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(More customer reviews)With a limited budget, I set out to replace our deceased desktop PC that had laid dormant for more than a year. I went the separate component route, and purchased a View Sonic 22in monitor, Altec Lansing speakers, and a wireless mouse (trying something different). For the price for the Acer AX3910-U3012($449), I believed this was the best value on amazon. Windows 7 64-bit, 4GB RAM, 3.0 GHZ Intel processor, generous 640 GB hard drive are some of the highlights for this budget-priced PC.
As far as performance, I can't complain. 5 USB connections in the back, 4 in a hidden panel up front (along with headphone input). A nifty housing for the dvd-rom drive, which completely hides it until you hit the open/eject button. Connecting my external hard drives, and listening to music with headphones was simple, convenient. Startup, shutdown, overall performance is what you'd expect from a brand new PC- quick and smooth.
This brings me to my one issue with this Acer PC, and it might not be entirely the fault of the manufacturer, but with Microsoft's Windows 7 integration with the other hardware and software. A noticeable clipping, skipping of audio was dominating my first test runs with movies, music, whether through my speakers or headphones. It was beyond annoying, especially seeing as I primarily use my PC for video and music. I read about this exact issue on a number of threads from various message boards from the past year, and I was not alone with this problem. Unfortunately, the 50 pages of one thread had users listing problems when they all owned PC's from different manufacturers, all with different configurations and chipsets inside. The one similarity was Windows 7. Different people had different remedies. Mine turned out to be disabling the wireless connectivity on the Acer (I do have a wired connection, so this feature was not necessary to me). That did the trick, and I am now enjoying crystal clear audio.
From what I have read and what I experienced, I can't fault Acer for this issue, except for that fact that it's their product they're shipping with problem-causing software installed. I know I'm not alone with that issue, so beware with any PC, including this model, if you have audio problems. Other than that, I couldn't be happier with this PC- it's efficient, stylish, functional.
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