Acer Aspire M5100 (AM5100-EF9500A)
Looking for a powerful yet reasonably priced desktop computer to do multimedia tasks? The Acer Aspire M5100 (AM5100-EF9500A) ($699 list) will fill that bill. It’s a budget-minded PC with a quad-core 2.2-GHz AMD Phenom 9500 processor, 3GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive. It’s a machine for those who want to get into photo editing or even video editing as a hobby without paying a fortune. The Aspire has some styling cues that set it apart from the boring dark-gray boxes on the store shelves. Does it have the chops to make you pay the premium over a sub-$500 budget box? Read on.
Acer Inc.
http://www.acer.com
- Type: General Purpose, Value
- Processor Family: AMD Phenom
- RAM: 3 GB
- Storage Capacity: 500 GB
- RAID: No
- Graphics Card: ATI Radeon x1250
- Primary Optical Drive: Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW
