Acer Aspire TC-895-UA92 Desktop, 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10400 6-Core Processor, 12GB 2666MHz DDR4, 512GB NVMe M.2 SSD, 8X DVD, 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6, USB 3.2 Type C, Windows 10 Home

I'm a radio guy and a musician, and I recently upgraded to this PC for work in my home studio. I did trick it out a bit by swapping one of the RAM modules to a larger Crucial stick which boosted the RAM to a total of 24GB, installing a 4TB Western Digital enterprise grade 7200 rpm hard drive, and a BeQuiet! 92mm fan. All of the installed components installed without a hitch, and it's now a very zippy PC. I don't know about gaming or editing video because I haven't used it for that, but if you're wondering if this PC would work well for audio recording, it certainly does. I have at least a couple of hundred VST instruments including Native Instruments Kontakt, Spitfire Labs and the resource-hungry Vital synthesizer, and layering multiple VSTs per track in Reaper, it takes everything I've thrown at it without bogging down. And that's recording 40 tracks with VST synths on roughly half of those and audio on the other half, plus effect plugins. Adobe Audition and Ableton Live 10 both work seamlessly on this machine too. (Incidentally, I'm using an ASIO4All enabled Behringer USB audio interface with this unit in case you're wondering if it's compatible.) Windows 10 boot up is ridiculously quick thanks to the SSD, taking about 6 seconds. To conserve on the SSD, I only have Windows 10 on the SSD with all of the software and other files on the 4TB hard drive. The 300w proprietary power supply has been adequate to power the PC and installed components, and I don't plan on adding anything else. I would also recommend installing a good 7200 rpm hard drive to save on the SSD, and the BeQuiet 92mm fan to the rear vents on the case. I compared the CPU temps before and after the fan install with the free Core Temp app, and the fan shaves about 8-10 degrees off the CPUs operating temperature under load, and that's a good thing. Of course, it's also rocket-fast for Photoshop, web browsing and everything else I've tried with it. I have around $650 in it with the upgrades, and it's the best $650 I've spent on a computer. If you're looking to upgrade to a faster PC, you'd be hard pressed to find a better one for the money. I'm planning on picking up another one just like it to replace the other PC in my studio, in fact.

Dec 2020: This thing boots up in 10 seconds!! My 8 yr old Acer Aspire laptop has worked flawlessly even after changing up to a Samsung EVO SSD and installing Windows 10 but it takes 2 1/2 MINUTES to boot up. Couldn't take that any more! Stayed with Acer Aspire cause their reliable , but bought a Desktop not another laptop. So this was a steal at $449 on Amazon!! Works great . Would buy again. I'm not a techie needing to add "upgrades or gaming capabilities". Just out of the box easy setup 10 minutes!! More speed and memory than I'll ever need. Excellent ACER on-line support groups. UPDATE: 3 months and this Acer is fantastic! Bought here Nov 2020 for $225 LESS than current price! Although I had Win 10 Home and now they sell it with Win 10 PRO. BUY IT! Addendum April 1. 2024, 3years and 4 months now and this computer is FLAWLESS!! Thank you ACER!

I just got this set up, so the only thing I can rate is the appearance and the setup. Very nice looking box, no instructions with it. I had my own wireless keyboard and mouse; if you're planning to use the wired ones that come with it, they are small and cheap. There is a port on the front that I have no idea what fits in there, but okay. Odd that it comes with a DVD drive, I thought that was pretty old-school. Two HDMI outputs for monitors; I had an old monitor so I had to get an "HDMI to DVI" cable, no biggie, works great. Don't give up on the setup program - my son said his Acer took like 15 attempts to get past some glitches when he set his up the first time as well. Maybe you'll be lucky and everything will work flawlessly on the first try, who knows. I wouldn't "not" by the machine just because I knew the setup was going to be glitchy and possibly require 5 to 10 re-starts. I just wish I would have known that first - which is why I'm writing this. So, the first time you plug it in, "Cortana" walks you through the setup and it doesn't work correctly. You end up going through the setup and getting to a place that it just freezes or won't accept your input and you have to restart over. You call the online helpdesk and sit on hold for a while and you keep trying. Ultimately, while you are still on hold, the computer gets past the problem that you were having and, ironically, the help line disconnects you (spooky). But then it comes to another place where your mouse is working, but the dropdown menus don't work and you figure out that you can scroll through the security questions using the arrows on your keyboard, then the computer restarts. Ultimately, after about 40minutes for a set up that should have taken 5 minutes, you get past the Cortana setup and it launches the Microsoft Windows and all is right with the world. Frustrating, but then it's all good. It load Microsoft Edge. I downloaded Google Chrome because it's what I'm used to. Maybe when I have some free time, I'll check out more on Edge. Now that I got past the set-up, the computer moves fast, handles my music software (Ableton Live) and appears to be in great working order. A great machine for the money!! I will update this review if I have any problems in the coming days and weeks.

Price was ok for this, a bit more than same models with the 1tb hard but you get the sad instead. I had extra drives so I popped in an extra 1tb and a mini GTX 1050 2gb. It has all the Modern connections and good performance, it is a small box and although it shows room for a 2nd traditional hard drive, I found it way to tight to try and put a 2nd 3.5" drive so I just used the 512gb side, and 1 spare 1TB had. You might be able to get the 2nd had in there is it is a 2.5", but if you have a GPU upgrade that is a larger model you likely won't be able to fit both, it will be one or the other unless the GPU is a mini model. I would like 32gb of memory instead of the odd 12gb pairing, but compared to other computers of the same configuration, the cost was very good and upgrading later is a suitable option. The only thing I question is the listing said VR Ready which I do not believe the onboard Intel video is capable of meeting the minimum requirements of since you need at least a dedicated GPU minimum of a GTX 1660 which you have to buy separately. The inclusion of the mouse and keyboard are nice starters but they are very cheap quality. Another thing was the case did not have thumb screws so you have to use a screw driver. The build quality of acer is not as good as some others like Dell, but it is light weight and the price is very good. Acer other models with GPU and gaming case but same specs are easily twice the amount for the same configuration. So it's well worth it.

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Computer is 1/3 of the weight of my old one and is absolutely quick and quiet. The solid state power supply and drive makes all the difference. Very pleased with my purchase.

I've had this pc for about 2 in a half weeks now and I have to say, I'm very impressed the cpu is very responsive and quick and since I don't have access to ethernet, the wireless lan is a big plus even though ethernet is more responsive. I use this pc for browsing, streaming, and productivity and I gotta say, its pretty good. With the additional 12 gb ram, I'm able to open more tabs which is nice. I havent had any issues with the product so I am unable to tell you about that. Overall, pretty good product. Okay for light gaming. But if you plan on just using this for office work while browsing the internet while using it for streaming its pretty good.

I was looking for a desktop after my surface was having troubles with processing multiple tabs and videos calls at the same time for work. I did a few comparisons before landing on this one, but very happy with the decision I made. For someone looking to get a budget desktop, this has met every expectation I've had so far. I've only had it for a week, but everyday use like multiple tabs (office applications, teleconferencing, etc.) is handled no problem. I've used it a little bit for playing early 2000's strategy games and I was almost shocked at how smooth it was (I was using a 2012 laptop previously to play). So far my only regret is that I didn't get a desktop when I first started working from home.