Recently, the Acer Swift 5 SF514-52 has received much popularity in the market. The laptop weighs 970g, and its thickness is only 14.9mm. In addition, it is powered by an Intel 8th-generation Core i5-8250U processor, comes with 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. The laptop has an excellent design and high-end specifications. How about its internal design? Today, let’s start taking apart the Acer Swift 5 SF514-52 to explore its internal structure.
First, we will remove the back cover. There are eleven screws on the back cover of the laptop.
After removing all the screws on the back cover, insert a plastic pick under the bottom cover and slide it to unlock the clips. Once all the clips are unlocked, you can remove the bottom cover.
Removing the back cover reveals the internal structure, which includes major components such as the cooling module, battery, motherboard, and SSD. Two M.2 SSD slots are reserved on the lower left side, but one of the M.2 slots is still empty.
The cooling system of the Acer Swift 5 SF514-52 consists of a fan and a copper heat pipe.
This laptop comes with two M.2 2280 SSD slots, making it convenient for users to expand storage space.
Close-up of the heat sink
The fan with more blades can produce less noise and increase air flow when rotating at high speeds.
The Intel Core i5-8250U processor integrates the UHD 620 graphics card, which is soldered onto the motherboard and cannot be replaced.
The front of the motherboard is soldered with four 512MB memory chips, forming a total of 2GB of memory.
The motherboard of the Acer Swift SF514-52 has high integration and excellent workmanship.
There are some components on the back of the motherboard.
The laptop has a SK Hynix 256GB M.2 SSD, which supports the SATA protocol.
This laptop comes with an Intel 7265AC wireless network card, which supports dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz.
It comes with a 36Wh battery, which ensures that the laptop can last up to eight hours.
Touchpad
Close-up of the CMOS battery
The speaker is located on the right side. The Swift SF514-52 features a high-quality dual-speaker design.
Close-up of the left speaker.
The headphone jack and indicator light are integrated on a small circuit board and connected to the motherboard via a ribbon cable.
Summary
After disassembly, it was found that the Acer Swift 5 SF514-52 has an excellent exterior design and a well-organized internal structure. The laptop has ample internal space, which is beneficial for heat dissipation. In addition, as an ultrabook, its support for dual M.2 SSD slots is a key highlight.
Does the SSD slot support a PCIe or NVME card?
Hi, do you know what type of SSD drives the socket supports?
Is it possible to add a second NVMe drive? Or does it have to be SATA?
It is supposed to have a SODIMM socket for expanding memory, but I don’t see it. Is memory expandable?
This laptop does not have a free memory slot, and its memory is not upgradeable.
That’s not true. This laptop has a spare SSD slot, so I fitted a Western Digital WDS100T2B0B WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD Internal Storage M.2, 1TB, which works a treat.
Thank you for your input. I was considering buying a Western Digital WDS100T2B0B WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD Internal Storage M.2, 1TB for my Acer Swift 5, but I did some research to see if it would work. Now I know. Thank you!
Hi, thanks for this great breakdown of the Acer Swift 5! I recently purchased one and have been trying to find a way to install a GPS into the laptop to be able to track it via a GSM network. I see there are M.2 NGFF modules one can buy, but I wanted to know if anyone has some advice on the best one to get, and if the setup is straight forward or more geared toward OEM applications. I think this would be a great way to combat laptop theft if one were able to install a module into one of these slots and track it remotely.
I wonder where the Wi-Fi card is. I opened it to change it, but I could not find it, and I think it is soldered to the motherboard.
I have an Acer Swift SF514 with an SSD card of 500GB.
1. Can I just buy another 500GB and place it in the free slot?
2. Do I need to reconfigure anything, or is it plug and play?
3. Would I lose data, programs, etc?
Or is it easier just to buy a single SSD card of 1TB and clone the old SSD?
Thanks for the advice. I am very novice at this.