Product Details
- Brand: Acer
- Model: DT.SJYAA.003
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 14.90" h x
7.09" w x
15.80" l,
26.05 pounds
Features
- Modern, practical design - The Aspire M3 Series showcases blue LED lighting effects, adding to its modern look. On top are a number of ports intuitively positioned for easy access, along with a covered storage deck for conveniently stowing cables and other items.
- Superb multitasking power - A choice of the latest processor, fast DDR3 memory, and second-generation expansion cards deliver efficient multitasking and beautiful entertainment. A multi-in-1 card reader and several USB ports make media sharing very convenient. Plus, you can easily store all your files in this PC's massive hard drive.
- Party at home! - Gaming and entertainment reach new levels of realism via the DVD drive, along with amazing HD graphics. An HDMI port connects handily with HD peripheral displays, while the Acer Arcade Deluxe multimedia suite provides easy access to Full HD enjoyment.Specifications
- Acer Aspire M3970 Minitower Desktop PC with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 3rd Generation Intel Core i5-3450 Processor 3.1GHz with Turbo Boost technology up to 3.5GHz (6MB total cache); 8GB DDR3 SDRAM; 2TB hard drive; AMD Radeon HD 7570 graphics with 1GB discrete video memory; Intel H67 Express chipset; 16X DVD+/-R/RW DL Optical Drive; 5.1-channel surround sound support; 802.11b/g/n, gigabit LAN; HDMI, USB 3.0; 3.5 and 5.25 expansion bays; multi-in-1 card reader; USB keyboard and opt
- Monitor is not included
Acer Aspire M3970-UR14P - Core i5 3450 3.1 GHz
Product Description
Acer Aspire M3970-UR14P - Micro tower - 1 x Core i5 3450 / 3.1 GHz - RAM 8 GB - HDD 1 x 2 TB - DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM - Radeon HD 7570 - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11b/g/n - Windows 7 Home Premiu
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
By B.L.
I'm not sure that I would have bought this computer at its original price in early 2012, but it's more than worth the current cost since they've cut it by about 50% in less than a year.The i5 Processor is a 3rd generation model, and includes Intel HD 2500 graphics. You won't actually be using those, though, since there's also a dedicated Radeon HD 7570 graphics card in it. Note that it's the version of the 7570 that has 1GB of DDR3 RAM on it, not one of the DDR5 versions. It's good enough to run games like Guild Wars 2 at a pretty good level. You won't be turning things like reflections and shadows all of the way up, but you have to spend a heck of a lot more money to get a computer that can max out all those graphics settings.There are 4 RAM slots, and 2 are occupied out of the box. The RAM is 1333 and can be upgraded to a maximum of 16GB total (meaning you can add another 8).The hard drive is a WD Green drive which runs at 5400 RPM. It runs quietly. I have it paired with a 32GB Sandisk ReadyCache drive (I got that drive from the company as a review/test item, I didn't buy it). The idea behind that pairing is basically the same as a hybrid drive, you have an SSD that acts as the cache for things that are accessed a lot, and then the hard drive itself that offers a ton of very very cheap space to hold everything else.Adding drives is a little tricky because the drive cage is way at the front of the chassis and a small portion (a half inch or so?) of one side is blocked by part of the case, so I had to kind of turn the drive I added diagonally to get it in there before setting it in place horizontally. That worked fine for what I was doing, but I'm sure it'd have been tougher to get a full sized drive in place, as opposed to a little SSD. There was a power supply connector available that was close enough to use, but I don't think I could have gotten a second connector down to that area, so don't plan to connect 3 drives.There's a pretty standard memory card reader thing at the front top. The "front" USB (2.0) and audio ports are actually on the top surface of the case.Though some sources say there aren't USB 3 ports on the computer, there are 2 of them on the back. I didn't look at this part very closely, but offhand I think I saw 2 SATA 3 ports and 4 SATA 2 ports on the motherboard. It looks like there's probably some kind of built-in RAID support on the motherboard, because it briefly shows me a menu as it's booting up and going through the BIOS. Since the ReadyCache drive isn't made to work that way, I haven't looked closely at that option.Also, the computer is being sold new, so it's eligible for Microsoft's cheap upgrade offer to Windows 8 Professional. That makes it a pretty good way to get a computer licensed for Windows 7 now, and a license to upgrade to Windows 8 somewhere down the line if you wish. I think the offer extends until the end of January 2013.The included power supply is only 300W. That's plenty for the default configuration, since it uses a processor, hard drive, and video card that are designed to be efficient (and quiet). If you decide you want to swap in a substantially more powerful video card, you should keep in mind that you might need a power supply that can bring in more energy to support it.Note that you DO NOT receive installation/recovery discs when you buy the machine. When you first get it, plan to use the included tools to create a factory recovery disc yourself (you need 4 DVDs to write on for that) and/or create a system image. I'm fairly certain you can pay Acer a few dollars to send you some discs, but it was easy and nearly free to make my own, so I didn't bother about that.I'm under the impression that these are basically being dumped into the market cheaply because Acer wants to get rid of its Windows 7 machines to simplify its support. I had actually been planning to build a computer from parts, but the retail price of the processor in this machine alone would have been close to 50% of what I paid for the entire computer. Acer is a decent company that doesn't load their systems down with ton of annoying junk software, so I decided to give it a chance.The computer has been extremely reliable and giving me no trouble at all so far. It would have been a lot more work for me to put together separate parts that would play nicely with each other, and I would have had a tough time getting comparable total specs while spending the same amount that this computer is selling for in December of 2012. I actually had a slightly higher budget, but computers that cost a hundred or so more than this had specs that were plainly inferior in one way or another, so I went with the Acer in the end.Edit: A couple of minor extra points I forgot- I ran the Windows 8 Upgrade Advisor and the only real concern it expressed about my hardware is that it won't support the optional Secure Boot feature. It's very common for computers and motherboards to not support that feature (other than computers made specifically for Win 8, it's actually hard to find stuff that DOES support it). This doesn't matter much to most people, it's just worth noting for those who care.- The computer had Microsoft Office Starter 2010 pre-installed. This includes Word and Excel, but not the rest of Office (no Powerpoint, Outlook, etc). There are some ads on it, but they're off to the bottom right where they're not bothersome. I actually have a license Key for a full version of Office 2010 (Home/Business version) that I haven't felt motivated to bother to put in because this has been working fine for me. If you just write some papers or an occasional letter, this should be plenty for your needs, so you can probably skip buying a license for that.
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