Acer CPU

Acer has introduced on India Independence day a new entry-level desktop PC, the Aspire V8243, which is powered by Intel Pentium 4 processor (3.06 GHz) and comes with DVD/CD-RW combo drive.Powered by Intel Pentium 4 Processor 524 having 1 MB L2 Cache, 3.06 GHz CPU speed, 533 MHz FSB, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology, the new Acer Aspire V8243 desktop PC features 256-MB PC3200 DDR2 RAM (expandable up to 2.0 GB), a 80-GB Super ATA (7200rpm) hard disk drive, an integrated DVD/CD-R/W Combo Optical Drive and it comes with standard 17-inch (43.18 cm) CRT digital color monitor.The entry-level Acer Aspire V8243 desktop PC model does not have 3.5-inch FDD and comes with integrated (on-board) graphics card with shared VRAM and integrated sound card.Other features of Acer Aspire V8243 desktop PC includes an integrated 10/100/1000 gigabit Ethernet LAN, a 56-kbps V.92 fax/modem, integrated Realtek ALC880 Audio Codec, supporting 7.1 Channels Audio, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 9-in-1 media card reader and it comes with Creative speakers with Subwoofer and Aspire USB Multimedia Keyboard & USB Optical Mouse.

Acer and e-Machine Japan today released the EL1600 e-Machine that boasts an Intel Atom 230 (1.6GHz) CPU with a 1GB of RAM, a 160GB of HDD, 945GC Express Chipset, DVD Super Multi, and a motherboard that allows you to add a PCI Express one free slot and Microsoft Windows XP Home.

The EL1600 e-Machine is priced at 35,000 Yen for a basic configuration. Acer and e-Machine also offer a more powerful desktop with a Pentium E5200 CPU, a 2GB of RAM, a 320GB of HDD, and NVidia7100+nForce 630i. Since we had trouble getting the MSI Q965MDO up and running at first, we decided to also get a fully-featured, vPro-enabled PC. Acer was so kind to provide a current product, the Veriton 3900 Pro. It isn’t quite a sophisticated system, as it came with an outdated Pentium D processor and only 512 MB of memory (DDR2-533, running single-channel mode). Also, you cannot install regular expansion cards, as the micro tower case will only accept low-profile add-on cards. Clearly, this is an office PC, which should not be put on the test bench and which doesn’t offer a lot of flexibility. But it supports vPro, which is what we wanted in the first place. And it even does so by using the 945G chipset, which shows that vPro simply is a marketing buzzword, whose requirements effectively aren’t tied to particular hardware.