Acer unleash the Aspire M5800 desktop

It’s been a while since we’ve taken a look at a desktop, but we’re back with a good one, or so we think. The Aspire M5800 is the sole unit from Acer in their Prestige desktop range and boy does it stand out. Here are the specs on the M5800

* Windows Vista® Home Premium
* Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 2.66 GHz Processor
* 8 GB DDR3 RAM
* 750 GB SATA Hard Drive
* NVIDIA GeForce GT230 with 1.5GB Shared Graphics Memory
* Labelflash DVD±R/RW Drive with Double Layer
* Integrated Audio, 7.1-Channel speaker configurable
* 802.11b/g Wireless WiFi
* 10/100/1000 BaseT Gigabit Ethernet
* Multi-in-One Card Reader
* Front ports: 4 x USB 2.0
* Back ports: 4 x USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, 2 x PS2 ports (Keyboard, Mouse), Optical S/PDIF Port, 6 x Audio Jacks, Headphones, Microphone, RJ-11 (Modem), RJ-45 (LAN), DVI, VGA, HDMI
* Expansion slots: 2 x PCI (occupied), PCI Express x1 (available), PCI Express x16 (occupied)
* Drive bays: 2 x external 5.25″ (available), 3 x internal 3.5″ (two available)

There’s no monitor of course, but these days everyone seems to do a bit of mixing and matching on the display unit and box so that’s probably not a big problem. And the price tag rocks in at US$800 which is pretty impressive but also explains the lack of Blu-Ray and 802.11n love. But the grunt from the CPU and 8 GB of memory is probably worth it, the missing bells and whistles can be tacked on later.

Source: Acer

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