Acer Revo R3600
The Acer Revo R600 is what is termed a NetTop PC, this been very small form factor, cheap and low wattage desktop computer. I Spotted this on sale at ebuyer via a mail shot for £149.99. What do you get for the money? Is it a good media centre PC? Can it play games? Read on to find out more.
Specs
Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz
NVIDIA® ION™ chipset
1 x 1GB DDR2 800 SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA II
nVidia ION Graphics
High Definition audio (7.1) Audio
Wireless & Wired connections
Interfaces
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports
- Four-in-one card reader
- High definition headphone and microphone jacks
- DC-in jack
- Ethernet port
- D-Sub VGA port
- HDMI port
- eSATA port
Dimensions : 180 x 180 x30 mm
Verdict
The Intel Atom 230 CPU running at 1.6Ghz is about right for this small a desktop and while netbook struggle to cope with HD, when paired with the nVidia ION Graphics, it can handle HD in 720 and with a few tweaks to the settings, can even handle HD 1080P. Game is not realyl on the cards, maybe at a low resolution and settings but this is not what this machine is aimed at. If you wanted something small and cheap which can run 24/7 without burning to much electricity and no noise – such as running a web server, then this is also for you.
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