Acer Swift 14 Reddit Owners Debate Heat vs Value

I have a version of this, and its absolutely amazing, the only downside is the fans can get quite loud during normal use(but you can lower it), and the laptop can get quite hot to the touch above the keyboard if you do not have it angled for maximum airflow. That being all said, its genuinely a great laptop for whatever you do in my opinion.

yea! i got it! I honestly like it a lot! the performance on it is alright for most heavy programs like davinci, but not heavy games. the screen looks great! I'm having a great time with it so far.

You practically got a brand new laptop. Are you not happy with what you have? The Asus does sound better on paper but it has the same processor and just a minor upgrades.

depends on how much it costs but the swift go 14 is a pretty decent laptop so i wouldnt imagine itd give you bad problems

Wait for Panther Lake.

Great review! got mine yesterday (Ryzen5 version) and yeah the glare is intense.. do you know of an anti glare protector that could help?

Yeah and no regrets 10/10, anyone that disses it is just being really picky in my opinion, runs smoothly, can multitask very well, sleek design and overall a great laptop

Got that one and it looks sleek and premium. Swift over zenbook

Yea Asus is not any more reliable than an Acer at this point. And there are plenty of issues with support services.

modern oled screens are improving and are less likely to have burn-ins

Processor has a tendency to have high op temp. Make sure your airflow is good otherwise great choice.

I've got the AMD version with the Ryzen 7 8845HS and it's obviously running fairly well. Used the 2nd SSD slot to upgrade the storage to 2TB. You'll be happy with it even if it's the Intel version. I've got mine for around 700€. It was a great deal tbh..

I have the Acer swift 14 (not the GO), but I have heard they are pretty similar. I love mine! I find the fan to be fine. I dont hear it when im doing everyday tasks, and the only time I do is if I have it plugged it. When it is plugged in and charging, the fan does run. But I dont have it plugged in much while in use because the battery is so amazing!! I get a solid 10 hours of everyday use with it!

No brooo, its cpu get burned in 1.5 year, then i buyed mac

I just got the 135U version for cheap off eBay: $550 "like new"/"open box". It's incredible, especially when coming from a limiting chromebook and an even more limiting iPad mini, lol! the only major cons i know is: the battery life

I have one and I love it. Especially the OLED screen. Furthermore it does not feel like, what I am used by Acer: It is a stable and good laptop with also a good touch pad. But there is one major downside: The CPU runs into the power limit, when the power cord is plugged in. This is without reason, because when it runs on battery mode, it does not feel slower (because the 155H is damn fast) but you barely do not hear the fan, because it does not spin at all for the most times.

I have one and it's been good so far. However, my one biggest gripe and it's huge is that OLED screen. The PWM on the OLED hurts my eyes so much compared to good old LCDs.

Honestly after several days using this laptop for long hours of work, it hurt my eyes and I can not get why people enjoy OLED. Even the entertainment or gaming aspects ... it does not make much of a difference in my opinion. i ended up having to make everything into extreme dark mode to make up for the problem

I bought my Acer Swift Go 14 on September 28, featuring an Ultra 5 125H processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and a 90Hz OLED HDR display running Windows 11 (23H2). I got it for 60,000 INR after discounts, down from around 80K. My previous laptop was the ASUS FX504, which I used for 6 years.

Got Acer Swift Go 14 SFG14-71-58P7 with 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and Wifi 6E last 2023. It's a great laptop, never gave me a problem. It has good battery life too.

I got it as well ;) using for 7 weeks now, seems pretty good

Owning a Acer myself, won't recommend them. Try other brands with the same configuration

I've bought this and it's perfect.

Never. I have this.

It's more about peace of mind, since I plan on keeping it until it gives up. Based on what I've gathered, Acer is terrible when it comes to build quality, compared relatively to Asus

Well, not bad but i would buy something with 32gb of RAM, some good ones are Zenbook 14, vivobook s14 and Lenovo slim 7i

Hey, I bought this one few days ago. Generally it's ok, nothing extraordinary. It feels like my old desktop Ryzen 7 5800X. Internal video is really slow based on benchmarks it's 10 times slower then discrete. Battery time of course it's far from 21 hours. I did not work the whole day from the battery, but it feels like ~7-8 hours in a best case.

Zero heat and zero noise as I'm running it on Silent for the most part. From a full charge, I easily get 10+ hours of usage, which consists of mostly web browsing, videos, and office/productivity apps.

Getting linux working was kind of a pain, but possible. Heat and noise can mostly be resolved in silent mode but it does get a bit noisy under load. doesn't really change much when you are doing light tasks

Is it bad for mine to be at 100C? I'm trying to game on mine but it just gets so hot and I don't want to fry it.

Yes. 100C is awful for a cpu

I wanna buy the Acer Swift Go 14 as a first laptop to run for 4-5 years for streaming, light productivity, photo/video editing, graphic designing, and casual gaming. But I heard it has several heating issues, what about it?

I was wondering if you or anyone reading here has used it for Minecraft or Roblox? Or any of the mid to low graphics games off Steam? Its hard to find any laptop reviews that don't just talk about AAA gaming ability! Also content stuff like photo edit/paint and regular video editing.

How's your laptop now? I heard that OLED screens are prone to burn-in issues.

Lenovo Thinkpad 14/16+ China 2025 model is a much better option.

I'm planning to buy it too, but I'm a bit concerned about the build quality, especially after seeing other Acer Swift models with deformed back panels.

I just bought it. Will do some tests once it arrived

Stay away from Asus until you read that they finally fixed their sh*tty BIOS.

Thanks for sharing this. Have you experienced any discomfort from looking at the screen? Am concerned about PWM flickering from its OLED screen.

Im currently really struggling with my laptop purchase. I got the Acer Aspire 14 Core Ultra 7- 256V/32GB/1TB SSD Next Gen Ai CoPilot+ Laptop and im just not totally satisfied by it. Fan runs really loud and battery isnt that impressive so far - thinking about maybe returning. Considering the price i paid $1400 Australian Dollar, I think I paid too much for what it is.

Good luck finding one. I have been keeping an eye out since the announcement and nothing, at least in North America.

I live in Taiwan, and it's even backordered here with all authorized resellers and even at Acer until October. It's the hottest 13-14" laptop in the country of origin right now, so being hard to acquire globally is understandable.