Reddit reviews Acer Aspire Desktop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5-7400, 8GB DDR4, 2TB HDD, Windows 10 Home, TC-780-AMZKi5

For $425 USD, that's a really shitty CPU it comes with. Get this much newer and better i5-7400 for the same price. They'll play low end games but barely, you could possibly throw in a dedicated GPU at some point later on (depending on how easy the power supply is to replace.)

Hard to do OW for anything less than $550

• $449 Acer Aspire Desktop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5-7400, 8GB DDR4, 2TB HDD, Windows 10 Home
  
  
• $80 Gigabyte Radeon RX 550 D5 2GB This card does NOT require external power/it will run off the PCI bus. Simply plug it in. Download drivers. Restart. You playing Overwatch at medium settings 1080p at about 60fps.
  
  
• Review of 550 with overwatch
  
  If you are going to play more graphics demanding games and willing to spend more but still don't want to upgrade the power supply then I suggest going for a 1050ti 4GB (currently $130 but often goes on sale below this / check /r/buildaPCsales) which will run games like Witcher 3, the Division, Ark Survival, Ashes, GTA V all at about 50-60fps on medium to high settings and will run Overwatch at high to ultra. Your mileage may vary depending on game.

the GPU base clock is 200mhz. and the boost clock would run it....but being a 15w chip it won't cut it for long without thermal throttling.

I'd just buy something like this if i were you, or a certified refurbished unit for like $150-200. if you want to build a pc you could, but this will run the game fine on integrated.

If you just want something to setup and don't want to build it this probably would get the job done (minus the 4 monitors, you are going to need a graphics card, which you could easily add a 1030 or 1050 to it).

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Desktop-i5-7400-Windows-TC-780-AMZKi5/dp/B01N5SXZY8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1497408191&sr=8-3&keywords=acer+desktop

You can build it cheaper using a G4560, but you will need a windows license as well. I don't know how well you know your coworker, but if you build a computer you will become tech support if something breaks.

A basic computer will do the job for you.. I would recommend though that for the sake of being future proof and not having this PC becoming outdated too quickly, you get one with a decent processor, RAM, storage and of course, I would recommend a low end dedicated graphics card.As it relates to operating system, I recommend you go with Windows 10 once again, it is better for the future and unlike Windows 8 and 8.1, it is quite similar to Windows 7. Something as priced as low as this Acer Aspire Desktop would do the job for you but to go with an little extra power, I would go for this.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01N5SXZY8/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1498665843&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=desktop

I have this one, 70 fps on med-low settings 720p

My favorite PCMR memory is getting my first serious PC.

It was two parts, this computer and an EVGA 1050Ti 4GB card.

It was a stressful time, trying to put in the card, but once it clicked in, I was ready to go! Still have this desktop to this day and it's going strong!

My guess, based on your responses so far, is that you have had bad experience with laptops because you bought something off the shelf because the price was right instead of it being what was best for what you wanted. If that is the case, no matter how much better the linked system is than your current laptop, you would see only negligible improvements. The reason is that all in ones, like cheaper laptops, don't have any room for air flow, and no options for custom cooling. So, all of your components will get hot more easily, and your performance will suffer.

If you're totally against a custom, then I would look at something like this https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Desktop-i5-7400-Windows-TC-780-AMZKi5/dp/B01N5SXZY8/ref=sr_1_24?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1492193601&sr=1-24&keywords=ibuypower
with an Asus 23" gaming monitor for ~125.00, you're looking at close to the same price. I don't recommend acer, but this would give you better results than what you linked.

Okay, so this is my first time with a PC and a desk. Right now I have a PC with no modifications (yet), and an Astro headset for my Xbox. Also an Xbox one,and some speakers.

I want to improve my setup for gaming.

I am looking at a new keyboard

Also a mouse

A mousepad

Some headphones

And a gpu

Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Tpo Budget - CYBERPOWERPC GMA2200A

• Low Budget Acer Aspire Desktop

Does it make any sense to buy this PC and then install my GTX 1060 GPU? The GPU is the only thing I have left from my old PC build, and it works fine... and I figure that at this price, the rest of this build is good enough for me.

Does that make sense?

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Desktop-i5-7400-Windows-TC-780-AMZKi5/dp/B01N5SXZY8/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496749192&sr=1-5&keywords=desktop+computer

This is the one he is looking at. I wanted to see if there was a build that he could put together that would be better.

Yes to both, but don't go anywhere near that Alienware. If you're set on one of these two, do your self a favor and get the HP.

But it's still not a great system for the price. I found basically the same system for $350 less on Amazon. With the money you save, you can buy a 6gb version of the GTX 1060 (the best buy system has a 3gig model), and still have $100 left in your pocket.

What do you think about this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5SXZY8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_CDZqzbWX87JHY

So my friend wants to get his mother a new desktop for basic browsing and videos. I was wondering if this would work

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Desktop-i5-7400-Windows-TC-780-AMZKi5/dp/B01N5SXZY8/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_bs_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JEDN93D4HQJ1MSM2Z9XY

(specs are i5-7400, 8GB DDR4, 2TB HDD; around $449)

or would I be able to build something cheaper? (hopefully include sdd maybe)