AMD-powered laptop with 32 GB RAM and RTX 5070 discounted by $700

Thanks to data center demand that shows no signs of slowing down, DRAM and storage prices have remained at unfathomable levels. As a result, finding a decent laptop deal, even during Black Friday, has become more of a challenge than ever before.

However, folks who are on the lookout for a new laptop have no option but to accept the unreasonably high prices. A few acceptable deals continue showing up every now and then, thankfully enough.

For instance, the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365-equipped Acer Swift X 14 AI laptop is now available with a sizable $700 discount at Micro Center, bringing its price down to around $1,800. The laptop is available for in-store pickup only. 

This specific variant of this laptop also comes equipped with 32 GB LPDDR5X RAM, a relatively powerful 90-watt GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with 8 GB GDDR7 VRAM, and 1 TB of PCIe Gen 4 storage. The RAM is simply not upgradable, but the storage is, courtesy of an M.2 slot. 

The 10-core Ryzen AI 9 365 APU is quite a performant part and should be able to keep up with a modern Intel Core Ultra X7 358H Panther Lake CPU. However, the 90 W RTX 5070 GPU, while potent, should be noticeably less powerful than higher-wattage GPUs found in chunkier gaming laptops.

The laptop sports a beautiful 2.8K OLED display

The Swift X 14 laptop also features a 14.5-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2880 by 1800, allowing for an impressive pixel density of roughly 238 PPI. The panel refreshes at 120 Hz. According to our detailed review of an older variant, the display is impressively color accurate and covers almost the entire sRGB and P3 color gamuts.

Brightness performance is on the mediocre side, with our aforementioned review unit topping out at around 394 nits. Being an OLED panel, inky blacks and near-instant response times should allow for a great overall experience.

The I/O on offer is pretty decent, and offers the following:

• Dual USB 4 Type-C
• Dual USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
• HDMI 2.1
• MicroSD reader
• 3.5 mm audio jack 

At its current price, the Acer Swift X 14 laptop offers a healthy set of features at an acceptable price point for folks who care a lot about display performance and can take advantage of its color-accurate OLED panel and respectable performance, despite its compact 14.5-inch form factor. 

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