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HTPC, priced right?
William Henning - Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 | 11:45AM (PT)


Acer announces a decently priced SFF PC with lots of HTPC potential

Acer has announced the Aspire X1200 series of small form factor desktop PC's.

All three models feature:

  • dual core AMD processors
  • Nvidia GeForce 8200 on-board graphics
  • HDMI output
  • VGA output
  • a PCIe 2.0 x16 expansion slot
  • a PCIe 2.0 x1 expansion slot
  • five USB 2.0 ports on the front
  • four USB 2.0 ports on the back
  • PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
  • Ethernet
  • Modem
  • multi-card reader
  • firewire
  • audio jacks on the front and back
  • 16x DVD+R/RW DL drive
  • 4GB RAM
  • 10.6" x 4.0" x 14.4"
  • Windows Vista Premium SP1

The three specific models announced today are:

X1200-U1520A

  • $449.99
  • AMD Athlon X2 4850e
  • 320GB SATAII hard drive

X1200-U1510A

  • $459.99
  • AMD Athlon X2 5000+
  • 320GB SATAII hard drive

X1200-B1581A

  • $699.99
  • AMD Athlon X2 4850e
  • 500GB SATAII hard drive
  • 22" wide screen LCD display

 

 


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July 9th, 2008 4:05PM(PT)
Redemption
The specs are decent, and the 8200 chipset is ideal for HTPC usage, but a case that is designed to stand upright like a tower and the apparent lack of an IR receiver/remote make this a dud (unless I just can't see it) for out of the box HTPC usage IMO.
July 9th, 2008 4:49PM(PT)
iamjoe56
Forgive me, but what the hell does 'HTPC" mean?
July 9th, 2008 5:04PM(PT)
NoFate
HTPC = Home Theatre Personal Computer
July 9th, 2008 7:16PM(PT)
iamjoe56
Ah, ok. But if I got one, I'd be using it for gaming!
July 9th, 2008 8:15PM(PT)
Bleedin_Muffin_luvin
GB? Daayummm. Gigalo bits? That's nasty! My computer is waaaaaay better thn dis thing neway1 I got 60 things of ram...i'm gangsta.
July 10th, 2008 12:20AM(PT)
tallteen86
WTF are you on about Bleedin Muffin Luvin?

Are you high? Or just messing around >_>
July 10th, 2008 12:12PM(PT)
Bleedin_Muffin_luvin
dude...what you meen? my computer kills tis thin man!1 i got a card in there it makes the game run soooosmooth...its awsom. and i aint no hi damn man thats colde.

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