Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Review

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If you’re sole reason for buying a laptop is for Roblox, the best laptop for Roblox on a budget is the Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Laptop. Its hardware rides along the line of recommended PC requirements, while still being easily accessible. With its touchscreen, it also doubles as one of the best 2 in 1 gaming laptops. The Acer Aspire 5 definitely holds its own as one of the best gaming laptops for Roblox players.

Why We Like It – Acer Aspire 5 Gaming

Arguably the cheapest way to experience Roblox, the Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Laptop rides the line of the recommended PC requirements to enjoy Roblox.

Pros
  • At the recommended PC requirements
  • 7.5-hour battery life
  • Cheapest way to play Roblox
Cons
  • May experience bottleneck
  • 128GB storage

Performance & Battery

Having an AMD Ryzen 3 3200U, 4GB of RAM, and Vega 3 Mobile GPU puts you right on the line of the recommended PC requirements. It runs on low settings in full HD. However, bottlenecking is likely. The laptop would have benefited from an Intel Core i7, Intel Core i5 (like in the Dell Inspiron 15 5000 Gaming Laptop), or even an Intel Core i3. At the same time, a GeForce MX150 GPU would greatly reduce bottlenecking too. But on the other hand, you can squeeze nearly 8 hours of battery life out of this laptop, though it varies based on your settings.

Related: If you’re looking for a gaming laptop with more power, then read our Lenovo Y700 review

Ports, Expandability & Build Quality

There’s a fair amount of ports available, such as: one USB C 3.1 Gen 1, two USB 2.0, audio jack, one HDMI port, Ethernet port, and it also supports HDCP. However, the Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Laptop has a small solid state hard drive, only just 128GB. Thankfully, both the RAM and the storage can be swapped for something larger, which we highly suggest you switch to an 8GB stick of RAM and ditch the 4GB stick. It still won’t be enough to touch what the Asus ROG Zephyrus S Ultra Slim has under its hood.

Value

Compared to the other entries on our list, the Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Laptop is the cheapest way for your kids to dive into Roblox. It would be an understatement to say Roblox requires very little to run. If your kids have been begging for their own laptop, then this is the ideal starting place. However, their experience might be rocky as the specs ride the line of Roblox’s recommended specs, so you might want to consider bumping up to a Lenovo L340 i5.

See also:  For a gaming laptop that delivers consistent frame rates then definitely look at our Acer Nitro 5 AN515 review.

Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Wrap Up

The Acer Aspire 5 Gaming Laptop may bottleneck, despite walking the line of the required recommended PC specs—so we suggest at least swapping for more RAM. Even with that extra expense, it’s still the cheapest laptop to hop into Roblox and enjoy its many worlds and player-created games. And for many hours, thanks to its 7.5-hour battery.