Acer Aspire AM3970-U5022


The good:
The Acer Aspire AM3970-U5022 has an attractive design for a budget PC, and bears a fair price tag for its configuration.

The bad: Recent price drops on older systems mean that as of this review, you'll find competing PCs on the market in the same price range with better features.

The bottom line: Generous price cuts on higher-end systems give this Acer some competitive difficulty, but this system is still more affordable than most, and comes wrapped in a pleasing design.

Price : $549

CPU : 3.1GHz Intel Core i3 2100

Memory : 6GB 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM

Graphics : 64MB Intel HD Graphics 2000 embedded graphics

Hard drives : 1TB 5,400rpm

Optical drive : DVD burner

Networking : Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11b/g/n

Operating system : Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)