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Acer Aspire Revo R3600 review

Verdict

Finally, the first genuinely desirable nettop, thanks to an HD-capable graphics chip.

Review Date: 19 May 2009

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £217 (£250 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code	92.G1EYZ.UFP
Review Date	19 May 2009
Price ex VAT	£217
Price inc VAT	£250
Overall rating
Performance
Features & Design
Value for Money

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity	160
RAM capacity	2.00GB
Screen size	N/A

Processor
CPU family	Intel Atom
CPU nominal frequency	1.60GHz
CPU overclocked frequency	N/A
Processor socket	PBGA437

Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free	0
Conventional PCI slots total	0
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Memory
Memory type	DDR2

Hard disk
Capacity	160GB
Hard disk usable capacity	145GB
Internal disk interface	SATA
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed	N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size	N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity	N/A

Drives
Optical drive	N/A
Optical disc technology	N/A
Optical disk 2 make and model	N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model	N/A

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	6
eSATA ports	1
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem

Graphics card
Graphics card	Nvidia GeForce 9400M
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	Nvidia GeForce 9400M
Graphics card RAM	256MB
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	1
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	1

Monitor
Monitor make and model	N/A
Resolution screen horizontal	N/A
Resolution screen vertical	N/A
Resolution	N/A x N/A
Pixel response time	N/A
Contrast ratio	N/A
Screen brightness	N/A
DVI inputs	N/A
HDMI inputs	N/A
VGA inputs	N/A
DisplayPort inputs	N/A

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	N/A
Speaker type	N/A

Case
Dimensions	30 x 180 x 180mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	2
Front panel FireWire ports	1
Front panel eSATA ports	1
Front panel memory card reader

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows Vista

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	22W
Peak power consumption	27W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	0.29
Office application benchmark score	0.26
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.33
Encoding application benchmark score	0.28
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.29
3D performance (crysis) low settings	15fps
3D performance setting	Low

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By cocokathy on 21 Jul 2010

Don't buy

Stay away, not buying Acer again, power supply loose and dodgy, pc slow, mouse doesn't always connect, keyboard looks shit, turns off randomly, awkward shape should I go on....

Purchased because I saw small form factor media pc's working by another company. Wish I got it from them.

By martin148 on 9 Oct 2010

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