc" and "lappy" interchangeably hehe..

This post has been edited by rafazafar: Sep 27 2013, 03:23 PM

thanks for the guide

Hey guys,

Can we find this V5 15' version in Malaysia?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&es....53371865,d.bmk

I really like that ._.

Besides the screen size, is everything else the same? The maintenance cover, the four speakers, the twin fans?

This post has been edited by Helldiver: Oct 1 2013, 10:50 PM

I dont think you can get the same specs as in the link you gave. Acer has variety of specs which differ from country to country.

For Malaysia, the V5-573 is this one:

V5-573PG-74504G50r, i5-4500U + Nvidia GT750M + (1366x768; touch)@RM2899, 4GB, 500GB, W8. The color is only Red, and its a HD screen only :/

But, you may buy this one, which has a mSATA and IPS screen, but at a higher price:

V7-582PG-74508G52k, i7-4500U + Nvidia GT750M + 24GB mSATA + 500GB HDD + (1920x1080 IPS; touch)@RM3399[2.2kg], 8GB, W8

The price is RRP. Usually, reseller would sell it at a lower price.