sonofdbn Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 I'm considering buying an Acer desktop; don't need anything fancy or fast. Their Core Duo one should suit me nicely. (The Core 2 Duo model looks like it's good value, but it's Viiv technology, which I read might have additional DRM controls or some other restrictions - why take the chance?) I might be able to build something cheaper, but really don't think I'd be able to find the time. Anyone had experience with Acer desktops?
Norman_Chan Posted October 17, 2007 Posted October 17, 2007 Why don't you try PC Themes DIY , the spec as follows for S$688 : - Intel Core 2 DUO (6550) - 2.33 ghz Asus-P5LD2-X (1333Mhz) 775 Mainboard 1 gb PC5300/667 Kingston/Corsair DDR2 - Can always add 1 gb of ram 512mb Nvidia 7300 PCI-E 16x Graphic - think this is using DDR2 instead of DDR3 160 gb Samsung/Hitachi Sata2 7200rpm HDD Samsung/LG/Benq 20x DVDRW + 450W ATX case LAN/SATA2/Sound/Free:KB/Optical mouse/Spk - KB , mouse and Spk think better buy replacement. Price exclude LCD display and operating system but they will fully assembled for you with no extra cost. Same spec. except change of CPU as follows : - DC 1.6 ghz (2140) - S$528 DC 2.0 ghz (2180) - S$568 Core 2 DUO 2.0 ghz - S$628 Core 2 DUO 2.2 ghz - S$648 Core 2 DUO 2.66 ghz (6750) - S$728 Core 2 DUO 3.0 ghz (6850) - S$868
sonofdbn Posted October 18, 2007 Author Posted October 18, 2007 Specs are good, but I'm a bit worried about warranty and quality of PSU. I don't really need a Core2. There's a Core Duo Acer being sold at Challenger at S$699; no monitor, only on-board graphics, with OS and a 5 year warranty (not sure how comprehensive it is). But thanks for the suggestion; perhaps I should look around SLS a bit.
pettypoh Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 have 2 acer pc in office, quite okay .. no breakdowns, just laggy (proly due to spyware) ... if want hassle-free pc, probably quite a good choice
Relax Posted October 19, 2007 Posted October 19, 2007 Why don't you try PC Themes DIY , the spec as follows for S$688 : - Intel Core 2 DUO (6550) - 2.33 ghz Asus-P5LD2-X (1333Mhz) 775 Mainboard 1 gb PC5300/667 Kingston/Corsair DDR2 - Can always add 1 gb of ram 512mb Nvidia 7300 PCI-E 16x Graphic - think this is using DDR2 instead of DDR3 160 gb Samsung/Hitachi Sata2 7200rpm HDD Samsung/LG/Benq 20x DVDRW + 450W ATX case LAN/SATA2/Sound/Free:KB/Optical mouse/Spk - KB , mouse and Spk think better buy replacement. Price exclude LCD display and operating system but they will fully assembled for you with no extra cost. Same spec. except change of CPU as follows : - DC 1.6 ghz (2140) - S$528 DC 2.0 ghz (2180) - S$568 Core 2 DUO 2.0 ghz - S$628 Core 2 DUO 2.2 ghz - S$648 Core 2 DUO 2.66 ghz (6750) - S$728 Core 2 DUO 3.0 ghz (6850) - S$868 Hi Norman_Chan ... Where do U find this place / shop?????? thanks
sonofdbn Posted October 20, 2007 Author Posted October 20, 2007 PC Themes is at #04-19 Sim Lim Square.
Norman_Chan Posted October 25, 2007 Posted October 25, 2007 Try download their package price list from below link : - http://sg.hardwarezone.com/priceguide/download.php
sonofdbn Posted October 31, 2007 Author Posted October 31, 2007 Well, I went and bought an Acer taking advantage of their recent trade-in offer. The PC is VERY quiet (admittedly only onboard graphics), but Vista is a PITA, and the Acer entertainment software hangs the system whenever I try to play a virtually-mounted ISO. And I can't work out how to get Windows Media Player to play sound on DVDs. The documentation is virtually non-existent, and what there is is totally generic. On the other hand, when you do get documentation, it's also pretty useless (40 page manuals in 8 languages showing safety certification, for example), so this isn't really a valid complaint. Unfortunately there's no system restore disk, although if you dig around a bit on the PC, there's a way to burn your own. All in all, despite the grumbles I'm fairly happy (but maybe that's because the CPU is about 3 generations newer than the last PC I bought).
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