Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 Desktop

Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002  Desktop by Acer. Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 Desktop comes with these specs: Intel Atom Processor D525, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), Intel NM10 Chipset, 2GB DDR3 Memory, Integrated NVIDIA ION Graphics, 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive,

Technical Details of Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 Desktop

• 250 GB SATA hard drive (5400 RPM)
• Integrated nVIDIA Ion Graphics
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 1.8 GHz Intel Atom D525 dual-core processor
• 2 GB of installed DDR3 RAM

Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, High-Definition Audio Support, 6 – USB 2.0, VGA and HDMI Ports, Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, 1.45 lbs. | 4.08 kg (system unit only), 1 Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty, AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, Microsoft Office Starter 2010 McAfee Internet Security Suite Trial.

I bought AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 solely with the intention of utilizing it plugged into my TV as a HTPC but in addition for common searching or anything I actually wish to do. Thus far, 1 week of intense usage and it is working out great.

When I first began it up and it completed the sysprep course of I spent over an hour uninstalling all the crap on it. If there is a program that is in trial mode, it is gone. It really did take quite a lot of waiting round for this course of and it was an actual ache but oh well.

I am largely simply utilizing XBMC on Desktop Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 so far. Someone wrote a evaluation stating that hardware acceleration for XBMC does not work with this laptop with Home windows however I can tell you as a indisputable fact that DXVA2 works and anything that fits the parameters for DXVA works completely even when working it below Windows. I routinely get 5% CPU utilization taking part in 720p or 1080p videos.

The most recent model of XBMC is 10.1 and that has the feature in-built and you just need to enable it in the video settings. I put in it, enabled it, and examined it. Works like a attraction and I did not replace any drivers, change any Windows settings, or anything. Easy. The audio goes through the HDMI port so I plugged it into my receiver and had prompt full AC3 and DTS decoding.

Though AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 is utilizing a 5400RPM onerous drive and my XBMC database is stored locally it is nonetheless very fast to respond. I plan on imaging this drive onto a 60GB SSD drive I’ve to speed issues up even more. If you’re using it for a HTPC do yourself a favor and get a NAS or arrange a server somewhere loaded with storage and use this simply to stream. Arrange your pc simply the best way you like it after which image it to the SSD drive and store the unique someplace since you may just swap that in if the SSD ever dies. Performance will simply be significantly better overall.

I had a wireless keyboard/mouse combo so didn’t hassle with the included set so no touch upon that. The 2GB of RAM seems to be a lot enough for my needs so far. When you use a SSD drive you need to undoubtedly think about increasing the RAM. You will need to keep away from the system paging to the drive too often to extend drive longevity.

Most of the time the one factor I’m operating is XBMC and looking at the performance stats the most memory I’ve used was 1.5GB so Acer AspireRevo AR3700-U3002 Desktop has been working fairly well. To cut back any paging in any respect though I will in all probability get a 4GB stick.